# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 11.5. Ending Youth Homelessness Act

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 11.5-109

(a) Funds appropriated or otherwise allocated for programs under this title may be expended for any lawful purpose authorized by this title, as well as:

  (1) outreach;

  (2) technical assistance;

  (3) capacity building for recipient and prospective recipient entities with the goal of building capacity to effectively meet the greatest need on a statewide basis; and

  (4) administrative costs to the Department.

(b) In and after the third year of funding, each year the Department shall allocate at least 50% of the money appropriated to the Fund for housing programs as described in Sec. 11.5-105(3) of this title.

(c) The Department may partner or contract to provide programs or services authorized under subsection (a) of this section, including conducting training on racial equity, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and needs of overrepresented or particularly vulnerable groups, including:

  (1) racial minority youth;

  (2) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth;

  (3) minors;

  (4) victims of human trafficking and intimate partner violence;

  (5) youth with disabilities;

  (6) pregnant and parenting youth; and

  (7) immigrant youth.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)