# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 6. Division of Neighborhood Revitalization

### Subtitle 13. Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program

#### Section 6-1304

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "Eligible applicant" means a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

  (3)

    (i) "Facility and community improvement project" means a physical project or a community service that:

      (1) makes a facility or a community-managed open space safer for residents and visitors;

      (2) encourages the authorized uses of a facility or a community-managed open space by individuals; or

      (3) supports community-led efforts to improve the appearance of a facility or a community-managed open space.

    (ii) "Facility and community improvement project" includes:

      (1) the purchase or installation of:

      (A) equipment that increases the visibility of vulnerable spaces, including surveillance tools or adequate lighting for exterior doors, common areas, or hallways; or

      (B) landscape architectural design features, including signs, gardens, paving treatments, plantings, or other upgrades to public spaces;

      (2) efforts to:

      (A) improve sight lines within, increase visitation to, or clean public spaces; or

      (B) integrate landscape architectural design features into a facility or a community-managed open space in a manner that connects adjacent neighborhoods for various users while distancing the users from private areas;

      (3) timely removal of graffiti and use of graffiti resistance practices in collaboration with a person who specializes in the area of graffiti removal services to present a vibrant, maintained space; and

      (4) contracted land enhancement or groundskeeping services to maintain or clean open spaces and functional surfaces.

(b) An eligible applicant may apply for a grant under the Program for a facility and community improvement project.

(c) If an eligible applicant submits an application for a grant under the Program for a facility and community improvement project to purchase or install a network of cameras or license readers, the eligible applicant shall include with the application:

  (1) a monitoring plan;

  (2) evidence of a partnership with law enforcement, the governmental unit responsible for traffic enforcement for the political subdivision, and any other relevant public agencies; and

  (3) a list of possible locations of cameras and license readers and a plan for providing notice of locations to property owners.

(d) The Department may award an eligible applicant who submits a complete application for financial assistance under the Program for a facility and community improvement project a grant that:

  (1) is at least $25,000; and

  (2) does not exceed $50,000.

---

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