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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="8-505" title_number="8" title_name="Children, Youth, and Families" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Children's Cabinet Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A local management board shall apply for money from the Fund in accordance with procedures established by the Children’s Cabinet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In connection with an application for money under subsection (a) of this section, a local management board shall develop and submit a community partnership agreement that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reflects coordination with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State’s 3-year plan for children, youth, and families; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any local government plan for services for children, youth, and families, including the local substance abuse plan developed in accordance with Title 8, Subtitle 10 of the Health - General Article; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>addresses the priorities and strategies of the county for meeting the identified needs of children and families as articulated in the local management board’s 5-year strategic plan regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>youth development;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prevention services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>crisis and early intervention;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>services for children at risk of out-of-home placement or returning from out-of-home placement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>out-of-home placement and treatment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Children’s Cabinet may disburse money to a local management board subject to the terms, conditions, performance measures, or outcome evaluations that the Children’s Cabinet considers necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The local management board shall use the money to implement:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a local interagency services delivery system for children, youth, and families in accordance with the community partnership agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any terms, conditions, and performance measures that the Children’s Cabinet requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
