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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-904" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Grant Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Executive Director shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and in consultation with the Council, establish procedures for local governments and nonprofit organizations to use in applying for money from the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at least 60 days before the application becomes available to local governments and nonprofit organizations, post a notice of the application’s availability on a publicly accessible website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application shall require a local government or nonprofit organization to provide, at a minimum:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>clearly defined and measureable objectives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>evidence that the proposed evidence–based health programs or evidence–informed health programs would likely reduce gun violence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a description of how the local government or nonprofit organization proposes to use the funding to reduce rates of gun violence by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establishing or enhancing evidence–based health programs or evidence–informed health programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>enhancing coordination of existing violence intervention and prevention programs, if any, to minimize duplication of services; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a plan for the collection of relevant data.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
