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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2805" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Governor's Office for Children">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is an ENOUGH Grant Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to support ENOUGH grants made by the Office under § 9–2803 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Special Secretary shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>interest earnings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund may be used only for ENOUGH grants made under § 9–2803 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>For fiscal year 2026, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $15,000,000 to the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>An appropriation made under subsection (i) of this section is supplemental to and not intended to take the place of any federal funding received for place–based support.</text>
  </level>
</section>
