The administering agency shall: Assume responsibility for providing emergency food providers with information on the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability; Accept and process requests for funding assistance from the emergency food providers; Allocate the funding to the emergency food providers based on the procedures approved in the application submitted to the Department; and In collaboration with the Department, distribute information to the emergency food providers on: The Department's self-sufficiency initiatives, and Maryland's earned income tax credit. The administering agency may use no more than the amount approved by the Department for administrative costs. The emergency food provider shall: Use the grant to purchase food to be distributed to needy individuals; Purchase under the Program food produced, grown, and harvested in the State when feasible and cost effective; Provide to needy individuals and families information from the Department that encourages self-sufficiency consistent with the Family Investment Program under COMAR 07.03.03; and Distribute information on Maryland's earned income tax credit.