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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.45.09.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="45" chapter_num="09" heading="Selection Criteria for Temporary Emergency Funding.">
  <text>The Commission's criteria for awarding an emergency grant to a community health resource are as follows:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The nature of the temporary emergency situation, including an evaluation of the applicant's inability to anticipate the emergency situation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The essential nature of the threatened program or service to the population served and as part of the provision of essential health care services to the relevant low-income population;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The reasonable likelihood of resolution of the temporary emergency situation as a direct result of the requested emergency funds;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The reasonable likelihood of the sustainability of the threatened program or service upon the cessation of temporary emergency funding; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The number of emergencies, as that term is described in Regulation .01B of this chapter, for which funding was sought by the applicant in the last 3 years, and the number of instances in which funding was obtained.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>