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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 13A.14.07.05" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="07" heading="Awards.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Office shall make Family Child Care Provider Grant Fund awards to eligible applicants each month until the annual fund allocation is exhausted.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 15 calendar days after the end of each month, the Office shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provide notification of an award to each applicant to whom an award was made during that month; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Issue instructions for payment of each award made during that month.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Reconsideration for Award. If, due to exhaustion of the annual funding allocation for a given year, an award is not made to an applicant, the Office shall reconsider the applicant for an award under the next year’s annual funding allocation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Office may make an award for less than the amount requested by the applicant, but may not make an award for more than the amount requested.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>