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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. § 11.5-105

Known as the Ending Youth Homelessness Act

The act spans §§ 11–11 (17 sections).

Eligible recipients of grant funding are limited to the following types of programs:

(1) street and community–based outreach and drop–in programs that:

(i) locate, contact, and provide information, referrals, and supportive services;

(ii) provide walk–in access to crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services that include one–to–one case management services on a self–referral basis; or

(iii) help unaccompanied homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness access and maintain safe, decent, and affordable housing;

(2) emergency shelter programs that:

(i) provide unaccompanied homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness with referral and walk–in access to emergency short–term residential care; and

(ii) provide unaccompanied homeless youth with:

1. safe, dignified shelter where privacy and security concerns are addressed that includes beds, lockers or other storage options, and two meals each day;

2. assistance with reunification with their family or legal guardian when required or appropriate; and

3. assistance to access and maintain safe, decent, and affordable housing; and

(3) housing programs, either time–limited or nontime–limited, that:

(i) provide supportive services; and

(ii) aid participants in obtaining permanent, safe, decent, and affordable housing.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.