§ 5-1104. Criteria for judging proposals; awards

   (a) Certain proposals give additional value. --

   (1) In reviewing and ranking proposals, the selection committees established under § 5-1102 and 5-1103 of this subtitle shall place additional value on proposals that are designed to:

      (i) reach the largest possible number of parents, children, and youth in a community;

      (ii) involve local government officials and other community leaders; and

      (iii) be supplemented by local or private funding.

   (2) The selection committees shall attempt to achieve a broad geographic distribution of funding, to the extent that a proposal has merit, in their recommendations to the Governor.

(b) Governor to award grants; limitation on amount. -- Based solely on the recommendations of the selection committees, the Governor shall award grants, not to exceed $ 10,000 each, to further the purposes of this subtitle.

(c) Reports of grant awards. -- All grant awards under this subtitle shall be identified and briefly described in annual reports developed by the Department of Human Resources for grants awarded under § 5-1102 of this subtitle and by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for grants awarded under § 5-1103 of this subtitle. These reports shall be presented to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly.

(d) Drug and alcohol abuse and child abuse prevention awareness week. -- In conjunction with the grant programs established under this subtitle, each year the Governor shall proclaim a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Awareness Week and a Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Week to focus public attention on these problems.

HISTORY: 1985, ch. 497; 1997, ch. 635, § 9; ch. 636, § 9.