Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 11.5-101

§11.5–101.

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Fund” means the Ending Youth Homelessness Grant Fund.

(c) “Program” means the Ending Youth Homelessness Grant Program.

(d) (1) “Supportive services” means those interventions, services, and resources necessary to assist Program participants in accessing and maintaining housing and economic self–sufficiency.

(2) “Supportive services” includes:

(i) services for families to prevent separation and support reunification where safe and appropriate;

(ii) housing search, counseling, rental assistance, financial assistance with eviction prevention, utilities, security deposit, and relocation, and other housing support services;

(iii) employment assistance, job training, and job placement;

(iv) assistance and advocacy to ensure access to federal, State, and local benefits;

(v) assistance and advocacy to ensure access to education under the McKinney–Vento Homelessness Assistance Act, financial support for higher education under the applicable provisions of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 10877vv(d)(1)(H), and the Maryland tuition waiver program, § 15–106.1 of the Education Article;

(vi) services to prevent and treat violence and crime victimization;

(vii) case management;

(viii) child care operations and vouchers;

(ix) legal services;

(x) life skills training;

(xi) outpatient health, behavioral health, and substance abuse treatment services;

(xii) transportation;

(xiii) outreach services;

(xiv) homelessness prevention services;

(xv) aftercare services; and

(xvi) other services as deemed necessary by the Secretary.

(e) (1) “Unaccompanied homeless youth” means an individual of 24 years of age or younger who is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian and lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

(2) “Unaccompanied homeless youth” includes an individual 24 years of age or younger who:

(i) lives in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements;

(ii) lives in a motel, hotel, or campground due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;

(iii) shares the housing of other individuals due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason;

(iv) lives in a transitional housing program or other time–limited housing; or

(v) has a primary nighttime residence which is a public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for individuals, such as a car, a park, an abandoned building, a bus or train station, or an airport.

(f) (1) “Youth at risk of homelessness” means an individual 24 years of age or younger whose status or circumstances indicate a significant danger of experiencing homelessness in the near future.

(2) “Youth at risk of homelessness” includes:

(i) an individual 24 years of age or younger exiting a publicly funded institution or system of care;

(ii) an individual 24 years of age or younger who has previously experienced homelessness;

(iii) an individual 24 years of age or younger whose primary caregivers are currently homeless or have previously been homeless; and

(iv) an individual 24 years of age or younger who experiences serious or sustained conflict with the individual’s caregivers that is likely to result in family separation.