(1) provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;

(2) accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and

(3) allocate funding to emergency food providers based on the procedures approved in the administering agency's grant application under § 6-413 of this subtitle.

(1) use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;

(2) as a condition of distributing food, provide to needy individuals information, developed in collaboration with the Department, that encourages self-sufficiency consistent with the goals of the Family Investment Program established under Title 5, Subtitle 3 of this article;

(3) distribute information on the State's earned income tax credit established under § 10-704 of the Tax--General Article; and

(4) submit a report to the Department and the administering agency detailing how the grant was used and how many units of service were provided.