Any entitlement entity, which is eligible to receive an annual grant directly and which has not designated a county to apply for a grant on its behalf, and those municipalities under sections 10, 11 and 12,¹ may designate any local public agency to administer any program or project on its behalf and may authorize the agency to apply to the department and contract with the department for its annual entitlement. Further, in the case of an eligible entitlement borough or township which is located in an urban county, it may apply and administer its grant in its own name or it may designate a county local public agency.