§ 9-4. Fiscal agent.

(a) Designation.

The fiscal agent for the Fund is the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, Inc.

(b) General powers and duties.

The fiscal agent must:

(1) identify specific programs and services to be funded by the Fund; and

(2) allocate the available funds among the programs and services identified for funding.

(c) Identifying programs and services for funding.

(1) As it identifies specific programs and services to be funded by the Fund, the fiscal agent must select programs and services that:

(i) are active in Baltimore City;

(ii) are credible with and accountable to youth and the local communities they are proposing to serve;

(iii) have an element of youth-centered programming; and

(iv) can demonstrate how they are designed to improve outcomes for young people.

(2) The fiscal agent may also use any additional factors listed in City Charter Article I, § 13(a) to identify specific programs and services to be funded by the Fund so long as the additional factors are made publically available to applicants for funding at the time that applications are requested.

(3) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2022 and continuing every 3 years thereafter, the fiscal agent shall conduct a community-wide needs assessment to assist the Board in determining grant-making areas.