ARTICLE 5. CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES LOAN PROGRAM.

Sec. 10A-6. Purpose and objectives.

   (a)    The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services must establish and administer a Child Day Care Facilities Loan Program.

   (b)    The purpose of the program is to increase the number of children who receive licensed day care services in Montgomery County at reasonable costs.

   (c)    The Director may loan funds to operators of child care centers or family day care homes if the funds will:

      (1)   Increase the number of children served;

      (2)   Help a center or home begin operation; or

      (3)   Keep in operation a center or home that otherwise is likely to stop operating. (1989 L.M.C., ch. 19, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2015 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 5.)

   Editor’s note—Section 5 of 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, reads as follows: “Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 LMC ch. 13 continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.”

Sec. 10A-7. Eligibility.

   (a)    The director may loan funds to nonprofit or profit-making centers or homes.

   (b)    The director must give highest priority to loans to centers or homes that serve significant percentages of low-income or handicapped children.

   (c)    The recipient of any loan must agree to provide child day care services, to an extent or in an amount set by the department, for at least the term of the loan. (1989 L.M.C., ch. 19, § 1; 2015 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 5.)