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A RESOLUTION CONCERNING STATE OF MARYLAND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM for the purpose of approving the Ivy Community Charities of Prince George’s County, Inc.’s application to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for participation in the Department’s Community Investment Tax Credit (“CITC”) Program.
Background
This Resolution is for the purpose of approving the Ivy Community Charities of Prince George’s County, Inc.’s (“Ivy Community Charities”) application to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for participation in the Community Investment Tax Credit (“CITC”) Program.
Ivy Community Charities applied for fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) in tax credits for its Keeping Intercommunications among Seniors and Students (“KISS”) Project. The KISS Project will provide an opportunity for elderly residents of Prince George’s County to teach middle school girls, who participate in Ivy Community Charities’ Sarah Wise Wooten Young Ladies Academy, how to cook healthy foods.
Additionally, the KISS Project will provide an opportunity for middle school girls to teach elderly residents how to use a variety of technological tools, including: computers, telephones, the Internet, social media, and other tools. These technological tools will help elderly residents pay their bills online, connect with family and friends, and find medical, governmental, recreational and other resources online.
The KISS Project will be implemented in Priority Funding Areas within Prince George’s County. Under § 6-405 of the Housing and Community Development Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Department may not approve a proposal submitted for tax credits under the CITC Program unless the proposal is approved by the governing body or authorized designee of each county and/or municipal corporation that includes any Priority Funding Area that benefits from the project.