(a) The Department shall serve as the lead State agency for Youth REACH Maryland. (b) (1) The Department shall work with Youth REACH Maryland to perform data collection and analysis in order to determine the number and character of unaccompanied homeless youth in each jurisdiction in the State. (2) The Department shall select and monitor a coordinating entity to assist the Department's involvement with Youth REACH Maryland. (3) The selected coordinating entity shall assist in the collection of quantitative and qualitative data through surveys administered in schools and through street and community-based outreach. (c) Participating jurisdictions shall implement procedures to conduct the data collection described in subsection (b) of this section once every 2 years.
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