Maryland Code, Human Services § 2-504

(i) investigate policy challenges, opportunities, and recommendations regarding the mitigation of multigenerational poverty;

(ii) identify services and policies within State programs that can be coordinated to support a multigenerational approach to addressing poverty;

(iii) identify program and service gaps and inconsistencies among federal, State, and local policies;

(iv) identify, test, and recommend best practices implemented at the federal, State, and local levels;

(v) solicit information and guidance from external sources with direct knowledge and experience in addressing multigenerational poverty;

(vi) identify tools to measure and predict the impact of the benefit cliff on an individual family basis;

(vii) measure the impact of multigenerational programs;

(viii) identify opportunities to coordinate multigenerational services across multiple State agencies; and

(ix) collect data to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of programs.

(i) utilize federal and State funding to establish and implement programs to address multigenerational poverty; and

(ii) partner with local jurisdictions and community action agencies, local departments of social services, and local workforce development areas in implementing programs to address intergenerational poverty.