Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Citizenship Promotion Program
Section 6-703 - Purposes

The purposes of the Program are:
        (1)    to encourage and assist eligible foreign-born residents to become naturalized citizens of the United States and active participants in the civic life of Maryland;
        (2)    to increase the number and proportion of eligible foreign-born residents who become citizens of the United States; and
        (3)    to encourage foreign-born residents who become citizens to be involved in our democratic institutions.