Maryland Hunger Solutions serves as
the anti-hunger expert to:
•
Maryland Alliance for the Poor
, a
coalition of service providers, faith
groups, and other organizations
working together to advocate for
statewide policies and programs
that help Marylanders living in or
near poverty.
•
Welfare Advocates
, a statewide
coalition of community-based
organizations, advocacy groups,
faith communities, and consumers,
whose mission is to educate and
advocate for an adequate safety net
and public policies that empower
families to become self-sufficient.
• The
Maryland Healthy Eating and
Active Lifestyle Coalition
, which
works to increase the number of
residents who eat healthfully and
exercise.
• The
Maryland Fresh Food Retail
Task Force
, convened in 2011 by
The Food Trust, which brings
together state and local agencies,
organizations and retailers to
increase access to fresh, affordable
food in areas that are underserved.
Maryland Hunger Solutions co-leads
a work group on SNAP/FSP.
• The
State WIC Advisory Council
,
which ensures that the WIC
Program operates efficiently and
is available to all those eligible in
Maryland.
• The
Language Access Task Force
, a
group of organizations dedicated to
improving access to social services
in Maryland by clients who speak
languages other than English. The
task force works to remove barriers
to nutrition program participation
by increasing the use of interpreter
services, strengthening cultural
competency in Department
of Social Services offices, and
improving awareness about
program eligibility for immigrants.
•
The Baltimore Food Policy
Advisory Committee
(Food PAC)
— composed of stakeholders in
Baltimore’s food access, production,
distribution and consumption
system — which works to increase
access to healthy, affordable food
in Baltimore City by implementing
Baltimore Food Policy Task Force
recommendations.
• The
Port Towns Community Health
Partnership
, a collaboration of
community residents, government
agencies, organizations and funders
working together to support
healthy living in the Port Towns.
Maryland Hunger Solutions is
working with the Partnership to
create a Food Policy Council in
Prince George’s County.
• The
Montgomery County Food
Policy Council
, formed in 2012, a
partnership of government and
community organizations working
together to increase access
to healthy, affordable food in
Montgomery County.
Maryland Hunger Solutions collaborates with many additional organizations
and agencies and has served on a multitude of task forces, committees and
workgroups as the leading anti-hunger organization in Maryland.
Maryland Hunger Solutions gratefully thanks all of our dedicated partners in
the effort to end hunger in our state. Please visit our website to see a full list of
organizations.
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