News Releases
Media Contact:
Colleen Barton Sutton
703-203-7843
cbsutton@frac.org
2024
- Hunger in Maryland Remains Persistent, Greater Investments Needed
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Celebrates the Rollout of SUN Bucks in Maryland
- Too Many Students in Maryland Miss Out on the
Benefits of School Breakfast - LaMonika Jones Named Interim Director of Maryland Hunger Solutions
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Revisions to WIC Food Package
- School Breakfast Critical to Addressing Childhood Hunger in Maryland, Yet Too Many Missing Out
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Urges General Assembly to Pass Critical Legislation to End Hunger
2023
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Receives 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award
- Report Highlights Need to Improve Access to Summer Nutrition Programs in Maryland
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds State Legislature for Key Anti-Hunger Legislation
- School Meal Participation Dramatically Increased in 2021–2022 School Year in Maryland As Kids Returned to School and to Free School Meals, Report Finds
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Urges General Assembly to Pass Critical Legislation to Combat Child Hunger, Fuel Health and Learning
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Recipients of the Maryland Hunger-Free Campus Grants
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Welcomes Elisabet Eppes as Deputy Director
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Celebrates Historic Inauguration of Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller
2022
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Grateful to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Steny Hoyer for Steadfast Commitment to Ending Hunger.
- WIC Enhancements Critical to Keeping Young Children in Maryland Fed During the First Two Years of the Pandemic.
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Launch of Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program
- FRAC’s Community Eligibility Report Highlights the Value of Healthy School Meals for All, Supporting the Need to Extend the Child Nutrition Waivers for Maryland Students
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Deeply Disappointed Child Nutrition Isn’t Prioritized In Omnibus Bill
- USDA Report Underscores the Urgent Need to Extend Child Nutrition Waivers
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Makes the Case for Healthy School Meals for All
- Child Nutrition Waivers Critical to Keeping Children Fed in Maryland During Pandemic, FRAC Report Finds
- Maryland Hunger Solutions Urges General Assembly to Pass Critical Legislation to End Hunger
2021
- December 17: Maryland Among Eight States Selected to Participate in School Meals Demonstration Project Enabling Direct Certification Through Medicaid
- December 16: D.C. Hunger Solutions, Maryland Hunger Solutions Jointly Receive Inaugural Stuart A. Freudberg Award for Regional Partnership
- November 18: School Breakfast Critical to Addressing Childhood Hunger in Maryland, Yet Too Many Missing Out, Report Finds
- October 26: Maryland a National Leader in Providing Afterschool Suppers, Report finds
- October 6: Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Extension of SNAP Emergency Allotments
- August 24: Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Historic Increase in SNAP Benefits
- July 22: New Research Reveals Surge In Maryland Households Not Having Enough to Eat in Maryland During Pandemic
- July 6: Pediatricians to Receive Tools and Training to Help Identify and Treat Childhood Food Insecurity in Maryland
- June 11: MDHS Director Michael J. Wilson Makes the Case for Healthy School Meals for All at U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing
- May 12: Kaiser Permanente Collaborates on Local SNAP Outreach Campaigns to Fight Food Insecurity in Maryland and DC
- April 29: Maryland Gets Approval to Issue Pandemic-EBT Benefits for the 2020-2021 School Year, Providing Direct Relief Funds to Hungry Households
- April 6: MDHS Applauds USDA for Boosts to SNAP, Providing Marylanders with Additional Relief During COVID-19
- March 4: Hunger-Free Campus Bills Must be Passed to Lift Maryland College Students out of COVID-Related Hunger
2020
- November 4: MDHS Congratulates Marylanders Elected to Office
- October 28: With Childhood Hunger Increasing, Maryland Schools Will Need to Redouble Efforts to Increase School Breakfast Participation Upon Re-Opening
- October 19: Maryland Hunger Solutions Applauds Federal Judge’s Decision to Strike Down ABAWD Rule
- October 1: Maryland Hunger Solutions Commends Passage of Continuing Resolution
- September 24: House of Representatives Takes Important Steps to Provide Critical Nutrition Assistance During COVID-19
- September 11: SNAP Participation Reaches Historic Levels in Maryland
- June 3: Maryland Hunger Solutions Calls for Action Against Systemic Racism
- April 29: Pandemic EBT Will Allow More Than 319,000 Maryland SNAP Households to Put Food on the Table
- April 24: Maryland SNAP Recipients May See a Boost in Benefits, But More Needs to be Done to Help Households Put Food on the Table
- February 18: Maryland Hunger Solutions Testifies Before the General Assembly in Support of School Meal Debt Bill
- January 22: MDHS Applauds Lawsuit to Stop the Administration from Eliminating SNAP Benefits for Nearly 30K Marylanders
2019
- December 4: SNAP Rule Would Take Food Away from People All Across Maryland
- November 21: “Museums for All” Offers SNAP Recipients Free or Low Cost Admission to Local Museums
- October 10: New Report Highlights Need for Statewide Policy on School Meal Debt in Maryland
- July 26: Trump Administration’s Latest Proposal Would Increase Hunger for Thousands of Marylanders
- May 30: “Maryland Market Money” Available at More Farmers Markets in Prince George’s County
- March 12: Del. Parrott’s Bill Targets Marylanders in Poverty — Again
2018
