The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) established Maryland Hunger Solutions (MDHS) as a project to fight hunger and improve the nutrition, health, and well-being of children and families in Maryland. The initiative was launched in the fall of 2007 and is modeled on the successful D.C. Hunger Solutions (DCHS) Initiative that began in 2002.
What's New
February 25, 2010 - Low Participation in School Breakfast Adds Up to Missed Meals for Maryland's Children
New analysis details county-by-county participation in School Breakfast Program.
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January 26, 2010 - New Survey Finds One of Five Maryland Households with Children Unable to Afford Enough Food in 2008-2009
Report Exposes Broad Hunger and Provides First-Ever Food Hardship Data for Every State, the Top 100 Large Cities and Every Congressional District.
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Co-Sponsor the Hunger Free Schools Act!
Follow this link and follow the simple instructions to send your Members of Congress an e-mail, asking them to co-sponsor the Hunger Free Schools Act of 2009, S. 1343.
November 17, 2009 - New Data Show Nearly 10 Percent of Maryland Households Struggling with Hunger as Recession Hit
Click here for the press release.
November 16, 2009 - Maryland Hunger Solutions Launches Daily Hunger Fact to Support Maryland Hunger Awareness Week.
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May 13, 2009 - Maryland Hunger Solutions Release Summer Nutrition Report
Policy Brief: Summer Nutrition in the Counties (pdf) details county-by-county participation in Summer Nutrition Programs in Maryland in July 2008.
April 1, 2009 - Food Stamp Increase Takes Effect Today
Click here for more information from the Food Research and Action Center.
February 2009 - Economic Recovery Legislation is Now Law!
Follow this link for highlights of the act and what it means for food and nutrition programs.
January 14, 2009 - Annual Report Charts Maryland’s Participation in School Breakfast Program
Low Rate of Participation in School Breakfast Means Missed Meals for Children and Missed Federal Dollars. Click here for more... (pdf)
October 2008 - Policy Brief: Breakfast in Maryland’s Counties (pdf)
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for children, but only 43.7 eligible low-income Maryland children participated in the School Breakfast Program for every 100 who participated in the National School Lunch Program during the 2007-2008 school year. Click here for more...(pdf)
September 2008 - Poverty in Maryland: A Snapshot from the 2007 Census Data on Poverty and Income
July 30, 2008 - Maryland Children Missing Free Summer Meals
State Taking Action to Reverse Slide, Serve More Low-Income Children
Read the Executive Summary &
Implications for Maryland
Download the press release
Maryland’s participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs slipped in July 2007, with just 21 percent of eligible low-income children in the state receiving summer meals, according to Maryland Hunger Solutions. Data from Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation (pdf), a national report by the Food Research and Action Center found that participation fell from serving more than 49,000 Maryland children in July 2006 to fewer than 43,000 in July 2007.
July 7, 2008 - USDA issues updated income guidelines and reimbursement rates for child nutrition programs (school meals, afterschool and summer food programs, day care nutrition programs). The rates are in effect July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Follow these links for the Federal Register notices on:
School Meals Rates
CACFP Rates
Food Distribution Program Rates (Commodities - "Value of Donated Foods")
(Documents are in PDF format.)
