The Hunger Hub
The anti-hunger information clearinghouse for advocates and providers.
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Eat Smart Maryland
Maryland State Department of Education's School and Community Nutrition Programs Branch. This site provides information about several federal food and nutrition programs that help Maryland residents learn to eat smart.
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
CLF's mission: To promote research and to develop and communicate information about the complex interrelationships among diet, food production, environment and human health; to advance an ecological perspective in reducing threats to the health of the public; and to promote policies that protect health, the global environment and the ability to sustain life for future generations.
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
EFNEP is a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Maryland at College Park and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Its mission is to help limited-income families and youth acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior changes necessary to maintain nutritionally sound diets and enhance personal development.
Maryland Food Stamps
This Maryland Department of Human Resources site page features information on food stamp eligibility, how and where to apply, what to bring to the face-to-face meeting, and provides links to application forms.
Food Stamps in Maryland
This page on the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service site takes you to information on applying for food stamps in Maryland and contains contact information for the Maryland Food Stamp Program as well as a clickable state map of food stamp offices in the state.
Maryland Food Bank
An affiliate of America's Second Harvest, the Maryland Food Bank coordinates the procurement and distribution of food donations from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and government agencies to organizations providing free food to the state's hungry.
Service Access and Information Link (SAIL)
SAIL is a web-based screening and application tool that allow Maryland residents to apply for social services, including food stamps, online.
Maryland Legal Aid Bureau
The Maryland Legal Aid Bureau provides free civil legal services in Maryland for low-income people, children and the elderly. Their Web site includes eligibility information and office locations.
Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Program, Maryland Family Health Administration
WIC is a federally funded program that provides healthy supplemental foods and nutrition counseling for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children under age five.
