Publications
from Maryland Hunger Solutions
Maryland Hunger Solutions Newsletter
Students Can Have Their Breakfast and Eat It Too: A Guide to Expanding School Breakfast in Maryland (pdf)
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- School Breakfast Basics
- Assessing the Need in Your School
- Breakfast Serving Models
- Going Further (Elimination of Reduced-Price Breakfast; Universal Free Breakfast; Outreach to Middle and High School Students)
- Stakeholders
- Breakfast Challenges and Solutions: FAQs
- Outreach Resources
- Additional Resources
Policy Briefs
- Breakfast in Maryland’s Counties (pdf)
The School Breakfast Program is vitally important for children in Maryland, but too many children miss out. This publication tracks county participation in the School Breakfast Program, outlines trends in particpation, and offers recommendations on ways to improve the program at the local, state and federal level.- NEW! 2010 Analysis released.
- Past Reports: Breakfast in Maryland’s Counties: 2008
- Summer Nutrition in the Counties (pdf)
Hunger doesn't stop when school lets out for the summer. While the Summer Nutrition Programs are intended to fill the gap for low-income, many barriers to participation exist. This publication examines the challenges facing communities and children in accessing summer food programs, analyzes participation at the state and county levels, and discusses ways to improve participation. - Executive Summary & Implications for Maryland (pdf)
Based on data from Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2008 (pdf) from the Food Research and Action Center. - Summary of the 2008 Farm Bill: What does it mean for Maryland? (pdf)
from the Food Research and Action Center:
- State of the States: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation (pdf) Maryland's statistics (pdf)
- Food Stamp Access in Urban America: A City-by-City Snapshot (pdf)
- School Breakfast Scorecard (pdf)
- Food Stamps Accepted Here: Attracting Low-Income Consumers to Farmers' Markets (a D.C. Hunger Solutions publication) (pdf)