We are actively engaged in connecting eligible Marylanders with
federal nutrition program benefits and available state and local resources.
Not exact matches
Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to
nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in
federal law to maximize access and
benefits.
Last year, Governor Cuomo made it easier for working families and seniors to access
federal nutrition benefits by eliminating the wasteful and punitive system of finger imaging
program applicants while implementing better ways to strength
program integrity.
We are talking with people in Maryland who have
benefitted or are currently
benefitting from the
federal nutrition programs, including SNAP (called the Food Supplement Program or FSP in Maryland and formerly known as Food Stamps), WIC, School Breakfast Program, the Afterschool Meal Program, and the Summer Nutrition P
programs, including SNAP (called the Food Supplement
Program or FSP in Maryland and formerly known as Food Stamps), WIC, School Breakfast
Program, the Afterschool Meal
Program, and the Summer
Nutrition ProgramsPrograms.
Of households that experience food insecurity, less than two - thirds participate in one of the main
federal anti-hunger
programs: Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP); the National School Lunch
Program; or the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).38 In part, this is because many food insecure households are not eligible for
nutrition assistance or because certain barriers exist, such as the stigma associated with participating in
programs designed to
benefit low - income families.
The average pay for child care teachers is barely more than $ 10 per hour, lower than for most other jobs, including parking lot attendants and dog walkers.26 These low wages contribute to economic insecurity among the child care and early education workforce, with one in seven living in families with incomes below the
federal poverty level.27 Currently, about half of people working in the child care sector rely on public
benefit programs such as Medicaid and
nutrition assistance.28 Low pay contributes to high turnover rates, which can threaten quality in early childhood
programs during children's critical developmental period.