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Briefing Sheet:
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| MARYLAND
EMERGENCY |
| FOOD
PROGRAM |
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FACTS
- In a 1999
survey of Emergency Service Providers in Maryland,
food pantries reported a 47% increase in food
distribution over 1998.
- Among food providers who served
both families and individuals, 65% reported
having seen a higher proportion of families
with children between 1998 and 1999.
- In a 2000 Center for Poverty
Solutions study, 58% of former TCA recipients
who were working full time used emergency food
services.
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Recommendations:
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Increase the Maryland Emergency Food
Program by $500,000 for FY 2002.
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| Action: |
| Urge
the General Assembly to support the
Governor’s increase of $500,000,
putting total program funding at $1
million. |
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Relevant Committees:
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House Appropriations and Senate Budget
& Taxation.
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BACKGROUND
- Created in 1998, the Maryland
Emergency Food Program, operated by the Department
of Human Resources (DHR) is the only program
that provides state funding to emergency food
providers to purchase and distribute food.
- Funding is provided to every
county (and Baltimore City) in Maryland.
- In the 17 jurisdictions administered
through the Center for Poverty Solutions last
year, over $800,000 was requested by food providers,
and only $324,000 was available.
- Emergency food providers are
seeing more and more individuals and families
in need of assistance and cannot meet the demands
without additional funding.
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| For more information
on how to get involved, contact Tracy
Newsome-Smith at 410- 366-0600, x111. |
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