Food Insecurity

Maryland Food Bank president and CEO Meg Kimmel discusses how new SNAP work requirements approved last year by Congress could threaten benefits for tens of thousands of Maryland food stamp recipients.

The latest Baltimore Area Survey reports residents feel safer in their neighborhoods but economic concerns, job instability and food insecurity are on the rise.

Student Support Network founder Laurie Mitchell-Taylor describes how the 10-year-old non-profit assists needy Baltimore County students with donated food, clothing, school supplies and other support through programs in 21 schools.

Ongoing legal proceedings will determine whether SNAP benefits are funded through the government shutdown.

The new Jumbo Fresh Supermarket in Mount Clare Junction is serves several neighborhoods where access to healthy foods is limited.

Over 580,000 children statewide qualified for the $120 grocery-buying stipend under a new program called SunBucks.

Tom speaks with Maryland's Secretary of Agriculture about the state's drought and how farmers are adjusting.

More than a quarter of residents surveyed say they have had a family member died of an overdose.

Volunteers with United Way of Central Maryland pack food, books and clothing to help local families. After two grocery stores recently closed, a monthly food bank inside of Curtis Bay Elementary has become vital for families.

SNAP cuts, high cost of living cited as reasons why.