When there’s a crisis such as the collapse of the Key Bridge and other major events, food support networks such as the Maryland Food Bank try to stay ready to help.
Re-opening the facility will help the food bank organize increased efforts to provide not only food assistance but also job connection opportunities.
Inflation and curtailed benefits leave households short of nutritious food, Food Bank CEO says.
More than a third of families surveyed reported that their children were sometimes not eating enough due to the cost of food.
The pilot program focuses on job training in Baltimore, where unemployment and underemployment rates are the highest in the state.