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To accomplish this goal, we work in areas of the state with high concentrations of low-income residents to expand use of the federal nutrition programs (SNAP/Food Stamps, known in Maryland as the Food Supplement Program; school lunch and breakfast; afterschool, summer, and child care nutrition programs; and WIC) by engaging in public education, research and information dissemination, networking, training, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and advocacy. We seek to promote best practices to increase participation, to ensure that the federal nutrition programs are fully implemented, to research and analyze the extent of hunger and food hardship, to raise awareness through education and outreach, and to advocate for needed policy and systems changes to better serve those in need.  \nEstablished in 2007, MDHS is a separately staffed and funded initiative of the Food Research and Action Center. Maryland Hunger Solutions is a core member of the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger, a public-private coalition led by the Governor’s Office for Children to raise awareness about childhood hunger in the state and increase participation in nutrition programs that combat hunger.  \nMaryland Hunger Solutions works closely with state and local organizations to improve participation in and expand access to the Food Supplement Program (FSP) . In 2013, Maryland Hunger Solutions supported the acceptance of FSP benefits at nine farmers’markets in Baltimore City and two in Baltimore County, further increasing access to healthy food for FSP/food stamp recipients Maryland.  \nThe project was made possible through generous funding from the Abell Foundation, Crossroads Community Food Network, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, and the Wholesome Wave Foundation Charitable Ventures.  \nMaryland Hunger Solutions gratefully acknowledges the following funders for their support of our work.  \nAARP Foundation  \nAbell Foundation  \nCommunity Foundation for the National Capital Region  \nCommunity Foundation for Prince George’s County  \nConsumer Health Foundation  \nCrossroads Community Food Network  \nBetty Lee and Dudley P. Digges Memorial Fund  \nFund for Change  \nDavid and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation  \nHorizon Foundation  \nKaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States  \nThe Kresge Foundation  \nZanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund  \nMAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger  \nThe Moriah Fund  \nMorningstar Foundation  \nLeonard and Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation  \nUnited Way of Central Maryland  \nUnited Way of the National Capital Area  \nU.S. Department of Agriculture  \nWalmart Foundation  \nHarry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation  \nWholesome Wave Foundation Charitable Ventures  \nWHAT IS FSP/SNAP/FOOD STAMPS?  \nThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, is the federal government’s biggest supplemental nutrition program. The program is not welfare. Your federal tax dollars pay for these benefits and you are entitled to use this program as long as you are eligible to participate. There is no time limit. 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