Governor Moore Announces New Mobile-Friendly Tool to Streamline Benefits Access for Marylanders
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore today announced the launch of Maryland’s Unified Benefits Screener, a joint initiative between the Maryland Departments of Human Services, Health, and Information Technology to streamline benefit access. The new screener—the state’s first interagency online tool developed with a person-centered and mobile-first design—allows Marylanders...
Governor Moore Announces Maryland SUN Bucks Helps Feed More Than 586k Children
Maryland SUN Bucks represents the state’s largest investment in ending childhood hunger during the summer. SUN Bucks ensures that our children remain healthy as they learn and grow. We are proud to have launched such a comprehensive, inter-agency effort aimed at ensuring no child in Maryland ever goes hungry. Read Governor Wes Moore’s Press Release Learn more with our SUN...
Maryland Increases Food Benefit for Older Adults
Media Contact: Lilly Price lillian.price@maryland.gov (443) 965-1265 Maryland Increases Food Benefit for Older Adults Baltimore — Beginning October 1, Maryland will increase the minimum monthly grocery-buying benefit for eligible Marylanders aged 60 and older to $50. This change comes as part of Senate Bill 35 of 2024, which lowered the eligibility age from 62 to 60 while increasing...
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Frederick County DSS Holiday Gift Project at Social Services: Help Needed
Cold weather and the holidays are right around the corner. Once again, the Frederick County Department of Social Services is sponsoring their annual 2012 Holiday Gift Project to make the…
Allegany County DSS staff “team up” to Assist Community Partner
The Employees of Allegany County Department of Social Services “team up” to raise funds for a community partner. Reverend Dan Taylor pastor of the Union Rescue Mission, a community partner,…
Washington County Office of Child Support Enforcement Creatively Boost Collections in 2012
The Washington County Department of Social Services collected and disbursed more than $15.1 million in child support payments to county families in the federal fiscal year ending Sept. 30th. Payments…
KENT COUNTY DSS DONATES 122lbs OF FOOD TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
On October 4, the Kent County Department of Social Services donated 122 pounds of food to Kent County’s Community Food Pantry in support of Governor Martin O’Malley’s Day of Service….
CARE Center Partners Reaffirm Commitment to QAC’s Children
On October 9, 2012, the Queen Anne’s County Child Abuse Response & Evaluation (CARE) Center partners gathered at the Office of the Sheriff to sign an Inter-Agency Agreement, reaffirming their…
Washington County DSS staff volunteered at the Hope for Hagerstown event
Governor Martin O’Malley declared September 29, 2012 an interfaith Day of Service calling on all Marylanders to engage in community projects focused on ending hunger and protecting the environment. To…
CARROLL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES COORDINATES SECOND ANNUAL HOMELESS RESOURCE DAY
CARROLL COUNTY, MD ( September 27, 2012): On October 6, 2012, from 930 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., the Carroll County Department of Social Services along with75 service providers and 160…
BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS BRIGHT IDEA IN GOVERNMENT AWARD
Baltimore, MD., – September 25, 2012 – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, honored the Baltimore City…
