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Targeted Outreach Narrows SNAP Enrollment Gap for Maryland SUN Bucks Families

Targeted Outreach Narrows SNAP Enrollment Gap for Maryland SUN Bucks Families

Media Contact: March 19, 2026 Lilly Price, Press Secretary lillian.price@maryland.gov Phone: 443-965-1265 Targeted Outreach Narrows SNAP Enrollment Gap for Maryland SUN Bucks Families A new report highlights how a text… Read more »

Calvert County Officials Sign An Agreement To Enhance The Protection, Safety and Well-being of Children

Calvert County Officials Sign An Agreement To Enhance The Protection, Safety and Well-being of Children

Media Contact: Brian Schleter brian.schleter@maryland.gov Calvert County Officials Sign An Agreement To Enhance The Protection, Safety and Well-being of Children PRINCE FREDERICK, MD (Nov. 28, 2023) — Calvert County officials… Read more »

Tax Credit Available for Families with Children

Tax Credit Available for Families with Children

The Child Tax Credit has been expanded to reach additional children in Maryland, many of whom are in families that do not realize they’re eligible for these funds. Each household… Read more »

Maryland Department of Human Services Selected To Participate In First-of-its-Kind National Effort to Redesign Child Welfare

Maryland Department of Human Services Selected To Participate In First-of-its-Kind National Effort to Redesign Child Welfare

February 11, 2021 Media Contact: Katherine Morris katherine.morris@maryland.gov Maryland Department of Human Services Selected To Participate In First-of-its-Kind National Effort to Redesign Child Welfare Thriving Families, Safer Children Program Aims… Read more »

After USDA Approval, Maryland to Provide Food to Approximately 427,000 Children Affected by COVID-19 School Closures

After USDA Approval, Maryland to Provide Food to Approximately 427,000 Children Affected by COVID-19 School Closures

April 29, 2020 Media Contact: Katherine Morris katherine.morris@maryland.gov After USDA Approval, Maryland to Provide Food to Approximately 427,000 Children Affected by COVID-19 School Closures $49 Million in Additional Benefits for… Read more »

State of Maryland Transforms Social Services Using AWS

State of Maryland Transforms Social Services Using AWS

The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) designed and built Maryland’s Total Human-services Integrated Network (MD THINK) to deliver integrated health and human services programs to the state’s most vulnerable… Read more »

Grants Awarded to Improve Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations

Grants Awarded to Improve Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations

For immediate release: November 26, 2018 Contact: Walinda “Linda” West walinda.west@maryland.gov 443-223-1048 (cell) Grants Awarded to Improve Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Grants are Part of Federal Children’s Justice Act Funds… Read more »

Baltimore County DSS Launches New Information, Referral and Screening Number

Baltimore County DSS Launches New Information, Referral and Screening Number

Baltimore County DSS Launches New Information, Referral and Screening Number

September Infant Mortality Awareness Month – Baby Buggy Walk in the Park

September Infant Mortality Awareness Month – Baby Buggy Walk in the Park

September Infant Mortality Awareness Month – For every 1,000 babies born, 6 die during their first year Baby Buggy Walk in the Park-Medial Advisory1

Baltimore County Child Advocacy Center Earns Re-Accreditation from National Children’s Alliance

Baltimore County Child Advocacy Center Earns Re-Accreditation from National Children’s Alliance

Baltimore County, Maryland — The Baltimore County Department of Social Service’s Child Advocacy Center has been re-accredited by National Children’s Alliance (NCA) following an extensive application and review. The Baltimore… Read more »

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