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This past week Fireline employees participated in an annual “volunteer day” stuffing weekend food bags for Baltimore Hunger Project, a non-profit organization that helps feed food insecure children in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Many

Meaghan Attard recently published a thorough research report titled "Root Causes of Poverty in the United States and Baltimore." In the report, Attard delves deeper into the systemic issues correlated with the United States' most

Followers of this blog are well aware that childhood hunger remains a major problem in the U.S. One in six American children may not know where their next meal is coming from. As we’ve read

In areas with high poverty rates, access to healthy and sustainable food is limited. Families that are struggling to make ends meet and have to decide how to allocate their earnings from multiple part-time jobs

The beginning of the pandemic brought many academic semesters to a complete halt in the 2019-2020 school year. College campuses were forced to close down, students were sent home, and online learning became the norm

Traditionally, students who qualified for free and reduced lunch are able to receive their meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). These students would have to apply by filling out financial forms proving their