Despite the state pledging $62 million to help feed Marylanders in the face of cuts to federal food assistance, the state’s food banks are seeing more people calling or walking in the door in need of food since the federal program ran out last week.

Although the Trump Administration has been ordered by the courts to use contingency funds to cover 100% of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, this week it said it will release just 50% of the funds necessary. Meanwhile, even with the state stepping up, food banks across the state told The Baltimore Sun they are struggling to keep up with demand.

In Carroll County, food bank Carroll County Food Sunday’s executive director said the holiday season usually brings an uptick in donations, and that has been this case this year

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