Maryland – Associate Resources

A health insurance program that provides medical and health-related services to eligible Maryland residents. Call: 800-492-5231.

SHIP is a free health-benefit counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries that helps seniors understand their health insurance benefits, bills, and rights. Call: 410-767-1100.

Provides cash assistance to qualifying Maryland families with dependent children while preparing program participants for independence through work. Call: 800-332-6347.

Provides financial assistance with child- care costs to eligible Maryland working families. Call: 866-243-8796.

Maryland’s Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), federally known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), helps families achieve self-sufficiency by providing financial aid and promoting employment. TANF aims to support families in caring for children at home, reducing dependency on government aid, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and encouraging two-parent households.

Call: (800) 332-6347 or visit their website.

Students start the day ready to learn and grow by eating breakfast. The School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides children with a nutritious meal that studies show is correlated with higher test scores, decreased emotional and behavioral problems, reduced food insecurity, less frequent visits to the nurse, and fewer school absences.

SNAP, also known as the Food Stamp Program in Maryland, provides food benefits and nutrition education to low-income households. Recipients use an electronic card to purchase eligible food items. The program collaborates with state agencies and community organizations to ensure access and promote informed nutrition choices.

Offers milk to children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps, Call: 410- 767-0225.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides nutritionally balanced meals that contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children, and the health and wellness of older adults and people with chronic disabilities.

Protects low-income families from utility cut-offs and allows MEAP eligible households to enter a year-round even monthly payment program with their utility company. Call: 800-352-1446.

Assists eligible low-income electric customers with their electric bills. Call: 800-352- 1446.

Helps eligible low-income households lease privately owned rental units from participating landlords. Call: 410-514-7490.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will administer federal emergency​ rental funding in two ways, (1) directly ​to local jurisdictions through the Maryland Eviction Partnership Program to support local rental assistance efforts and (2) to property management ​on behalf of tenants residing in affordable rental properties that received federal or state financing through the Assisted Housing Relief Program. See list of eligible properties at Assisted Housing Relief Program Eligible Properties Search.