Summer Sun Bucks program launches for the second year in Maryland, giving cash directly to low-income families to help them afford groceries while school is out and school-provided meals are not available. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters). (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters).
Maryland distributed more than $23 million at the end of June to help the families of more than a half-million low-income children afford food this summer while school is out.
The payments, $40 per kid per month, mark the kickoff of the second summer of the state’s Sun Bucks program, a newer federal grocery benefit that provides food assistance to families struggling with food insecurity, helping them replace school meals that students in low-income families often rely on…