From 2008 to 2011, average monthly applications for food stamps in Baltimore increased by 66 percent, and applications for temporary cash assistance rose 35 percent, according to the Maryland Department of Human Resources.

Families with young children in Prince George’s County need to make more than $50,000 a year to cover just their basic living expenses, according to a new report.

To make ends meet in Baltimore County, a family of three that includes an adult, a preschool child and a school-age child needs to make nearly $62,000 to cover basic needs, a new study finds. That is more than three times the federal poverty level.

Families with young children in Montgomery County must earn at least $64,000 a year just to cover their basic needs without government aid — about a 50 percent increase over the past decade that makes the county more expensive for working families than New York City and San Francisco, a new study says.

Over the past two years Patricia Santee has seen a change in the people seeking assistance from the Charles County Children’s Aid Society, where she works as an administrative assistant.

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COLLEGE PARK – In less than 10 minutes, 78 teenagers and young adults cycled through a 7-Eleven and emptied the shelves of candy bars, snacks and drinks