Food And Shelter

National program awards county $18,728 shelter grantCarroll County has been selected by the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to receive $18,728 to provide shelter, food and supportive services to the homeless and hungry.The Carroll County Circle of Caring has funds available to qualified agencies that assist the needy in daily living requirements.The circle of caring is responsible for establishing priorities among community needs, allocating money to emergency food and shelter providers, and assisting with program compliance.

Continuing a tradition begun in 2008, members of the Bel Air New Car Dealers Association made two $5,000 donations to Harford County charitable institutions that serve members of the community in the greatest need for food and shelter. Checks were presented Tuesday to the Harford Community Action Agency in Edgewood, which manages and stocks the county's food banks, and the Faith Communities and Civic Agencies United (FCCAU) Welcome One Emergency Shelter in Belcamp. "We had two very successful parking lot sales at the Festival at Bel Air during 2012, over the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends," Thomas D. Walls, president of the Bel Air New Car Dealers Association, wrote in a press release.

Carroll County has received a $16,000 federal grant to pay for food, shelter and other emergency services for the county's low-income population.The money was awarded through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of Alexandria, Va. The program is governed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Local nonprofit agencies that provide emergency services to needy county residents may apply for the grant money, which will be distributed by Carroll County Circle of Caring. The circle includes members of Carroll's human services community, with representatives from social services agencies and religious organizations.

Homelessness among children is a serious issue in today's society. Over 2 million children are suffering from lack of food and shelter. Children are commonly born into this situation and have no control over their living arrangements. Most of these children go through life living on the streets or in homeless shelters. Health care is very limited or even nonexistent for these children. Physical, psychological, and emotional damage is very frequent in homeless cases. Also, it is common for a child to leave their home because of abuse and violence.

Closures announced for Presidents Day Carroll County Government offices will be closed tomorrow for Presidents Day. Carroll County public libraries, senior centers and public schools also will be closed tomorrow. Northern Landfill and the Recycling Center will be open tomorrow. Town Hall will be closed for three days The Mount Airy Town Hall will be closed tomorrow for President's Day and Tuesday and Wednesday for packing and moving to the newly renovated Town Hall at 110 S. Main St. Town Hall will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

More than $43,000 in federal money will go to Harford County emergency food and shelter programs in 1993.The $43,786 grant comes from the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, said Harford Councilwoman Joanne S. Parrott, co-chair of the board's county chapter."

County to distribute federal shelter moneyThe county Department of Social Services is seeking local homeless shelters and food pantries to receive federal money for food and shelter. More than $183,857 in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be given to local shelters and kitchens. Information: 974-8616 or 974-8597.State seeks owners of unclaimed cashThe state comptroller's office is looking for the owners of unclaimed cash. Wednesday, the office will advertise the names of 10,852 Marylanders in newspapers across the state, including The Sun, who have not claimed after five years cash owed them by financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities and corporations.

When I learned that single motherhood was the lowest rung of the prosperity ladder 40 years ago, I asked myself, "Why would I choose that?" Is that still the problem today? Where are the fathers? Where are the husbands? Must fathers live apart from mothers and children so that the government at all levels can give them money? Is it working? Are Baltimore, Maryland, and the federal government proving themselves good parents? Can we reverse this? Are kids so accustomed to having government buy food and shelter that they only have to pay for iPhones?

Homelessness among children is a serious issue in today's society. Over 2 million children are suffering from lack of food and shelter. Children are commonly born into this situation and have no control over their living arrangements. Most of these children go through life living on the streets or in homeless shelters. Health care is very limited or even nonexistent for these children. Physical, psychological, and emotional damage is very frequent in homeless cases. Also, it is common for a child to leave their home because of abuse and violence.

Federal funding for Anne Arundel County shelters, food banks and other agencies that help the poor with emergency needs is down more than $40,000 from last year, but the number of people who need help is going up.The decrease, part of the congressional cutback in spending on social programs, also means the nonprofit agencies administering many of the programs will have to scramble to make up the difference.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will give $139,637 to county nonprofit organizations recommended for grants by a board of representatives from county agencies and charities.

When I learned that single motherhood was the lowest rung of the prosperity ladder 40 years ago, I asked myself, "Why would I choose that?" Is that still the problem today? Where are the fathers? Where are the husbands? Must fathers live apart from mothers and children so that the government at all levels can give them money? Is it working? Are Baltimore, Maryland, and the federal government proving themselves good parents? Can we reverse this? Are kids so accustomed to having government buy food and shelter that they only have to pay for iPhones?

Following the devastating earthquake this past January in Haiti, the American Red Cross worked to turn despair into hope. At the Red Cross of Central Maryland we witnessed an incredible outpouring of public support for our relief efforts. Individuals and groups ranging from area churches, local schools and corporations all opened their hearts and their wallets so the Red Cross could provide medical assistance, clean drinking water, food and shelter to the people of Haiti when they needed it most.

Closures announced for Presidents Day Carroll County Government offices will be closed tomorrow for Presidents Day. Carroll County public libraries, senior centers and public schools also will be closed tomorrow. Northern Landfill and the Recycling Center will be open tomorrow. Town Hall will be closed for three days The Mount Airy Town Hall will be closed tomorrow for President's Day and Tuesday and Wednesday for packing and moving to the newly renovated Town Hall at 110 S. Main St. Town Hall will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Baltimore: Training City to participate in biological exercise Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley announced yesterday that the city, along with Anne Arundel, Howard, Harford and Baltimore counties, will conduct a biological training exercise this month. State agencies and hospitals will participate. Called Harbor Base III, it will be the third full-scale biological exercise in the city since 2003. A statement from the city Health Department says the drill is to help improve coordination between hospitals, communication between rescue and police agencies and examine how public and private agencies work together in a crisis.

In case you didn't know, butterflies are in trouble. "Butterflies desperately need our help," says butterfly breeder Rick Mikula, author of the award-winning Family Butterfly Book and owner of Hole-in-Hand Butterfly Farm in Pennsylvania. "The destruction of habitat is killing butterflies. The more asphalt we lay, the more wildflowers we replace with hybrids and ornamentals, and the more insecticides we spray, the fewer the wings that will fill the sky." In an effort to reverse butterfly loss, Mikula breeds, raises and releases butterflies.

Carroll County Department of Social Services is throwing a private party today to celebrate an anniversary in 2000 -- a 65-year period that has seen the agency grow from a staff of three to about 130. On July 26, 1935, after Congress passed the Social Security Act to help the poor, the Carroll County Public Welfare Board formed. A director, an investigator and a clerk were hired to help the poorest county residents in the aftermath of the Depression. Today, its staff members handle thousands of cases, ranging from child abuse and adoptions to job placement.

5/8 TC Harford County has been allocated $45,639 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with local emergency food and shelter programs.The money will be disbursed to private voluntary and governmental agencies that provide food, clothing, lodging, utilities and rental assistance to needy Harford families.Last year's grant of $43,786 was divided among 15 charitable organizations, including the Salvation Army, Harford Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, Harford Interfaith Community, ECHCO House, the Sexual Assault/Spouse Abuse Resource Center.

After three years of monitoring food supplies at a remote refugee camp in Somalia, one of her first crises in Macedonia was an urgent request from a medical team. A diabetic refugee had just crossed the border. Could she provide a special diet?She could not believe what she was hearing, much less that she was able to fulfill the request."In Africa, we don't have special food or diets. There are no diabetics in the camps," she says. "They just die."Food, shelter, medical care, recreational facilities -- all are more abundantly available for the ethnic Albanian refugees than for their counterparts in African camps.