FREDERICK, MARYLAND — Federalsburg, Cambridge and South Dorchester, and Uptown Chestertown are included in Maryland's latest $32 million round of ENOUGH anti-poverty grants. Talbot is not named as an awardee community.

Gov. Wes Moore, speaking Sept. 30 in Frederick, announced what the governor’s office called a record-breaking $32 million in grants through Maryland’s ENOUGH Initiative to support community-led solutions in 30 communities in 12 counties and Baltimore City (the Sept. 30 release said “13 counties”; the grantee list is 12 counties plus Baltimore City). The program, run with the Governor’s Office for Children, targets neighborhoods where poverty is highly concentrated.

"Today, we are doubling down on our commitment by delivering historic funding to pave pathways to work, wages, and wealth," Moore said.

Moore’s office said ENOUGH communities have received nearly $100 million in additional state government grants since November of last year under an all-of-government priority, and that every state dollar in the ENOUGH grant program has leveraged about four additional dollars from state agencies and philanthropic partners — about $360 million, according to the governor’s office, combined when counting $70 million from ENOUGH grants, $100 million in state agency contributions, and $190 million from philanthropy. The governor also announced $10 million in Produce Rx grants for medical nutrition support through fresh food in ENOUGH communities.