| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore City |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | side letter agreement |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | CSA, city employees, community supported agriculture, consumption, farm share, food consumption, healthy food, homegrown baltimore, program, union employees, wellness benefit, wellness program, wellness program benefit |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Board of Estimates |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Baltimore Office of the Labor Commissioner, Managerial and Professional Society of Baltimore Inc. |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
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| Policy Outcome(s): | Board of Estimates approved a request by Managerial and Professional Society of Baltimore, Inc. (MAPS) union, a labor union representing Baltimore City employees, to allow for union members to participate in a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm share as part of their wellness benefit; members of the union can be reimbursed up to $250 of the cost to participate in a CSA; side letter agreement with MAPS modifies the language in Article 7, Health and Welfare Benefits, Section G to allow the physical fitness/wellness reimbursement to include community supported agriculture programs, as approved by the Employee Benefits Division of the Department of Human Resources |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
