Events2Join

Distributing Summer Meals during a Pandemic


Data: How Schools Respond to Student Hunger Over the Summer

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Department of Agriculture (the federal agency that oversees school meal programs) authorized ...

Summer Food for Children: An Overview of Federal Aid - CRS Reports

Summer Meal Programs During COVID-19. In summers 2020-2022, USDA used ... Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without ...

Congress approves free student meal extension through summer

Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer.

States can do more to help students access nutritious school meals ...

Authors · Grab-and-go meals at designated pick-up sites · Drive-through lanes for meal distribution to limit contact with others during pick-up ...

Supporting school meals during COVID-19 and beyond

USDA waivers, authorized by Congress through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, have allowed schools to provide free meals to any child up to ...

Summer Food Service Program: Providing Multiple Meals at a Time ...

a Time During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ... Large rolling carts can help transport meals in single layers around the distribution site.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Experiences ... - MDPI

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was allowed to operate in untraditional non-summer months to ensure ...

School meal access and changes in meal participation during ...

(McLoughlin et al., 2020) The expansion of meal distribution during COVID-19 school closures, coupled with rising food insecurity, renewed calls for universal ...

New Orleans school meal programs during the COVID-19 pandemic

School meal programs are critical to reducing childhood food insecurity. This study identified challenges and innovations in school meal ...

Feeding kids while schools are closed

Drive-thru food distributions at schools. · Preparing and distributing to-go meals to kids and families. · Activating summer and after-school ...

EJ1333027 - Serving Summer Meals during the COVID-19 ... - ERIC

... in Maryland to dramatically increase meals distribution during the pandemic. Methods: Sponsors were selected based on their responses in the larger study ...

O42 Examining the Geospatial Characteristics of COVID-19 ...

School meals are an important social safety net. During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and community organizations were able to serve meals through federal ...

Child Nutrition Program Operations During COVID-19, Mar-Sept 2020

supplements served during summer 2020, the number of sites serving at least two meals was generally ... Distributing 2–3 days of meals at one time.

Missouri pledges to disperse summer food aid by end of year

The aid was intended to be distributed during summer break, to help vulnerable kids avoid a drop-off in nutrition while they were out of school.

USDA's Summer Meals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic waivers allowed sponsors to test different models of distribution. Parents/guardians responded positively to the opportunity to access grab-and-go ...

Calls to Action to Optimize School Nutrition Program beyond the ...

... Distributing Summer Meals during a. Pandemic: Challenges and Innovations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3167. [CrossRef] ...

Keeping Summer Meals Participation Strong During COVID-19

While summer is historically a difficult time for those families that rely on school meals, unprecedented rates of food insecurity and ...

Missouri set to start distributing new summer food aid for children

The program aims to help kids who receive subsidized school meals avoid a summer drop-off in nutrition. The money was intended to be distributed ...

What's Happening to School Meals During COVID-19? - XQ Institute

For instance, these programs are coordinating mealtimes around remote learning schedules and offering meals for multiple days at a time and flexible pick-up ...

USDA allows school districts to resume serving free grab-and-go ...

“During the Covid-19 pandemic, USDA has provided an unprecedented amount of flexibilities to help schools feed kids through the school meal ...