Emergency Food Provision for Children and Families during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Examples from Five U.S. Cities. Issue 1 (22nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jablonski, Becca B.R.; Casnovsky, Joy; Clark, Jill K.; Cleary, Rebecca; Feingold, Beth; Freedman, Darcy; Gray, Steven; Romeiko, Xiaobo; Olabisi, Laura Schmitt; Torres, Mariana; van den Berg, Alexandra E.; Walsh, Colleen; Wentworth, Chelsea
• Is Part Of: Applied economic perspectives and policy. Volume 43:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 169
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2020-10-22
• Subjects: COVID‐19 -- Emergency food -- Food security -- Food systems -- National School Lunch Program; H7 -- I1 -- Q18; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Agriculture and state -- Periodicals; 338.105
• DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13096
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-5790

Abstract

Abstract: As lockdown and school closure policies were implemented in response to the coronavirus, the federal government provided funding and relaxed its rules to support emergency food provision, but not guidance on best practices for effectiveness. Accordingly, cities developed a diverse patchwork of emergency feeding programs. This article uses qualitative data to provide insight into emergency food provision developed in five cities to serve children and families. Based on our qualitative analysis, we find that the effectiveness of local approaches appears to depend on: (i) cross‐sector collaboration, (ii) supply chains, and (iii) addressing gaps in service to increased risk populations.