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Emergency Food Provision for Children and Families during the COVID ‐19 Pandemic: Examples from Five U.S. Cities
Author(s) -
Jablonski Becca B.R.,
Casnovsky Joy,
Clark Jill K.,
Cleary Rebecca,
Feingold Beth,
Freedman Darcy,
Gray Steven,
Romeiko Xiaobo,
Olabisi Laura Schmitt,
Torres Mariana,
Berg Alexandra E.,
Walsh Colleen,
Wentworth Chelsea
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1002/aepp.13096
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , business , closure (psychology) , food service , best practice , emergency response , food aid , qualitative research , service (business) , economic growth , public relations , marketing , political science , food security , economics , medical emergency , geography , medicine , sociology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , philosophy , law , agriculture , linguistics , archaeology , pathology , outbreak , disease
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.