Distributing Summer Meals during a Pandemic: Challenges and Innovations

The USDA summer food programs provide meals for children when school is not in session. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for food distribution programs, many regulations have been waived, providing opportunities for new approaches to meal distribution. The aim of this study was to identify practices designed to increase program participation during the summer of 2021.

Full citation: Bennett BL, Gans KM, Burkholder K, Esposito J, Warykas SW, Schwartz MB. Distributing Summer Meals during a Pandemic: Challenges and Innovations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(6):3167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063167