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Federal Food Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In the 2019 fiscal year, one in four US residents participated in one of USDA's 15 food assistance programs. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to unprecedented spikes in unemployment as well as widespread school closures, has exacerbated already limited access to resources and sources of food for food insecure households. Harris-Lagoudakis examines how the federal governmental has addressed the effects of the pandemic by altering food policy and making changes to the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, SNAP, and other USDA food assistance programs. She finds that the economic downturn and the emergency federal policy provisions have increased the number of SNAP participating households and the amount of benefits allotted to SNAP beneficiaries. However, the NSLP and SBP have faced significant challenges in providing free and reduced price meals to children at risk for food insecurity.

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  • Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis, 2020. "Federal Food Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications apr-fall-2020-1, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
    • Handle: RePEc:ias:cpaper:apr-fall-2020-1
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