Serving Summer Meals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of 2 Summer Food Service Program Sponsors in Maryland

Autor/inn/en	Lu, Stacy V.; Gross, Julia; Harper, Kaitlyn M.; Medina-Perez, Karen; Wilson, Michael J.; Gross, Susan M.
Titel	Serving Summer Meals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of 2 Summer Food Service Program Sponsors in Maryland
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 92 (2022) 5, S.429-435 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lu, Stacy V.) ORCID (Harper, Kaitlyn M.) ORCID (Gross, Susan M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.13145
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Summer Programs; School Community Programs; Federal Aid; Children; Adolescents; Food Service; Geographic Regions; Institutions; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Background: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free and nutritious meals to children under age 18 during out-of-school times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland sponsors served over 9.5 million meals to children through an expanded version of the SFSP. This study aimed to explore and compare the factors that enabled 2 SFSP sponsors in Maryland to dramatically increase meals distribution during the pandemic. Methods: Sponsors were selected based on their responses in the larger study and demographic characteristics of the area in which they served. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted over Zoom--4 interviews with Sponsor A (3 interviews with the sponsor, 1 interview with their vendor) and 1 interview with Sponsor B. Qualitative data were analyzed inductively and deductively. Participation data from 2019 and 2020 were obtained from the Maryland State Department of Education and analyzed. Results: Despite their differences in organization type and geographic region, they identified similar facilitators to their success--communication with the community and utilization of the United States Department of Agriculture-issued waivers. Conclusions: Strengthening community communication networks and permanently integrating more flexibility into regulation of the SFSP may increase meals participation during future out-of-school times. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01