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WIC is an important resource during COVID-19. This brief details the change in WIC participation and food costs during the first full year of COVID-19 (March 2020 through February 2021).

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high poverty schools to offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students on a four-year cycle. Schools that participate in community eligibility often see increased participation in school meals, allowing more students to experience the many educational and health benefits linked to school meal participation.

Take Action: Congress Must Support Critical Child Nutrition Bills. We urge Members of Congress — in the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization process and economic recovery legislation — to cosponsor and continue to lift up the following bills to strengthen and expand programs.

The Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021 (S. 1831 / H.R. 3519), introduced by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Mike Levin (D-CA), would provide low-income families with children a Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card to purchase food.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Communities, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on rural communities, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on households with low income, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on households with low educational attainment, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on intersectionality and essential workers, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on young adults, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Food insecurity is part of a larger feedback cycle between poor health outcomes and poverty. The COVID-19 pandemic has applied unique pressures to these relationships, while food insecurity, poor health outcomes, and poverty simultaneously increase the risk of COVID-19 infection, transmission, and morbidity. Explore the feedback cycle and links.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Communities, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Communities, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on older adults, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on women, focusing on hunger, poverty, and health.

Differences between CPS-FSS and Pulse data mean that food insecurity measures from 2019 are not directly comparable with food insufficiency measures from 2020. This means that we are likely underestimating the degree of food hardship during the pandemic. Here’s why.