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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in school closures and required school nutrition directors to shift their methods of executing the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The procurement of items, the composition of meals, and meal delivery were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to these changes, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released several waivers allowing for flexibility in meal patterns and meal delivery, while maintaining federal reimbursements to schools. Although school meals have yet to reach pre-pandemic participation numbers, school districts nationwide have experienced the effects of supply chain disruptions, therein impacting their ability to meet the nutritional standards of the NSLP and SBP. To mitigate supply chain issues and provide consistent, quality meals, School Food Authorities needed to leverage USDA's additional funding and waivers by continuing to innovate, establish, and communicate best practices for effective meal delivery.
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Like all healthcare professionals, hospitalists are at risk for burnout, and COVID-19 has made burnout symptoms worse, according to survey data of hospitalists at Mayo Clinic sites.1 Burnout is destructive;it is associated with shorter lifespan, depression, staff turnover, medical errors, and high costs to healthcare systems.2-6 Hospitalists, as leaders of healthcare teams in the hospital setting, also face personal risk in caring for hospitalized patients during the pandemic. At one New York City health system, hospital leaders fostered the emotional well-being of staff with individual and group counseling sessions, respite rooms, wellness rounds, assistance with transportation, childcare, and temporary lodging.7 A culture committee at Stanford University created several initiatives to address the needs of healthcare workers, including obtaining donations of masks and gift cards, providing snacks, and creating safe social interactions through podcasts and virtual gatherings.8 Others have offered workshops on mind-body practices.9 We report on a simple, low-cost effort led by wellness physician champions to directly support the well-being of frontline hospitalists at a large academic medical center: the personal interview. With the backing of the larger Health System Wellness Committee, which had identified wellness champion leaders early in the pandemic, we embarked on a variety of hospital medicine wellness activities. Hospitalists are accustomed to talking on the phone;they respond to pages by contacting patient care nurses and other staff by phone;they discuss patient care with consultants via phone;they update patients' families by phone;and, importantly, they sign out to oncoming teammates by phone. Because of the severe restrictions placed on social interactions, these essential exchanges with hospitalist teammates were now, at times, taking place between teammates who had never met.
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Objective: To investigate the implementation status of school lunches and simplified school lunches after a state of emergency was declared due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the content of a simplified school lunch.
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For many decades, children from low-income families have been able to receive free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts at their school. Provision of school meals addresses concerns about student hunger and is believed to promote positive education and health outcomes for target children. When the COVID pandemic led to abrupt school closures in the Spring of 2020, students lost access to those school meals. Congress addressed the lack of school meals by creating greater flexibility in how food assistance was provided to children while they were unable to attend school in person.
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For many decades, children from low-income families have been able to receive free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts at their school. Provision of school meals addresses concerns about student hunger and is believed to promote positive education and health outcomes for target children. When the COVID pandemic led to abrupt school closures in the Spring of 2020, students lost access to those school meals. Congress addressed the lack of school meals by creating greater flexibility in how food assistance was provided to children while they were unable to attend school in person.
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For many decades, children from low-income families have been able to receive free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts at their school. Provision of school meals addresses concerns about student hunger and is believed to promote positive education and health outcomes for target children. When the COVID pandemic led to abrupt school closures in the Spring of 2020, students lost access to those school meals. Congress addressed the lack of school meals by creating greater flexibility in how food assistance was provided to children while they were unable to attend school in person.
ABSTRACT
For many decades, children from low-income families have been able to receive free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts at their school. Provision of school meals addresses concerns about student hunger and is believed to promote positive education and health outcomes for target children. When the COVID pandemic led to abrupt school closures in the Spring of 2020, students lost access to those school meals. Congress addressed the lack of school meals by creating greater flexibility in how food assistance was provided to children while they were unable to attend school in person.
ABSTRACT
For many decades, children from low-income families have been able to receive free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts at their school. Provision of school meals addresses concerns about student hunger and is believed to promote positive education and health outcomes for target children. When the COVID pandemic led to abrupt school closures in the Spring of 2020, students lost access to those school meals. Congress addressed the lack of school meals by creating greater flexibility in how food assistance was provided to children while they were unable to attend school in person.