Abstract
Food insecurity among children in the United States remains a serious problem, especially during summer months. While there are summer meal programs such as the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), participation rates are low. In response, in 2019, Meals-to-You (MTY) was piloted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty where food boxes were delivered to households with a focus on rural areas. This was expanded during COVID to an Emergency Meals-to-You component. We find that among participating households, those receiving more boxes had larger declines in food insecurity, especially in more remote rural areas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1499-1512 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | Jun 21 2022 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- food assistance
- food insecurity
- hunger
- poverty
- school meals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Economics and Econometrics