Monday, October 18
Poster Session: Education and Counseling; Ethics and Professionalism; Foodservice Management; Informatics; Organization Management; Research, Evidence-Informed Practice and Quality Improvement; Safety and Risk Management
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ Food for Students Program: Successes and Challenges Providing School Meals During a Pandemic

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Learning Outcome

Identify the benefits of shifting from a traditional school-based feeding model into a community-based model during remote learning.

North Carolina is the 10th hungriest state, with 20% of children facing food insecurity. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) cafeterias offer meals in 19 schools; 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-priced meals. Following COVID-19-related school closures, CHCCS transitioned to a community meal service model, Food for Students (FFS), designed to

Funding source

USDA federal meal reimbursement. Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School Foundation grant fund for supplemental programming.

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