COVID-19 and Food Insecurity: an Uneven Patchwork of Responses

摘要

Additionally, at the time the national emergency was declared in mid-March, SNAP recipients were prohibited from using their benefits to purchase foods online, with the exception of a pilot program in five states at a limited selection of food stores (Fig. ). While this pilot has expanded rapidly during the pandemic, with 31 additional states added to the pilot as of May 20, 2020, rollout of the online purchasing technology may take several months in many states and eligible stores remain limited. This means many SNAP recipients still cannot order groceries to be delivered to their home and must shop in-person, thus putting themselves and their families at significantly greater risk and furthering the class and racial inequities already manifesting in the current crisis [ ].