This sortable index includes formal municipal policies that accelerated, prioritized, or facilitated food access during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergency periods through measures that exceeded ordinary non-emergency-time policies and/or specifically prioritized health and/or equity considerations.
This index includes formal municipal policies that accelerate, prioritize or facilitate food access during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergency periods through measures that:
- exceed ordinary non-emergency-time policies; and/or
- specifically prioritize health and/or equity considerations.
School district policies and other special board policies are not included. Policies that merely define food establishments, such as restaurants and grocery stores, as essential businesses or otherwise allow them to operate with or without modifications amid other business closures are also excluded unless they emphasize services for priority populations or access to fresh foods.
