To inform future food service practice and policy in rural school districts, this brief:

• highlights the risk of food security and hunger in rural communities,
• outlines rural school meal programs’ responses to school closures during the 2019-2020 school year,
• discusses promising practices and potential pitfalls of school meal programs, and
• provides federal policy recommendations to support school meal service in 2020-2021 and beyond.

Click on the link to access the brief on COVID-19 Closures and Rural School Meals.