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How has COVID-19 affected your own eating habits? How do you feel about these changes? What aspects of the current situation have led to these changes in your eating habits?
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What sorts of challenges have you experienced in getting enough food for you and your household to eat in the last few months since March 2020? What sorts of challenges have you experienced in getting certain types of food?
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Please tell me about any experiences over the past few months that you or your household members have had with getting food from a community or church food pantry or food shelf. Have you had any experiences with getting food from another community distribution site?
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Do you have any ideas for improving how food pantries and food shelves can most safely help young people?
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Please tell me about any experiences over the past few months that you or your household members have had with getting food from a soup kitchen or free meal program that is not connected to a school.
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What ideas do you have for improving how soup kitchens and free meal programs can most safely help young people?
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Please tell me about any experiences over the past few months that you or your household members have had with applying for or getting recertified for government food assistance programs like SNAP
a or WIC
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What forms of government food assistance, if any, have you or your household received over the past few months? Please tell me about how well the program(s) have worked during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Although racism is not new, there has recently been more attention on the challenges faced by Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color in the United States. Would you please tell me about any experiences that you or a family member has had with racism or harassment while shopping for food?
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I am curious what types of changes in your neighborhood or community would make you feel better during these challenging times and help you to get enough healthy food to eat?
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How have recommendations for social distancing such as keeping at least 6 feet of physical space between people in public affected how you and your household go about getting the food you eat?
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How hard has it been for you or other household members to maintain social distancing while getting food? What are some ways it could be made better?
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Thinking about the people in your neighborhood, how often are people wearing masks? Are there any businesses that require wearing a mask when you enter?
