More than 500,000 of Georgia's children don't know where their next meal is coming from. See our factsheet here. And even more than that, many rely on the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program for low-cost or free lunches during the school year. During the summer, there are other programs that Georgia's most vulnerable children rely on for nutritious meals. That means an interruption like this one can be devastating.

The USDA has approved two waivers, submitted by the Georgia Department of Education, to extend alternate meal service flexibility. This will allow schools to serve students' meals through USDA-approved meal service options, at state-approved sites throughout the community. This is similar to the way schools and districts offer student meals during the summer months.

Visit our COVID-19 page for more details and click here to find your closest food bank.

Resources For Families in Need of food

Great List of Resources for families

FREE INTERNET RESOURCES 

Please visit Georgia's Broadband Deployment Initiative Here

XFINITY WIFI NETWORK – To enroll visit Wifi.xfinity.com 

SPECTRUM WIFI – To enroll call 1-844-488-8395 

Comcast- Call 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish

New Information / Tools 

Apple Inc. – in partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – released an app and website that guides Americans through a series of questions about their health and exposure to determine if they should seek care for COVID-19 symptoms.  The tool provides CDC recommendations on next steps including guidance on social distancing and self-isolating, how to closely monitor symptoms, recommendations on testing, and when to contact a medical provider.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0327-statement-covid-19-apple-app.html

Public Safety Agencies (EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement) and Public Safety Personnel check for updated information on the Georgia Office of EMS and Trauma web site, the CDC and the Georgia Department of Public Health Coronavirus web pages:

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Georgia Public Health: https://dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus

Georgia Office of EMS and Trauma (OEMS): https://dph.georgia.gov/EMS