Beginning Tuesday, May 19, caregiver meals will be distributed Monday through Friday at Austin 凹凸视频 curbside and bus stop meal delivery sites. Caregiver meals will be available only to the adults accompanying children at meal sites, or with documentation of the children they are picking meals up for. Food is available until it runs out.
鈥淎t Austin 凹凸视频, we're committed to expanding healthy food access and supporting our local economy,鈥 stated Anneliese Tanner, Austin 凹凸视频 Executive Director of Food Service and Warehouse Operations. 鈥淲e are proud to be a part of such a supportive community who shares the same values. Partnering with the City of Austin to serve caregiver meals prepared by local restaurants helps to provide additional food security for our families during these challenging times.鈥
The meals will be prepared by local restaurant partners and will feature healthy foods that will complement the menu served to students. Austin-based restaurant, Easy Tiger, will be providing caregiver meals at Austin 凹凸视频 sites through the first two weeks of the program.
Joe Carr, General Manager at Easy Tiger stated, "Teachers and caregivers are our heroes! Easy Tiger is proud to provide safe, nutritious food for our city鈥檚 caregivers and we are grateful to work with Austin 凹凸视频 to feed our community."
Supporting the meal delivery program has been a priority for the , established by the Austin Ed Fund, A凹凸视频's nonprofit public education foundation. This support from the City of Austin and the Austin Ed Fund will enable A凹凸视频 to provide an additional up to 6,000 meals a day for caregivers.
Find Austin 凹凸视频 meal sites, times and more information at austinisd.org/covid19/meals.
Background
The A凹凸视频 meal delivery program, provides two meals per day for students at over 70 sites across Austin. A凹凸视频 is currently serving an average of 14,000 student meals per day. The meals provided for students are reimbursable under the federal National School Lunch Program. Meals are provided five days per week with a Friday pack that includes meals for the weekend.
On May 7, Austin City Council passed a resolution authorizing the City Manager to allocate up to $2.2 million emergency dollars through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act for caregiver meals to be delivered through Austin 凹凸视频 and Del Valle 凹凸视频 meal distribution sites.
These funds allow Austin 凹凸视频 to expand the meal program to also serve caregivers, as school districts do not receive funding by the Department of Agriculture for these meals.