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handle is hein.amenin/aeiadsx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points The Natiai ho 5 unch Program (NSL) rprovcies muons of school meals to low- ncome c h Id ren ech ycr, but longc-to rm conremns rem ain retarino the oroo; ran s% strgma, integrity, and Ove'ral nutroitona: value, n health and sity C'alenges ircroduceo by this pandernic ffer an opportunity for a new approachn i the NSLP, both in the near and ong; term. R Restruciuin ihe NLP into an electronic benefit program would address the immediate health and safety needs introduced by the pandem and help resolve iong-term pou'erns wctn ire program. The ifedra giveriet cr.ated the National School Lu nc Pogram,(NSL P) A' 1946. Since then, the pr'ograrn has prv e free or redced-i ce ilnhe s (and v- e-tillyi' bie akasts) 1t' mils of sCioo iidren across the 4Ourntry, in partnr shp o twih stit a schtooL. o rc. the piuanm, i' s 5cIho )CIs large i pr ied ma*\s toug -acter rmo , , mo w-ith cildren ch conec ing'i -theirw-i in frod lines and then sitting sh Shrldier to shoulder to t . This delivery mie-hod f.-'r school meals is no l ge healt n a'd s.tv approprate and the pandenin, wich nresents an SpOituni ty *orevis'he 'iiprogm' 3nt 's-era d estgn anda diery mIe Ec Te pandemic has also reutred schools to (cha-ge l their EnsEr:ution a mr:2 eodes. Sona are offerinag hien m odds that conibne inscioot earning ith J l ne- learin t ieas, i n erso'n insuracien ust go virtual to nitgate die spread of CO TID19, which means many schoolchildren have not been conistctly .n school for secls fivc days a week Further, at iough research shows that O VID- _ transm-iss io. in schools has been jow, tiepandenic has increased. awareness of the dangers of lilnesses more bro ad, and some sciio<s ir g t prfer never to return to e-service , Cate iaa --syle meas- s given. the rks, i1 concerns abou. the N11,P centered on only operationos dMW ng a panderil g- g ts c;tructnral ha.ges to the progr-m would seem tin neccssar-c Houwevr, lIn-standing concerns over prograrn s t-- and in tcgrity also exist-----incliding w wn callernges associated 'U providing m uitions opti ns in. the trucitro and cost constraints of the currennnc pru.m Nesw iuchotogies and''' vU distri- i toi y>:El oni are -cta.-ibe t s- , bat hEy 3- not fit ii- he current NSI P fra--- mwor- Te pa- de-m c ras, presented an opporEtuity to re lmagyie the NSLP andb develop a policy , uto t:1 1c ng- Sercs ch all e nges facing tle prgTra ltho0 Cha- lenges exist, the rollo-t of the Pandemic Elctn-ronc Bete-fit T anser (P--EBT) program in recent morths has showa.- tha moving the NSLP to Es eiecrroisic benefit rograri could address the rinediate crisis, otter msore iflxibiityx' to schools,>E dl address some -N ~ '~-~ ~->