Free school meals were temporarily replaced with alternative local-level food-related support during school closures
History
Country
Estonia
Policy Area
Food-related provisions
Measure
School-related feeding and replacement
Eligibility
All children or those who had low-income families depending on each local authority's circumstances
Type
In-kind benefit
Start / Announced Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Amount
N/A
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Children
Route to the child
Direct
Sources
European Union Agecy for Fundamental Rights (2020) Coronavirus pandemic in the EU: fundamental rights implications - Estonia. 3 November 2020. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/ee_report_on_coronavirus_pandemic_november_2020.pdf
Jõesaar, T. (2020) ‘Omavalitsused korraldavad koolilaste toitlustamist: Tartu plaanib kojuvedu, Rakvere pakub toidutalonge’, Delfi, 17 March, Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205150310/https://www.delfi.ee/artikkel/89263797/omavalitsused-korraldavad-koolilaste-toitlustamist-tartu-plaanib-kojuvedu-rakvere-pakub-toidutalonge?
Märtin, K. (2020) Tallinn - School lunch continues. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151608/https://covidnews.eurocities.eu/2020/03/26/tallinn-school-lunch-continues/
Nõmm, A. (2020) 'Tartu to start delivering school lunches to disadvantaged children', ERR News, 20 March, Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151703/https://news.err.ee/1066833/tartu-to-start-delivering-school-lunches-to-disadvantaged-children