Published: 23 April 2021
COVID-19 has hit familes hard across Virginia, but it might take years to understand how badly children will be affected over the course of their lives.
Some of the immediate impacts are clear, according to Lauren Snellings, the research director at Voices For Virginia s Children, a statewide child advocacy organization. We re thinking about nutrition, Snellings said. More families are going hungry prior to the pandemic in Virginia one in 10 families reported not having enough food to eat. These numbers have risen during the pandemic, upwards of 60 percent for families and double the rate of that for Black families.