The following deductions are allowed for all households:
Beginning March 4, 2022, retroactive P-EBT benefits will be added onto cards for eligible children who missed benefits during the 2020-2021 school year. This will directly impact students who filled out a free or reduced-price meal application later in the year.
California's Summer P-EBT plan has been approved! All eligible children will receive a standard summer P-EBT benefit of $375, which will be reloaded on existing P-EBT 2.0 cards in December 2021.
This means that Stage 1 benefits for the 2020-2021 school year have begun being removed from cards. DHS will be reissuing these benefits automatically at the end of November or early in December back onto the cards. Parents do NOT need to report this issue to have the benefits reloaded onto their cards.
More P-EBT funds were issued to families for the 2020-2021 school year, and more are being made available for the 2021-2022 school year.
Recently, the state of California was granted authority to extend the P-EBT program. This means that eligible children will get P-EBT food benefits for the entire 2020-21 school year. Essentially, there will be a second round of P-EBT payments.
Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) was a brand-new program implemented in 2020 in response to school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. P-EBT has been extended through the 2021-2022 school year, the summer of 2022, and as long as the current public health emergency continues.
P-EBT benefits for the current school year will start to be issued in mid to late June, 2022. If you require a replacement card you can request one through the new P-EBT Parent Portal.
FNS has approved additional issuances through May 2021, but with some modifications. For April, a SNAP household will receive an extra benefit in the amount needed to bring them up to the maximum or for 50 percent of the maximum benefit, whichever is more.
If they couldn't match your child's school information to your SNAP case, you will be mailed a P-EBT card. You can check your EBT balance by calling 1-888-EBT-PENN or using the MyCOMPASS PA app on your smartphone. The state will send new P-EBT cards to all other families who qualify.
Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will continue to get an extra monthly emergency payment through August 2022.
January 4, 2021 update: Congress's December COVID Relief package approved a 15% increase to SNAP benefits for all recipients for the next 6 months (until June 30, 2021)....For Oct. 1, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2022 (includes recent SNAP increases)Household SizeMaximum BenefitEach additional member$1888 more rows•Jul 2, 2022
All cards issued since February, 2021 and after are still active for the 2021/2022 school year and will be reloaded if your child is eligible for benefits in the 2021/2022 school year. There is no need to request a new card for current or future benefits.
The Parent Portal is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is mobile-friendly. You (parents) can log in to the Parent Portal using your ACCESS account user ID and password . The Parent Portal is updated immediately when changes are made to an authorization, so your information is always current. View your child care authorizations.
You can even view up to three months of subsidy amounts. Request a new authorization, end an authorization, or make changes to a current one if your schedule changes, or if you need to change child care providers. If there is an error with your child’s authorization, contact your local agency immediately or submit a Parent Portal request ...
You (parents) can log in to the Parent Portal using your ACCESS account user ID and password . The Parent Portal is updated immediately when changes are made to an authorization, so your information is always current. Confirm the correct provider and location is listed.
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) was developed by Congress and is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The federal government makes the rules for this program. This program gives students with free and reduced-price meal benefits through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) funding for meals missed while being out of school during the pandemic. The money on these cards can be used for food only.
Once you receive the P-EBT card, you will need to activate it by calling the P-EBT hotline on the back of the card. You will be asked to enter the full number on the front of the card. Then you will be asked to enter the last four digits of your social security number.
P-EBT requirements and benefits for the 2021-22 school year will be released after the U.S. Department of Agriculture approves Pennsylvania’s state P-EBT plan for this school year.
Around the same time that an eligible student will receive the card, they will receive information in the form of a flyer from DHS. The envelope for this flyer is coming from Pennsylvania.
P-EBT benefits for the current school year will start being issued on May 10, 2021. Due to the large number of cards that must be mailed, it may take until mid-July for you to receive your card. Please wait until July 15, 2021, to report not receiving a card for your child. If you've received your card and are having difficulties activating it or think the benefit amount is incorrect, please review the activation instructions as described above under "How do I use the P-EBT benefit?," and if this does not resolve your issue, please use one of the methods below. The previous issuance of P-EBT was completed in the late spring and summer of 2020. That issuance was a one-time payment only. It was not a monthly issuance, so if you received a single P-EBT payment, that was all that your child was eligible for during that time.
To check the balance on the card, simply call the EBT Hotline number again and any time after the card has been activated, you will get an automated list of options, including options to check the balance of the card, hear the last ten transactions on the card, change your PIN, or dispute charges.
If your child receives meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and is not receiving those meals because they are not having in-person classes, then they qualify for P-EBT. Your child is eligible for NSLP if your child has an approved free or reduced-price status from a Household Application, is directly certified by receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or certain Medical Assistance benefits through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), or is enrolled in a CEP school. There is no application for P-EBT. DHS will work with schools to get the necessary information to determine which students are eligible.#N#If your child does not fall into any of these categories, they DO NOT qualify for P-EBT. Children that are home schooled, attend a cyber charter school or are enrolled in a school that does not participate in the NSLP are not eligible for P-EBT.#N#If you do not know if your child attends a CEP eligible school, please visit the Pennsylvania Department of Education NSLP website.#N#Important note: All students have access to free school meals this school year due to special waivers from USDA. This does NOT mean all students qualify for P-EBT. Meals at school this school year are a different type of federal program. P-EBT relies on individual student connection to free meals through the NSLP, not their ability to get up free meals from the school.
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) will help families cover the cost of breakfasts and lunches their children would have been eligible to receive for free or at reduced price through the National School Lunch Program. Find out if your school participates in the National School Lunch Program.
The P-EBT program was re-authorized to cover the entire 2020-21 school year. A new P-EBT has been approved for Pennsylvania by the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service. Opens In A New Window.
The Pennsylvania EBT card is a "debit" card that your SNAP and/or cash benefits are put on each month. If you receive NET benefits, they are put on a different Pennsylvania EBT card for that program.
EBT stands for Electronic Benefits Transfer. If you have been approved to receive benefits from one of the programs listed below, you can use this website to view your benefit balance (s).
Lost or Stolen Cards or PINs and Problems with Transactions. Immediately call Customer Service at: SNAP and CASH 1-888-328-7366. If your EBT card has been lost, stolen or is no longer working, you should call the appropriate Customer Service number listed above to request a replacement card.
PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. You must have a 4-digit PIN to use your EBT card.
Family Assistance (FA) - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or any other emergency or special cash benefits.
For example, if you are a health plan member, health plan provider, a patient or other individual who does business with an ACS client, ACS may collect, use and maintain personal information in order to provide you with services on behalf of the client.
You cannot buy non-grocery items with SNAP benefits, such as cleaning products, pet food, paper products, alcohol, or tobacco.