The Pandemic – Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) Program is additional money for families to buy food due to COVID-19. For summer 2021, Ohio school children eligible for free or reduced-price meals and Ohio non-school children under 6 who live in households participating in SNAP will receive P-EBT funds.
The Pandemic – Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) Program is additional money for families to buy food due to COVID-19 related school closures. Eligible Ohio families will receive $5.70 per child for each day a school was closed due to COVID-19. Children eligible for free and reduced-price meals as of March will receive a total of $302.10.
The P-EBT Parent Portal allows parents to view and receive information about their child’s P-EBT benefits. First, you will need to create a CAFÉ account. You can view detailed instructions on how to do so here.
A child is eligible for P-EBT benefits for school year 2021–2022 if they meet both of the following criteria: They are eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP); and
Yes, you should keep your card in case your child qualifies for future P-EBT program benefits. Your card will be reloaded as long as the program continues, and your child qualifies.
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.
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.
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.
Cards Are Automatically Reloaded Each child will get one card, which will be automatically reloaded with your new benefits as they become available, so don't throw your card away. If you lose your card, you can get a replacement card through the P-EBT Helpline at (877) 328-9677 (M-F 6am - 8pm).
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.
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.
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Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will continue to get an extra monthly emergency payment through August 2022.
30 daysIf you use your EBT card in another state for longer than 30 days, or your applied-in state suspects you have moved, you may receive a call or letter about your out-of-state SNAP usage. Your applied-in state may send you a form forcing you to reprove your residency. They may also threaten to close your SNAP case.
What's the Status of My Application? If you submitted an online application, you can Check Your Status online. If you mailed your application or supporting documentation contact the SNAP Retailer Service Center at 1-877-823-4369 to find out the status of your application.
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.
What is P-EBT? Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (or P-EBT) was developed by Congress and is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture (or USDA). The federal government makes the rules for this program.
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.
The P-EBT benefits will remain in the SNAP account for nine months after the account is no longer used. For example, if the benefits are loaded in May and never used, they will be removed in February. But if a portion of those benefits are used in July, then the balance will remain on the card until April.
The maximum daily rate for P-EBT is $6.82. This means that the monthly amount from September through May is $136.40 for a fully virtual student. For September through February, the monthly amount for a student attending some days in person and some days virtual will be $88.66.
Call the resource line at 484-363-2137 and leave a voicemail. Have the following information on hand when you call: 1 Names of your child (ren) 2 Child (ren) date (s) of birth 3 School or school district they attend 4 Contact phone number 5 Contact email address 6 Current mailing address
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.
Three groups are eligible to receive summer P-EBT. Children in K–-12 must have been enrolled in a Texas school during the last month of the 2020–-2021 school year to be eligible for summer P-EBT.
Summer P-EBT is a one-time benefit of $375 for each eligible child that covers June 1–Aug. 29, 2021.
Child care-aged children (born after Aug. 1, 2014) who received SNAP food benefits at any time between June 2021–August 2021 will automatically receive summer P-EBT benefits on their Lone Star Card Oct. 11–15.
Call the Lone Star Card Help Desk at 800-777-7328 for a replacement card.
Free meals provided at a school may or may not be from the NSLP. Some Texas school campuses have offered free meals to all students due to the public health emergency. Receiving these free meals at school does not automatically make a student eligible for P-EBT.
Aug. 28, 2021, is the deadline for newly eligible families to complete and return the household application for free and reduced-price meals (NSLP form) to their school to be eligible for summer P-EBT. The deadline is Aug. 28 because it is the end of the summer P-EBT period. Forms received by schools after that date will not apply to summer P-EBT.
If you think your family qualifies for P-EBT for the 2020-2021 school year, but you have not received your P-EBT funds, call ODJFS at 1-866-244-0071 or email Family_Assistance_Inquiries@jfs.ohio.gov.
To be eligible for P-EBT funds for summer 2021, children must: Received free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program OR. Attended a school where every student gets free meals OR. Be under 6 and live in a household participating in SNAP.
To be eligible for P-EBT funds for August 2020 to the end of the 2020-21 school year, preschool through 12th grade students must have: Has been quarantined for at least 5 consecutive days due to COVID-19. To be eligible for P-EBT funds for the 2020-21 school year, children under 6 must:
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.
If you have questions about P-EBT, please call the Cabinet’s Information Hub at 855-306-8959 and select the “Pandemic EBT” option.
Snack foods and non-alcoholic beverages. Seeds and plants which produce food for the household to use. Using P-EBT benefits does not impact you or your child’s immigration status. The public charge rule does not apply to P-EBT benefits.
If a member of the household is a SNAP participant, benefits will go on the households existing EBT card. If the student is newly enrolled in school and not a SNAP participant, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services will mail an EBT card to the address on file with the student’s school.
The basic requirement for P-EBT, which is set by the federal government, is that a student participated in a free or reduced lunch program through an NSLP. If your child didn’t receive free or reduced meals through an NSLP, then they would not qualify for this benefit.
A: Benefits should be released by July 31. Students whose family does not already have an active SNAP case can expect P-EBT cards to arrive by mail by July 31.
A: Yes. Arkansas is still planning to issue P-EBT benefits to eligible students. Benefits will be issued in three payments for meals missed due to school closures and virtual learning days due to COVID-19 during the 2020 -2021 school year.
A: No, you do not need to be enrolled in SNAP or be eligible for the regular SNAP program to get P-EBT. This is for families who have students enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program, which has a different income limit than SNAP.