Pandemic (P-EBT)

CATEGORY	FOOD FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN DURING CORONAVIRUS
SERVICE/SUPPORT TYPE	Pandemic EBT (P-EBT)                                                   https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/state-guidance-coronavirus-pandemic-ebt-pebt
AGENCY	The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
COST	FREE
ELIGIBILITY SUMMARY	“The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 provides the Secretary of Agriculture authority to approve state agency plans for temporary emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Children who would receive free or reduced-price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act if not for the school closure are eligible under this provision. State agencies may submit plans in any case in which a school is closed for at least 5 consecutive days during a public health emergency designation during which the school would otherwise be in session.” https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/state-guidance-coronavirus-pandemic-ebt-pebt
WEB LINK	Find Your State’s Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) Program: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/state-guidance-coronavirus-pandemic-ebt-pebt
APPLICATION	See Your State for Pandemic EBT Programs: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/state-guidance-coronavirus-pandemic-ebt-pebt
ADDITIONAL INFO	USDA Food and Nutrition Services Memorandums https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/resource-files/SNAP-CN-COVID-PEBTGuidance.pdf https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/resource-files/SNAP-COVID-PEBTQA.pdf https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/resource-files/SNAP-COVID-PEBT_EAReportingQA.pdf

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