March 2023 - What are Virtual or Homeschool Status P-EBT Benefits?
Your student may be eligible to receive a pre-loaded Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card that can be used to purchase groceries. You student may be eligible for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits if:
1. Your child previously attended a school participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) at some point after the start of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, or the child enrolled in kindergarten as a virtual or homeschooled student in school year 2020-2021 or later, and
2. Your child is not attending a National School Lunch Program (NSLP)-participating school due to concerns about COVID-19, and
3. Your child would have been eligible for free or reduced-price meals at their NSLP school if not for their virtual or homeschool status.
To learn if your children qualify for P-EBT benefits and/or to receive a copy of the application, please contact Sam Cervantez at 651-306-7822 or via email at [email protected] by April 14th, 2023.