Third Round of Pandemic EBT Benefits Coming to Eligible Louisiana Children
02/15/2022
P-EBT benefits will start rolling out between April and May to qualifying households with children in grades K-12.
Students are eligible to receive P-EBT if:
- They would normally receive free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, 饾棔饾棬饾棫
- Haven’t been receiving those meals during the 2021-22 school year because they are on a 饾棾饾槀饾椆饾椆饾槅 饾槂饾椂饾椏饾榿饾槀饾棶饾椆 饾榾饾棸饾椀饾棽饾棻饾槀饾椆饾棽 饾椉饾椏 饾椇饾椂饾榾饾榾饾棽饾棻 饾棻饾棶饾槅饾榾 饾椉饾棾 饾榾饾棸饾椀饾椉饾椉饾椆 饾棻饾槀饾棽 饾榿饾椉 饾榿饾椀饾棽 饾棖饾棦饾棭饾棞饾棗-饾煭饾煹 饾椊饾棶饾椈饾棻饾棽饾椇饾椂饾棸.
饾棫饾椀饾棽饾椏饾棽 饾椂饾榾 饾椈饾椉 饾棧-饾棙饾棔饾棫 饾棶饾椊饾椊饾椆饾椂饾棸饾棶饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈 饾椊饾椏饾椉饾棸饾棽饾榾饾榾 饾棾饾椉饾椏 饾椊饾棶饾椏饾棽饾椈饾榿饾榾. Schools will report to DCFS which students meet the criteria for eligibility. Benefits are being calculated differently this year. Students are eligible if they are on an approved fully virtual learning schedule or missed days of school due to COVID-19, according to the school or district COVID-19 protocol. DCFS will then issue P-EBT benefits on a Louisiana Purchase EBT card to each eligible student at the mailing address provided by their school.
Students who are on an approved fully virtual learning schedule would be eligible for $127.80 per eligible month. Students who missed days of school could receive between $21.30 and $127.80 per month depending on the number of approved absences due to COVID-19.
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