Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) provides nutritional resources to families who have lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to school closures. Families will receive money on a new or existing EBT card to help fill the school meals gap. The average benefit will be $5.70/day per student, retroactive to when school initially closed.
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Have you received P-EBT? Please share what P-EBT has meant to you and your family over the past few months by completing this quick form. It can be a sentence—it can be a paragraph—we just want to hear from you
FRAC/CBPP P-EBT Documentation Project Shows how States Implemented a New Program to Provide Food Benefits to Up to 30 Million Low-Income School Children
Click here to view FRAC and CBPP’s latest report, along with 52 state profiles that document state implementation of P-EBT across issues.
State P-EBT Programs Map
Every state has a different plan to implement P-EBT. Check out our map and click on a state to get information about its P-EBT program.
FRAC P-EBT Resources
FRAC’s P-EBT Communications Resources Shared Drive (includes sample outreach materials)
Pandemic EBT: A Critical Opportunity for States
This resource provides information on the program and highlights things states should consider when creating a plan.
P-EBT Studies
New America’s Report: “It has meant everything”: How P-EBT Helped Families in Michigan
The Hamilton Project’s Report: The Effect of Pandemic EBT on Measures of Food Hardship
USDA Guidance on Pandemic EBT