Pandemic Electric Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) due to COVID-19
The application for P-EBT benefits is now open until Aug. 13, 2021. P-EBT provides food benefits to families with eligible children who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price meals during the 2020–21 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To apply visit:
yourtexasbenefits.co m/Learn/PEBT. Free and reduced households will receive an email with the application as well. For more information:
www.hhs.texas.gov/se rvices/health/corona virus-covid-19/coron avirus-covid-19 or 833-442-1255.
P-EBT for the 2020–2021 school year (August 2020 to June 2021) is for families with children who are certified for free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program and families with children born after Aug. 1, 2014 who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.
P-EBT benefits can be used the same way as SNAP benefits.
Padres y familias: La aplicación para beneficios de P-EBT está disponible a partir de ahora hasta el 13 de agosto. Vaya a
yourtexasbenefits.co m/Learn/PEBT para aplicar. El programa P-EBT proporciona beneficios de alimentos a las familias con hijos que reúnen los requisitos y que temporalmente dejaron de recibir comidas gratuitas o a precio reducido durante el año escolar 2020-21 debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. Para más información: hhs.texas.gov/pebt or 833-442-1255.
