P-EBT Cards to Be Issued

P-EBT will again be issued to all children who qualify over the next several months. All CEP school students automatically qualify and all f/r meal eligible students in non-CEP schools automatically qualify. Each child will receive $6.82 (the combined daily federal reimbursement rate for breakfast and lunch for school year 2020-2021) for each day the child does not receive free or reduced-price meals at the school because the school is closed (includes virtual/remote learning) or has been operating with reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days. This also includes days a child is not at school in-person for at least 5 consecutive days because they are sick or having to quarantine due to COVID-19. Weekends, holidays or school breaks are not included. All information can be found here: https://jfs.ohio.gov/ofam/p-ebt.stm

The P-EBT benefits will be provided as follows:

• The October and November benefits are to be issued in early February. New P-EBT cards should be received by families in mid-February -- they need to KEEP THIS CARD.

• December benefits will be issued by the end of February.

• January benefits will be issued by the end of March.

• February benefits will be issued by the end of April.

• March benefits will be issued by the end of May.

• April benefits will be issued by the end of June.

• May benefits will be issued by the end of July.

• June benefits will be issued by the end of August.