School Nutrition
Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) for summer is being issued this week for eligible children. Children under age 6 and students who received Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) or were eligible for free or reduced-price meals at school as of the last full month of the 2020-21 school year will receive summer P-EBT. Additionally, children under 6 or students who apply and are approved for Food and Nutrition Services or free or reduced-price meals in the summer (prior to August 31) will be eligible to receive the full summer P-EBT benefit at the end of the summer. For more info, visit www.ncdhhs.gov/PEBT. #NCPEBT
Summer P-EBT is being issued this week to eligible children. Students and children under 6 who were eligible as of the last full month of the 2020-21 school year will begin to receive their one-time summer benefit by the end of July and stagger for 10 days into August. Students and children under 6 who become eligible during the summer period by being approved for FNS or free or reduced-price school meals (prior to August 31) will receive their summer benefit at the end of September or in October. For more info, visit www.ncdhhs.gov/PEBT. #NCPEBT
North Carolina children who are eligible for summer P-EBT will receive a one-time payment of $375, a standard benefit amount set by the United States Department of Agriculture. The summer benefit amount is not dependent on learning mode or participation in virtual instruction. Families will receive $375 per eligible child even if they become eligible through being approved for FNS or free or reduced priced meals later in the summer (on or before August 31). For more info, visit www.ncdhhs.gov/PEBT. #NCPEBT
