PANDEMIC EBT (P-EBT)

P-EBT BENEFITS FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR 

• Benefits will be issued starting now through June.

• Benefits are added onto existing P-EBT cards.

  • Lost your P-EBT card? Request a replacement at www.connectebt.com or call: 888-977-9444.

  • Newly qualified children will receive a new P-EBT card mailed to their home address.

• Who is eligible:

  • Students who attended a CEP or Provision 2 school during the 2022-23 school year;

  • Children directly certified (through SNAP, TANF etc.) for free school meals; or

  • Children who applied for and received free/reduced price meals for 2022-23 school year.       

  • And also:

  • Attended a school that experienced a closure or reduction of hours of 5 consecutive days; or

  • Had COVID-19 related excused absences documented between August 2022-Februray 2023.

Home School/Virtual students are approved for P-EBT for the first time in TN, but the process is slightly different:

• Home school/virtual students are not automatically registered like students who attend in person schools.

  • Parents need to create an account in the OneDHS portal and then access the P-EBT Parent Portal to register for home school benefits.

• Benefits will be issued in July 2023 for eligible virtual/homeschool students.

  • New cards will be sent to eligible virtual/homeschool students who are eligible for the first time.

• Who is eligible:

  • Students who would have received free/reduced price meals for 2022-23 school year at the school they would have attended;

  • Transferred from or did not attend in-person school on or after January 2020 due to COVID; and

  • Would have attended an NSLP participating institution if not for COVID.

Child Care P-EBT is for children 6 and under living within a SNAP household that may have missed meals due to childcare interruptions caused by COVID-19.

• The benefit amount will vary for each eligible child and household.

• Benefits will be issued in June 2023 for eligible children in childcare.

• Child Care P-EBT benefits will be issued in one lump sum payment in June 2023.

  • Benefits will go onto existing SNAP EBT cards, not new P-EBT cards.

• Who is eligible:

  • Children ages 6 and under who are part of a SNAP household.

 

P-EBT for Summer 2023 

Who is eligible?

• Students who attended a CEP or Provision 2 school during 2022-23 school year;

• Children directly certified (through SNAP, TANF etc.) for free school meals; or

• Children who applied for and received free/reduced price meals for 2022-23 school year

  • Non-school-age children in childcare and virtual homeschool students are not eligible for Summer P-EBT.

• Each eligible child will receive $120 for the summer

• Benefits must be issued by September 30

• Benefits will be added onto existing P-EBT cards

  • Lost your card? Request a replacements card at www.connectebt.com or call: 888-977-9444