Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) is a program that helps children who would have received free or reduced-price meals at school if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting as soon as Friday, students who qualify will receive a debit card preloaded with funds that can be used for groceries.
For the 2020-21 school year, schoolchildren must have met two important eligibility requirements:
- Children must have been enrolled in a school district that participates in a federal meal program where meals are served at a school, and
- Children must qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income and have turned in the free or reduced-price meals application to school for 2020-21, OR be enrolled in a school that participated in the Community Eligible Provision, Provision 2 or Provision 3 federal program in 2020-21. See a list of participating schools (Comanche is not a CEP qualifying school).
There is no application process for these benefits. Families will receive benefits automatically if their school has identified to the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) that a student qualifies.
Please see the attached link for more information.