The Missouri Department of Social Services has extended the deadline for families to apply for Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to Aug. 20.
Families with students in the household who qualified for free or reduced-price meals during the 2020-21 school year may receive help recovering the extra costs for food caused by the pandemic.
The application may be found at dss.mo.gov/covid-19/pdf/P-EBT-Application%20-%20English.pdf.
Children may be eligible for P-EBT if the school was not doing in-seat learning or had reduced hours at least five school days in a row due to the pandemic. The benefit amount is based on the school's report of time that was not in-seat learning.
If most of the month was not in-seat learning, the monthly P-EBT benefit is $129.58. If only some of the month was not in-seat learning, the monthly amount is $77.75.
All families must apply to get the P-EBT benefit, regardless of whether they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
P-EBT benefits are available for the months of September 2020 through May 2021.
Each eligible student will receive an EBT card in the student's name with the lump sum P-EBT benefit amount for the school year.
Ineligible families will receive a denial letter.
SNAP households with an eligible child younger than 6 automatically get the P-EBT benefit added to the household's existing EBT card.
No application is necessary for P-EBT benefits for children younger than 6.
Email the completed and signed P-EBT application to fsd.mopebt@dss or mail it to Family Support Division, 615 E. 13th St., Kansas City, MO, 64106.