EBT Recipients Receive Pandemic Extension

The Department of Social Services has extended the deadline for families to apply for Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to August 20, 2021. If you have students in your household who qualified for free or reduced-price meals during the previous 2020-2021 school year, P-EBT can help cover your extra food costs caused by the pandemic.

A child 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 COVID-19. The P-EBT 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 P-EBT benefit is $77.75.

IMPORTANT:

1. All families must apply to get the P-EBT benefit, regardless of whether or not they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamp benefits.
2. P-EBT benefits are available for the months of September 2020 through May 2021.
3. Families download the P-EBT application  (aplicación en Español)
4. Each eligible student will get 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.
5. SNAP households with an eligible child under age six automatically get the P-EBT benefit added to the household’s existing EBT card. No application is necessary for P-EBT benefits for children under age six.

The completed and signed P-EBT application  (aplicación en Español) can be emailed to FSD.MOPEBT@dss.mo.gov, or mailed to:

Family Support Division
615 E. 13^th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106

Visit dss.mo.gov for more P-EBT information.