City Of Fort Worth: $1.4 Billion In Summer Pandemic Food Benefits Heading To Texans

Press release from City of Fort Worth:

August 27, 2021

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a third round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits for families with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to COVID-19.  

Summer P-EBT, covering June through August, provides a one-time benefit of $375 per eligible child and can be used in the same way as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits to pay for groceries.

In this third round of pandemic food benefits, HHSC received federal approval to provide more than $1.4 billion in benefits to approximately 3.7 million eligible children in Texas. To date, HHSC has distributed approximately $4.7 billion in P-EBT food benefits to Texas families.

Summer P-EBT is for families with children, in grades K-12, who are certified for free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program and families with children born after Aug. 1, 2014, who receive SNAP food benefits.

Families who previously received the 2020-21 school year P-EBT benefits will automatically receive the summer P-EBT benefits and do not need to take any action. Families that did not apply can still apply by Sept. 13. If eligible for the school year P-EBT benefit, their children will automatically receive summer P-EBT as well.

To learn more, visit the HHSC website or call the P-EBT Call Center at 833-442-1255.

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