East St. Louis School District 189 recently issued the following announcement.
The Illinois Department of Human Services is administering the Pandemic Emergency Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to assist families with purchasing food for school-aged children and young adults (ages 3-22). The program is also providing temporary relief to families who are not current SNAP recipients. Please refer to the link above for more information.
Eligibility Factor
The only eligibility factor is that your child(ren) attend a school that participates in the National School Lunch Program and are eligible to receive free or reduced-priced meals when they are in school.
For many schools, individual students qualify for free or reduced-price eligible meals. For other schools that participate in the in the Community Eligibility Provision(CEP), all enrolled students will qualify as meals are provided at no cost to the students. If you recently applied for free or reduced-price meals, P-EBT benefits will begin the month you become eligible. The head of the household of these students currently not receiving SNAP benefits will need to apply and be approved for P-EBT benefits.
Application Process
Original source can be found here.
Source: East St. Louis School District 189
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