The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received federal approval to expand the state’s Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program to cover the summer months.
To date, DCFS has issued approximately $192.2 million in P-EBT benefits for 515,624 students who receive federal free or reduced-price meals but attended school between August 2020 and May 2021 on a hybrid or virtual learning schedule because of the pandemic.
The third P-EBT payment, covering February-May 2021, is scheduled to begin loading onto cards on August 4.
Benefits for the Summer P-EBT program are expected to be issued in August. Those who have already received P-EBT benefits for the 2020-21 school year will see benefits made available on student’s existing cards by August 6. For Summer P-EBT, each eligible child will receive a one-time payment of $375 to cover both June and July.
