Some Children Qualify For Pandemic EBT Benefits

From the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District:

June 28, 2021

All foster children as well as other children who qualify for free and reduced school meals are eligible to receive up to $1,166 per child on a P-EBT card to spend on food.

To receive these funds, you MUST fill out the application form by July 31, 2021.

Download the application HERE.

Your child’s P-EBT benefit is based on the school’s report of how much of each month the school was offering in-seat learning from September 2020 to May 2021. If the school was not offering in-seat learning for most of a month, each child will receive $129.58 on his/her P-EBT card for each of those months. If the school was not offering in-seat learning for only some (but not most) of a month, the monthly P-EBT benefit amount is $77.75.

You must fill out an application, print it out and mail it, or save it as a PDF and email it.

· By Email to: FSD.MOPEBT@dss.mo.gov

· By Mail to: Family Support Division, 615 E. 13th St, Kansas City, MO, 64106

See www.foster-adopt.org/pebt/ for more details.

Feel free to reach out to the Coalition CareLine at www.foster-adopt.org/careline or 800.FOSTER.3 if you need help applying for a P-EBT card or to discuss if your kids qualify.

This press release was produced by the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District. The views expressed are the author's own.