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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55, Number 102
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Does your family qualify for some help with the grocery bill? Seguin ISD reminds some of its families to be on the lookout for future application for P-EBT funds By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) – If your child was on free or reduced lunch this past school year, then you more than likely will qualify for some much-needed help with your grocery bill. Before they are officially out for summer, the Seguin ISD is giving its families a heads up on their eligibility to receive Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (PEBT) benefits to buy food from any retailer that accepts the Texas Lone Star Card.
While applying will be required, families who received SNAP benefits for the month of March 2020 and have children 5-18 years old as of May 17, 2020, do not need to apply for those children. Officials say no further action is required for those families.
Families with children up to 21 years old and who are certified to receive free or reduced-price meals during the 2019-20 school year will need to apply for P-EBT. Eligible families, the first week of June, will receive a school email with a link to the P-EBT application. They will then They say P-EBT is a one-time benefit of have until June 30, 2020 to complete the up to $285 and will be issued on an EBT application. Once approved, a P-EBT card card to assist families during this will be mailed to their household. unanticipated school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each family will have one year, from the date the benefits were issued, to use their Children up to 21 years old who are P-EBT food benefits. P-EBT benefits are certified for free or reduced-price meals at non-transferrable. school in Texas during the 2019-20 school year and all children who attend a school District officials say this message strictly that offers free meals to all students serves as a reminder for families to be on (Community Eligibility Provision or the lookout for the application link as the Provision 2) are eligible to receive P-EBT summer season begins. P-EBT benefits are benefits. All families who received SNAP also for other families of other districts food benefits for March 2020 also qualify. who also meet the same requirements.
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