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Thank You! Law360 (May 4, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT)
Indianapolis, IN Many Indiana families will have an easier time feeding their children this summer after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. The program was first launched in March 2020 to reach children who qualify for free and reduced-price meals at school but weren’t able to attend in person. Families will receive close to $7 per child per weekday, or about $375 per month. Nearly 650,000 Indiana children are expected to qualify, and benefits to the state will total more than $240 million, according to the USDA. Those numbers include benefits for children from birth to age six who are not in school. The P-EBT program is partially based on the summer EBT program for children, which the USDA has piloted around the country since 2011.
The USDA is throwing a lifeline to students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, by extending the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program, known as PEBT, through the end of the summer. This means families will continue to get up to $127 a month on their benefit card to buy groceries. Bobby Dorigo Jones with the nonprofit Michigan’s Children says at least one in ten students in Michigan still faces food insecurity each week.
“It’s a strain on young people’s ability to grow when nutrition is hard to find. This will be one less nightmare for a lot of families in Michigan,” Dorigo Jones said.
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