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Why don’t I have my card(s) or benefits yet? Other people received P-EBT on their EBT card. It a prosecutable offense to give the card and/or benefits away. P-EBT cards are for the individual child. Please destroy or simply throw away the card. I didn’t ask for P-EBT and I do not want it. If your children were not on SNAP you will receive a P-EBT card for each eligible child. P-EBT cards are issued for each eligible child not on SNAP. If the child does not have a SS# or it was not provided to OFI you will need to enter 9999. You will need to enter the child’s date of birth and the last for digits of their Social Security Number (SS#). P-EBT Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) How do I set up my pin for my P-EBT card?Ĭall the number on the back of the P-EBT card. August and June each only count as ½ of a school year month. They are based on the average reduction in Child Care Food Program claims for the same month pre-pandemic. The average monthly benefit for children under 6 is about $33 but varies greatly from month to month. They cannot have received P-EBT as a school aged child for any month in the 2021-2022 school year.They must have been receiving SNAP benefits in Maine in a given month (August 2021 through June 2022) to be eligible for P-EBT for that month.They must have been under age 6 on September 1, 2021.To be eligible for this program, individuals must meet all of the following criteria: These benefits were issued September 6, 2022.

Maine has, also, been authorized to issue P-EBT benefits to children under age 6 for the 2021-2022 school year. Students must be eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application, through one of the methods above.

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School breakfast and lunch were available at no cost for all Maine students this past year but universal free lunches in Maine schools do not confer eligibility.

Eligible students not meeting any of the conditions above should APPLY FOR FREE/REDUCED PRICE MEAL BENEFITS UNDER THE USDA NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL.

Students in foster care through Maine’s DHHS are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.

Students documented as experiencing homelessness are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.

Students documented as being part of a family engaged in migrant agricultural work are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.

Students receiving SNAP or TANF benefits of at least $1 any month during the school year are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.

Any student attending a Community Eligibility Provision or Special Provision II school are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.

They must be eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits on the USDA National School Lunch Program meal benefit application.

P-EBT benefits (of $7.10 per day) are only issued for the days school meals were missed due to COVID-19, for students.

They must have been absent from school or attended remotely due to COVID-19.

They must attend a school that was closed or had reduced attendance due to COVID-19 for 5 consecutive days.

To be eligible for this program individuals must meet all of the following criteria:

Benefits for the remainder of the school year were issued August 29, 2022.

Benefits for August through November 2021 were issued June 21 - 25 and September 12, 2022.

Maine has been authorized to issue P-EBT benefits to eligible school aged children for the 2021-2022 school year. In response to COVID-19 and related laws, the Office for Family Independence has made a number of temporary changes to safety net programs including SNAP. Option 3: E-mail an application to 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429.

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Option 2: Download and mail an application. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection.