Dept of Social Services Extends Summer P-EBT Benefit
Launch the media gallery 1 playerIn a recent news release, the Department of Social Services announced that Missouri families who had a student approved for free or reduced priced meals during the previous 2020-21 school year can apply for a one-time Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer P-EBT) benefit of $375 for that child. Congress extended P-EBT to cover the summer following the school year during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The completed and signed Summer P-EBT application (aplicación en Español) must be submitted by Friday, October 8. Completed applications can be sent by email to FSD.MOPEBT@dss.mo.gov or by mail to:
Family Support Division
615 E. 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
To view the full news release, click here.