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Final Summer P-EBT for School Age Kids
There will be no other P-EBT issuances beyond 9/26/2023. P-EBT is now finalized.
The final Summer P-EBT issuance will begin on September 12. Households with eligible children will receive payments starting September 12 through the end of the month. The benefit amount is $120.00 for each eligible school aged student.
New P-EBT cards will be mailed starting on 9/12 through 9/26.
For your child to be eligible they must have attended school as of the last date of the 2022-2023 school year and be approved for Free or Reduced Priced meals for Breakfast/Lunch through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Or, the child may have attended a school that received Free Meals through Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Parents, please hold onto your child’s EBT card as it may be used in the future for a new program called Summer EBT.
The New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) in collaboration with the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) will issue Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) benefits for children, under of the age of six, who were a member of a household that received food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at any time since August 1, 2022 through May 11, 2023. New Mexico received federal approval to issue Childcare P-EBT benefits for the 2022-2023 school year. Each month that the child age 0 through 5 were on SNAP, will be looked at to determine eligibility. Benefits will be issued in multiple payments beginning April 19, 2023. The amount for January 2023 through April 2023 per eligible child will be $18.11 per month. The amount for May 2023 per eligible child will be $9.06. Issuance dates will be as followed:
There will be no issuances for the summer months for these children. In order for Childcare P-EBT to be authorized by FNS, a Public Health Emergency (PHE) due to COVID must be in place. The PHE is due to end on May 11, 2023.
Hold onto your child’s EBT card, it is important to keep in case they will be eligible for future issuances with the Summer EBT program coming 2024. More information to come on this program later this year.