P-EBT Assistance for Families


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Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) is a program that helps children who would have received free or reduced-price meals at their schools if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. In Oklahoma, the Department of Human Services (OKDHS) administers the program through funding provided by a federal grant.


For summer 2023 benefits, school children must meet three important eligibility requirements:

  • Children must have been enrolled in a school district that participates in a federal meal program where meals are served at a school.
  • Children must qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income and have turned in the free or reduced-priced meals application to your children’s school for 2022-2023 by May 26, 2023, OR be enrolled in a school that participated in the Community Eligible Provision, Provision 2 or Provision 3 federal program in 2022-2023.
  • Children must have been enrolled in a school district during the month of May, 2023.


For the 2021-2022 school year, schoolchildren must meet three important eligibility requirements:

  • Children must have been enrolled in a school district that participates in a federal meal program where meals are served at a school.
  • The student’s school is closed or operating at reduced hours or reduced attendance due to the pandemic for at least five consecutive days in the 2021-2022 school year.
  • Children must qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income and have turned in the free or reduced-priced meals application to your children’s school for 2021-2022, OR be enrolled in a school that participated in the Community Eligible Provision, Provision 2 or Provision 3 federal program in 2021-2022. 

Families of students who are eligible will receive a P-EBT benefits card equivalent to $7.10 per day for school days in which the student was enrolled in a participating school AND received virtual instruction. No benefits will be issued for those days in which the student received in-person instruction or was counted absent from virtual instruction. The student's school determines the number of days a student qualifies for benefits based on the school’s calendar, student attendance records, school participation and the student’s free and reduced-price meal status. That data is securely transmitted to OKDHS, which loads and distributes the P-EBT benefits card.  

There is no application process for these benefits. Families will receive benefits automatically if their school has identified to OSDE that a student qualifies. Every eligible child will be mailed a 2021-2022 P-EBT card. Families with multiple children will receive a card for each eligible child in their household. For information about how to use the P-EBT cards, call DHS at (405) 522-5050.

 

P-EBT FAQs for Families

P-EBT FAQs for School Leaders

Preguntas Frecuentes de la Programa P-EBT

 

Parent P-EBT Review Form

The parent review form is closed for the 2021-2022 school year.  Any new benefits for the 2021-2022 school year or Summer 2022 stemming from corrections will be disbursed by DHS in Summer 2023.

Summer 2023 benefits are expected to be disbursed by DHS mid-Summer 2023.

If you have lost your child's P-EBT card, you may request a new card at (888) 328-6551 or connectEBT.com.

 

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Last updated on August 15, 2023