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P-EBT Benefits
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The objective of the of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program is to provide nutrition assistance on EBT cards for: (1) school-age children who would have received free or reduced price school meals under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) had their schools not been closed or operating with reduced hours for at least five (5) consecutive days due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; (2) SNAP-enrolled children in child care whose child care facility is closed or has reduced attendance or who live in the area of a school that is closed or has reduced attendance due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; and (3) school-age children eligible for free or reduced price school meals and SNAP-enrolled children in child care during the summer months, regardless of the operating status of their schools or child care facilities. Due to the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023, only school-aged children eligible for free or reduced price meals who attended an NSLP-participating school in School Year 2022-2023 are eligible for P-EBT benefits in Summer 2023.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
States issued $13.7 billion for benefits accrued through the end of summer 2023.
Although no new benefits were accrued after summer 2023, states continued to issue benefits in FY 2024 as they worked to wrap up their programs. Through August 2024, states issued $442 million in benefits. Much of this occurred in the fall of 2023 to cover benefits earned during the previous summer. But states also issued benefits later in the fiscal year to compensate children who they missed in earlier rounds of the program.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
