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Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT)
P-EBT provides supplemental food assistance benefits to students who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the program is to make sure no child goes hungry by missing out on school meals.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Education (MDE) partnered during the 2021-2022 school year to provide these critical benefits to over 900,000 students. We are excited to be partnering again for the 2022-2023 school year to provide these benefits to students to help reduce food insecurity.
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WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The P-EBT program has specific eligibility requirements for both schools and students.
Students enrolled in a National School Lunch Program (NSLP)-participating school
- Eligible schools must:
- Be closed or have reduced in-person learning for at least 5 consecutive days in the current school year (beginning no earlier than September 6, 2022).
- Be a provider of the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program.
- Eligible students must:
- Be enrolled in a Michigan school.
- § Did not receive instruction in-person for some or all the month due to COVID-19 related absence.
- § Be eligible for free or reduced lunch or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school.
Students attending a non-NSLP virtual school or eligible homeschool
- Eligible students must:
- Be enrolled in a Michigan virtual school or
- Be homeschooled in Michigan and registered with Michigan Department of Education
- Be income eligible for free or reduced lunch
- Previously enrolled in a NSLP-participating school on or after January 27, 2020
- Attending a non-NSLP virtual school or homeschooled due to concerns about COVID
- Eligible schools must:
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PARENT RESOURCES
Children in School
MDHHS-5925, Reconsideration for Student Pandemic EBT Benefits - School Year 2022-2023
School Building Eligibility
School Eligibility Sorted by School June 2023 (PDF)
School Eligibility Sorted by School June 2023 (Spreadsheet)
School Eligibility Sorted by District June 2023 (PDF)
School Eligibility Sorted by District June 2023 (Spreadsheet)
Homeschooled / Fully Virtual
Frequently Asked Questions
P-EBT Application for Home Schooled and Virtual Academy Students -
SCHOOL RESOURCES