{"id":8099,"date":"2021-07-17T02:27:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T12:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2021-07-17T02:27:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T12:27:46","slug":"summer-pandemic-ebt-benefits-to-roll-out-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2021\/07\/17\/summer-pandemic-ebt-benefits-to-roll-out-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Pandemic EBT Benefits to Roll Out in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8081\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/hfn-summer-ebt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hfn summer ebt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=640%2C427\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt-1024x683.jpg?resize=404%2C269\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8081\" width=\"404\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=675%2C450 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hawaii Department of Human Services and the Hawaii State Department of Education have announced the roll-out of the Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (P-EBT) benefits earlier this month.<br><br>The benefits are allocated to children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, children under the age of 6 are eligible for benefits under the Keiki Under 6 Food Support Program as long as they receive SNAP benefits at any time between June 1, 2021 and August 2, 2021.<br><br>P-EBT is a food assistance program approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Nutrition Service and authorize by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The benefit amount is around $400.<br><br>There is no application needed to receive the Summer P-EBT benefits. Eligible children are automatically enrolled for the benefits program through verification depending on their age.<br><br>However, if a child enrolled in a DOE school is in need of P-EBT benefits but not enrolled in a free or reduced-price lunch program, the family can apply through the <a href=\"http:\/\/EZMealApp.com\">EZMealApp.com<\/a> by August 2, 2021. For children attending a NSLP-participation Charter or Private school, please contact your school.<br><br>Eligible students will have their benefits issued to their own Hawaii P-EBT cart of a Kokua EBT card. For newly eligible students, they will be mailed a Hawaii P-EBT card that has the name of the eligible student.<br><br>To check your child\u2019s eligibility status, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/humanservices.hawaii.gov\">humanservices.hawaii.gov<\/a> and click the P-EBT status banner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawaii Department of Human Services and the Hawaii State Department of Education have announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=1200%2C800",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=300%2C200",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=640%2C427",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=640%2C427",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=1200%2C800",1200,800,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=1200%2C800",1200,800,true],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=1200%2C800",1200,800,true],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=870%2C570",870,570,true],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=600%2C800",600,800,true],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=600%2C600",600,600,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=1115%2C715",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=585%2C500",585,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?fit=1024%2C683",1024,683,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=540%2C285",540,285,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hfn-summer-ebt.jpg?resize=375%2C250",375,250,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/_news\/hawaii-filipino\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hawaii - 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