P-EBT Benefits for Eligible Missouri Children
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There is also a P-EBT benefit for Summer 2022. There is not an application. Lonedell R-14 will report all eligible students to the State of Missouri. If your child is eligible, benefit amounts will be based on the summer benefit amount of $391.To qualify your child must have been free or reduced in 2021-2022 because you completed a free or reduced priced meals application that was approved, or because your children were free through Direct Certification.
Note: All students received free meals at Lonedell R-14 in 2021-2022 as we operated under COVID-19 waivers. This does not deem all students eligible for P-EBT benefits for 2021-2022. A free and reduced priced meals application must have been turned in and approved, or your children must have been directly certified by receiving SNAP/TANF benefits or must have been in the State's Foster Care system.
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Click here to view an informational letter concerning P-EBT Benefits.