P-EBT LOUISIANA

P-EBT LOUISIANA

Tricia Fontenot

May 17, 2021

Once again, St. Landry Parish students will be eligible for the P-EBT program.  Please read below for program details.

  • NO APPLICATION IS NEEDED! 
    • Schools will provide lists of eligible students to DCFS, and 
    • DCFS will issue each eligible student a P-EBT card based on the information the schools provide. 
  • QUESTIONS about Eligibility Status should be directed to the SLPSB Central Office.
  • One card will be issued per child in the student’s name 
    • These will be NEW cards, not last year’s P-EBT cards (and not on SNAP recipients’ SNAP cards). 
    • Parents will need their child’s Student ID number to activate the child’s card, rather than a Social Security Number. If they don’t have that information, they’ll need to reach out to their child’s school. 
    • Benefits will be issued in installments, starting this Summer 
    • The first installment will cover the months of August 2020 – October 2020 (Benefits will be retroactive, meaning they will be issued for a date in the past)
  • Please be patient as it will take a while to issue all the cards. 
    • Timing is not the same for everyone.  
    • Families with more than one child may receive their children’s cards at different times.

Benefit Amounts depend on the student's learning schedule.  Amounts are as follows: 

  • $48.23 per month for hybrid 
  • $120.71 per month for fully virtual 
    • Schools will provide the student information to DCFS