The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) and Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced last week that the state has received federal approval to provide food benefits for the summer months to eligible children. Children enrolled in ESD qualify for summer P-EBT food benefits due to the district-wide free meal program.
The Summer P-EBT benefit is in addition to the School-Year P-EBT benefit for the 2021-2022 academic year, which has also received federal approval.
School-Year P-EBT works differently than Summer P-EBT and requires parents of students who also missed attending school in-person during the 2021-2022 school year (including virtual students) due to COVID-19 to complete the Arkansas Parent Initiative P-EBT application by July 29, 2022.
For more information, visit
https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/news/summer-p-ebt-benefits-approved-for-eligible-families/.
To apply for P-EBT benefits related to COVID absences during the 2021-22 school year, visit https://www.eldoradopublicschools.org/page/food-services and select P-EBT Application. The deadline to submit is July 29, 2022.