News
August 2, 2021
Summer P-EBT coming to state’s K-12 students
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received federal approval to expand the state’s Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program to cover the summer months. To date, DCFS has issued approximately $192.2 million in P-EBT benefits for 515,624 students who receive federal free or reduced-price meals but attended school between August 2020 and May 2021 on a hybrid or virtual learning schedule because of the pandemic.