The Tennessee Department of Human Services is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Education to provide students who missed out on pandemic food assistance benefits with a retroactive payment.
These benefits come as a result of the changes the COVID-19 pandemic brought to schools, and how these changes impacted students who rely on school-provided meals.
A student is eligible for this single retroactive payment if they experienced a change in P-EBT status during the 2020-2021 school year, or if they were not originally accounted for.
If a student missed at least five consecutive days or the schools were closed in response to COVID-19, that student is eligible for these benefits.
If you’re the parent of a child who qualifies for these benefits, you can expect to see these payments distributed on your child’s existing P-EBT cards beginning on March 4.
Qualifying children who have not received a P-EBT card will be given one.
If your child’s card has been lost, you can request a new one at www.connectebt.com.
You can view the status and retroactive P-EBT eligibility of your child on the department’s website.
(WBIR-TV)
