Extra Food Benefits During an Extra Hard Time
Extra Food Benefits During an Extra Hard Time
Get More Money for
Groceries with Pandemic EBT
Groceries with Pandemic EBT
The pandemic has made it harder to feed the whole family. Pandemic EBT (or P-EBT) is a federal program that gives eligible families food benefits in addition to free or reduced price meals at child care or school. Learn how P-EBT can help you make a smaller budget feel bigger.
Healthy Meals While At Home
How Families Benefit with P-EBT Benefits
You Do Not Need to
Apply to P-EBT
Paying with P-EBT Cards is Easy
55% say that P-EBT reduces their worry about being able to pay their bills.
I was able to nourish my kids with P-EBT. I have trouble getting to food giveaways or school lunch pickups because I’m disabled and can’t drive.
55% say that P-EBT reduces their worry about being able to pay their bills.
―P-EBT recipient
"I was able to nourish my kids with P-EBT. I have trouble getting to food giveaways or school lunch pickups because I’m disabled and can’t drive."
-P-EBT recipient
What is P-EBT?
- P-EBT is a federal program that provides food benefits for families with young children (0-6 years) who also got CalFresh Food benefits between October 2020 and May 2021 or school age children who were eligible for free or reduced price school meals during the 2020-21 school year. P-EBT provides additional food benefits to make up for free or reduced-price meals usually served at child care or school that children may have missed because of the pandemic.
Helpful Answers to Common Questions
Buying food for your family shouldn’t use up your whole budget. Pandemic EBT (or P-EBT) is a no-risk federal food benefits program that helps families afford food that keeps their kids strong and healthy.
A program of the California Department of Social Services
