This includes famers markets and direct market farms.
Families do not need to apply for P-EBT benefits, as DSS uses SNAP eligibility information to determine if children are eligible for P-EBT Child Care benefits.īenefits can be used at any location that accepts SNAP/EBT cards. 
In total, the P-EBT program has provided Connecticut children with an additional $452.6 in SNAP benefits since the beginning of the pandemic.
#Supplemental nutrition assistance program free#
DSS has already deposited benefits totaling $106 million dollars to 282,900 schoolchildren eligible to receive free and reduced-priced meals at their school as of the end of the 2020–2021 school year on September 26, 2021, and October 10, 2021. The planned one-time additional benefit is $375 per child. DSS will also deposit benefits onto existing SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards of SNAP-eligible households who welcomed a newborn in either July or August 2021. DSS will deposit benefits onto existing SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards on October 24, 2021, to nearly 27,400 households (34,800 eligible children) who were under age 6 and receiving SNAP benefits from DSS as of June 30, 2021, unless the child already received Pandemic EBT Children in School benefits by being eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program at their school. Specific information about the October 24 distribution of Pandemic EBT Child Care benefits: This is the last major distribution in the current round of $119.1 million in food benefits going to nearly 282,900 schoolchildren, and 34,800 SNAP recipients in child care under age 6, through the federal Summer ‘Pandemic EBT’ (or P-EBT). The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS), in consultation with the Department of Education and Office of Early Childhood, today announced that $13 million in special food assistance benefits will be distributed Sunday, October 24, 2021, to the families of over 34,800 children under age 6 and who are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). NEW! Octo‘Pandemic EBT’ Child Care program bringing extra food benefits to over 34,800 young children in Connecticut on October 24
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