Students approved for free or reduced priced meals during
2020-2021 school year can apply for one-time $375 Summer
P-EBT benefit
JEFFERSON CITY, MO –Today, Missouri families who had a student approved for free or reduced priced meals during the previous 2020-2021 school year can apply for a one-time
Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer P-EBT) benefit of $375 for that child.
Congress extended P-EBT to cover the summer following the school year during the COVID19 public health emergency. The completed and signed Summer P-EBT application (aplicación en Español) must be submitted by October 8, 2021. Completed applications can be sent by email to:
FSD.MOPEBT@dss.mo.gov or by mail to:
Family Support Division
615 E. 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
DSS will automatically review all P-EBT applications (not to be confused with Summer PEBT applications) families submitted by August 20, including applications that were denied, for Summer P-EBT benefit eligibility. If the student is eligible for Summer P-EBT, the one-time benefit is loaded on an existing or new EBT card in the student’s name.
“Families should be aware it is easier to be eligible for Summer P-EBT than for P-EBT because remote learning or school closure due to COVID-19 is not required for the Summer P-EBT benefit,” said Jennifer Tidball, Acting Director, Department of Social Services. “That means more Missouri families will be eligible for Summer P-EBT who were ineligible for PEBT. We are reviewing all of the P-EBT applications we received to ensure Summer P-EBT benefits are distributed to all the families who are now eligible for Summer P-EBT.”