BOISE - On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the approval of Idaho to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). This new program, authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and signed by President Trump, provides the value of school breakfast and lunch to families of children who would otherwise receive free and reduced-price school meals, if not for COVID-related school closures.
Eligible Idaho households will receive Pandemic EBT as either a supplemental food purchasing benefit for current SNAP participants, or as a new EBT benefit for non-SNAP households to offset the cost of meals that would have otherwise been eaten at school.
With Idaho's approval, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands have now been approved for Pandemic EBT.
During the 2019-2020 school year, Idaho had approximately 130,000 children eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch, or approximately 43% of children in participating schools. Each eligible family will receive an average of $5.70 for each day school was out due to the pandemic.
State agencies may operate Pandemic EBT when a school is closed for at least five consecutive days during a public health emergency designation during which the school would otherwise be in session.
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