COVID-19
P-EBT
P-EBT Requirements
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 provides the Secretary of Agriculture authority to approve State agency plans for temporary emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Children who would receive free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act if not for the school closure are eligible under this provision.
Households are potentially eligible for P-EBT if they meet these three conditions:
- They include a child who was enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade.
- The child received free or reduced-price school meals, or attended a Community Eligibility Provision school that provided these meals to all students regardless of an individual student’s household income.
- The child’s school has been closed due to the pandemic for at least five consecutive days.
Head Start programs are not included in P-EBT; however some Pre-Ks are eligible for P-EBT. These are the conditions that must be met.
- If the Pre-K is in a grade school participating in the federal free and reduced lunch program and those children in the Pre-K are included in that program.
- If the children turned age 5 anytime during the school year, those children will be eligible and receive P-EBT benefits.
- As well, P-EBT is only for those children eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, which is separate from the USDA Child Nutrition Program-CACFP.
For questions about P-EBT email DHS at: [email protected] or call (808)586-8047.
Hawai’i Pandemic EBT Press Release (PDF)
Hawai’i Pandemic EBT Press Release (Word DOC)
Back to School Planning Resources
COVID-19 Thought Starters on Reopening Schools for SY2020-21
FDA Food Safety Reopening Checklist
Future of Schools Scenarios – CPS Template for SNA
Georgia’s Path to Recovery for K-12 Schools
COVID-19 Resources for Schools
Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Best Practices for Parent Pick-Up of Meals and Snacks
Considerations for Reopening Schools from the CDC
COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry
School Food Handler COVID-19 Resources
School Meals Programs: Providing Multiple Meals at a Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Documents to Assist you for Pandemic Feeding
Food Allergy under COVID-19
Healthy Tips During a Quarantine
USDA Guidance
Waivers
SY 20-21 Meal Service Waiver Request Form – NSLP/SBP
Waiver Request to Disregard Water Requirement for NSLP/SBP/CACFP/ASP
Waiver Request to Serve Meals Due to a School Closure Related to the Novel Coronavirus
Waiver of Local Wellness Policy Triennial Assessment in NSLP and SBP
Waiver Request to Serve Meals During the Summer During the Novel Coronavirus
HCNP Waivers SY 2020-21
The following waiver extensions have been granted to the State of Hawaii:
Meal Pattern Flexibility expires 6/30/2021
Meal Service Time expires 6/30/2021
Non-Congregate Feeding expires 6/30/2021
Parent/Guardian Meal Pick up expires 6/30/2021
On-site Monitoring CACFP Sponsors expires 9/30/2021
On-site Monitoring CACFP SA expires 9/30/2021
On-site Monitoring School Meals expires 6/30/2021
On-site Monitoring SFSP Sponsors expires 9/30/2021
On-site Monitoring SFSP SA expires 9/30/2021
Non-Area Eligibility expires 06/30/2021
Webinars
COVID-19 Webinar Series 1
The 2020 Safe Food Handler PPT
COVID-19 Webinar Series 2
Managing Personnel During COVID-19
Managing Personnel During COVID-19 PPT
Lessons Learned: The New Normal
The Mix Up Podcast – Kevin Frank
Lessons Learned from Serving Summer Meals During Pandemic and Transitioning Back to School