Federal Food Aid Funds Available For Texas Families

Texas families can apply for $285 in federal aid per child to make up for the free and reduced-price meals they missed while schools were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Families that were on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in March don’t need to apply for the program known as Pandemic-EBT, short for electronic benefits transfer. These benefits were automatically deposited on their Lone Star Card — the debit-like card Texas uses to distribute SNAP aid — earlier this month.

Other families, including those that enrolled in SNAP after March, have through the month of June to submit applications for the food benefits program.

Who is eligible?

Schoolchildren up to 21 years old who received free or reduced-priced meals at school this school year are eligible for the program. Because all La Grange students receive free lunches, all LGISD students are eligible.

Although families who receive SNAP automatically got benefits for children 5 to 18 years old, they also have to apply for benefits in June if they have eligible children under 5 years old or between the ages of 19 and 21.

The signup is at this link:

https://yourtexasbenefits.com/Learn/ PEBT?fbclid=IwAR06_wOlt- mSwx7gGA1rjBuzUx6sU0f- FXsM50kCcvdQiy3XiropNv- LvJ7MrI