The federal
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) provides all families with funds
to purchase groceries for children as the result of meals missed during school
closures. Children in
Mansfield City Schools are eligible for $5.70 federal reimbursement for
breakfast and lunch for each day school is closed due to COVID-19 from March 17
to May 29.
There is no
income restriction under the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of
2020. Every child is eligible for the temporary P-EBT program, including those
who have received sack lunches and breakfasts during the closure.
Mansfield
City Schools has provided free lunches for all students for two years under the
Ohio Department of Education’s community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
For more
information about P-EBT, please go to the Coronavirus Closure box on the
tygerpride.com home page.