EBT: Family Card for Students

Pandemic EBT in English (P-EBT), is a food assistance program that was approved by the Congress of the United States and the president Joe Biden, it is aimed at financially supporting those students who have been taking hybrid or virtual classes and have not had access to the school cafeteria service, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This aid applies to students enrolled in kindergarten (preschool) through twelfth grade (12th), who are participants in the School Dining Program of the Department of Education (DE), either in a public or private school, during the 2021-2022 school year.

Who is eligible for P-EBT?

All those students of the public school system or private educational entities, which belong to DE School Dining Program and that, furthermore, they are enrolled in the 2021-2022 school year.

Also those students who took and currently attend classes in a combined or virtual manner and have not had access to the school cafeteria service. This aid applies to students enrolled in preschool to twelfth grade (12th). Look at these requirements to apply for the PAN

How to request a family card for students?

Those students of public school system, that They do not belong to the PAN program You must access the following link: https://serviciosenlinea.adsef.pr.gov/pebt/ and once there, complete the requested information to receive the card by postal mail.

If the student already has participated in the program, you will receive assistance automatically to the card you have. Therefore, you will not receive a new card. The students of private or nonprofit schools, they must consult the list of school entities, that is attached to submit the application.

When is the family card for students delivered?

Once requested, the established term To receive your student family card by mail, you are between 7 to 10 business days.

El PIN number arrives separately, although also by postal mail, but the student can obtain it by calling phone number appearing printed on the back of the card. When the card is received and have the PIN handy, (although it is automatic, since it arrived by postal mail), or has been selected when calling, you can go to any of the participating businesses.

New applicants have a different model of the Family Card. Both are valid and have no expiration date. Those students who They are not participants of the PAN, You will receive your Family Card with the corresponding benefit between 7 to 10 business days after completing the application.

To later deposits will receive the benefits, according to the last digit of social security of the account manager. Next, the image explains how is the proccess:

Digit	Date
0	May 4
1	May 6
2	May 7
3	May 10
4	May 12
5	May 14
6	May 16
7	May 18
8	May 20
9	May 21

How to balance the family card for students?

Once you have the physical card, you can access: www.ebtpr.com and by establishing the user account, you can check the balance of the benefits.

It is important for beneficiaries to know that once funds are deposited into their account, they can be used for six months. For example, the resources deposited in May; can be used up to the month of October.

What can you buy with the student family card?

The resources transferred to the card can be used to buy unprepared foods, only in the more than 3,000 PAN certified businesses, on the whole island.

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