P-EBT Archives - Mississippi Department of Human Services

Approximately 466,000 Mississippi Children to Receive P-EBT Benefits This Fall

Vanessa Lowe2022-08-01T20:41:06+00:00

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) have received federal approval to distribute Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to approximately 466,000 Mississippi children who participated in the National School Lunch Program or were under six (6) and received SNAP benefits during the 2021-22 school year or [...]

Approximately 466,000 Mississippi Children to Receive P-EBT Benefits This FallVanessa Lowe2022-08-01T20:41:06+00:00

P-EBT School Year 2020 – 2021 has been issued

Morgan Stewart2021-11-04T14:41:08+00:00

The Mississippi Department of Human Services and the Mississippi Department of Education have issued P-EBT benefits for the 2020-21 school year. Approximately 185,000 Mississippi students will receive these P-EBT benefits because they were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and attended a school that had a predominately hybrid or virtual schedule for at least one [...]

P-EBT School Year 2020 – 2021 has been issuedMorgan Stewart2021-11-04T14:41:08+00:00

P-EBT Call Center Expands hours of Operation

Vanessa Lowe2021-11-04T14:42:11+00:00

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Human Services P-EBT call center will begin additional hours of operation Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The new call center hours of operation are 8:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Monday – Friday. MDHS continues to update the website with updated P-EBT FAQs: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/pandemic-ebt-p-ebt/. Parents and guardians may be able to [...]

P-EBT Call Center Expands hours of OperationVanessa Lowe2021-11-04T14:42:11+00:00

14,000 P-EBT Cards Deactivated in Error

Morgan Stewart2021-10-26T15:51:51+00:00

This morning, The Mississippi Department of Human Services and the Mississippi Department of Education were notified that our P-EBT card processing partner mistakenly deactivated 14,000+ P-EBT cards for children with an apostrophe in their first or last name on October 25. A new P-EBT card has already been issued for each of the children affected. [...]

14,000 P-EBT Cards Deactivated in ErrorMorgan Stewart2021-10-26T15:51:51+00:00

P-EBT Card Activation Update

Vanessa Lowe2021-10-04T20:37:01+00:00

(Jackson, Miss.) – Families across Mississippi have begun to receive P-EBT cards for their eligible children. The Mississippi Department of Human Services is reminding parents of the process to activate their child’s card. To activate the P-EBT card for each child, please call 1-866-512-5087. This phone number is printed on the back of [...]

P-EBT Card Activation UpdateVanessa Lowe2021-10-04T20:37:01+00:00

340,000 Mississippi Children to Benefit from P-EBT

Vanessa Lowe2021-10-04T17:41:39+00:00

(Jackson, Miss.) – Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi Department of Human Services will be releasing approximately $246 million in P-EBT benefits to Mississippi children by late October 2021, through two lump-sum payments: first for Summer 2021 and second for the 2020-21 school year. Summer P-EBT is designed to meet the nutrition needs of children throughout the summer [...]

340,000 Mississippi Children to Benefit from P-EBTVanessa Lowe2021-10-04T17:41:39+00:00

USDA approves Mississippi to receive a second round of Pandemic-EBT benefits

Vanessa Lowe2021-06-21T14:49:22+00:00

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) and Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), which provides assistance to families of children eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) whose school’s predominant learning mode was [...]

USDA approves Mississippi to receive a second round of Pandemic-EBT benefitsVanessa Lowe2021-06-21T14:49:22+00:00