The Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi and the Secretary of the Department of the Family, Dr. Carmen Ana González Magazine, and the Administrator of the Administration of the Socio-Economic Development Department (ADSEF) of the Family, Alberto Fradera Vázquez of student assistance to students, known as Pandemic EBT (P-EBT). As soon as we announce that Puerto Rico will receive an additional assignment of resources that will raise the benefits to $ 450 million in the 2020-2021 school year, to attend the food necessities of more than 330 miles of eligible students.
“Our families have suffered great losses due to the pandemic and this help represents a great step towards guaranteeing that our nines and nines have access to adequate food. Agradezco to the Department of the Family for his diligence in logging the distribution of this federal aid ”, said the governor.
Under the auspices of the Food and Nutrition Service, President Biden’s administration announced a 15% increase in student pay. This initial assignment of $ 390.7 million is incremental and $ 59.3 million for the 2020-2021 school year led to the support of thousands of students who participated in the program of the Comedores Escolares and Almuerzos Escolares del Departamento of Educación y se educan de manios virtual o a reduced watch.
“In the midst of a health emergency, nutrition is fundamental for families who are all over the place this year. We would like to thank our allies in the air for the eradication of hamburg and food security, as well as the Food Coalition and the Institute of Youth Development that support these efforts and, together with the Brindar administration, provide the necessary data feeds miles of students in the island, ”signaled the Family Secretariat.
The recommendation:
Approximately 330 miles of students in Puerto Rico are eligible for the P-EBT of the 286,787 students in the public education system and it is estimated that 50 miles of students are eligible for private school graduations or their fines. The students of participating families in the PAN totalizan 219, 222 program, who will start receiving this week, the first unpacked P-EBT that will be distributed in the process of the Car of the Family of automated manner, by which no ten that realizes no management with the agency.
“The December first phase commemorates this week, 19 February 2021 and will continue the following week, between March 23 and the 25th of February. We coordinate with the PAN certified trades, insure that we are connected to the necessary ministers and that they comply with the health and safety protocols, ”assured by the ADSEF administrator, Fradera Vázquez.
Participating students of the PAN will receive the December badges according to the last digit of the social security of the account in the following segments: the digits 0 to 2 are paid for the fours of 19 February; the digits 3 to 5 will be unveiled on March 23rd; Digits 6 and 7 will be released on Wednesday, February 24, Digits 8 and 9 will be released on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
“In the first issue each student will receive a retroactive payment of $ 833.14 which includes the period from August 2020 to February 2021. Each month, the beneficiaries will receive a monthly electronic transfer through the Tarjeta de la Familia. The new applicants will submit a card with a new design, ”explained the ADSEF administrator, who stated that both cards are valid.
As a matter of fact, it was announced that the second phase, which will include students of the public school system, which will not benefit from the PAN program initiates Monday, February 22, 2021 with the opening of the portal. Families can access pr.gov/pebt/ to apply for benefits. Meanwhile, the third phase will lead students of private institutions or their fines for electives, who are participating in the Almuerzos School program of the Department of Education, initiating the holidays on February 26, 2021.
P-EBT assistance can be used to buy food prepared in more than 30 million certified Nutrition Assistance Programs (PANs) programs in Iceland and in Family Markets. Each monthly month can be used only for a period of six months, so that families do not have to use the total of the assistance in a single month. For more information on the calendar, the most frequent questions and events of the December P-EBT Acced to pr.gov/pebt/.