Over the summer, thousands of families are expected to receive food assistance benefits worth hundreds of dollars.
Children from low-income families residing in North Dakota will be affected as part of the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer program (P-EBT).
During the pandemic, the federal initiative at one time helped feed 18.5 million children.
North Dakota children who receive benefits from this Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or who receive free or reduced-price school meals are beginning to do well.
Who qualifies for these benefits?
Each of the groups, arranged in categories, must meet certain strict requirements.
The North Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS) reports that SNAP recipients with children under age five will receive an additional $391.
Children who received SNAP benefits between September 2021 and May 2022 will also get an additional $20 bonus. This would result in an additional $411 due, to be paid once.
In North Dakota, approximately 12,000 children are eligible to receive this amount. But you must earn less than $36,075 a year based on the state’s SNAP.
Additionally, your bank account must have less than $2,250. The income of beneficiaries in a four-member household must be $51,338 or less per year.
A $391 benefit will be available to school-age children who received those benefits this summer or during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The benefits, which would have to be loaded onto a card by the middle of next month, are available to about 34,000 children, according to DHS.
If addresses are incorrect or unavailable, delays may occur. Families have until the Aug. 19 deadline to apply for free or reduced-price meals.
Those who submit their applications by the deadline can expect to receive their $391 lump-sum payment in late August or early October.