24 AUGUST 27, 2020 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Queens public school parents to receive
$420 per child eligible for food benefi ts
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
CMOHAMED@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Congresswoman Grace Meng is
reminding Queens families to be
aware of a new federal government
benefit that provides all New York
City public school parents with $420
per child.
“No child or family should ever go
hungry,” Meng said. “As the coronavirus
crisis continues to cause
financial hardships throughout our
borough, this additional benefit will
help many with putting food on the
table. I urge parents with schoolaged
children to take advantage
of these funds, and to look out for
them in the mail if they have not yet
received them. I am also pleased to
have played a role in making these
payments available to hardworking
families throughout Queens during
these challenging times.”
The Pandemic Electronic Benefit
Transfer (P-EBT), is a one-time payment
that can be used to purchase
groceries. The funds will arrive this
month for many New York families
with some already receiving the
money.
The payments are made available
nationally under the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act, a coronavirus
relief bill that Meng helped
to pass in March.
It is money that would have been
spent on the payments, after Meng
and local colleagues urged President
Trump to support the state’s application
for the program.
According to Meng, receiving the
funds is automatic; there is no need
to apply and the money does not need
to be paid back. It will be provided
to families regardless of immigration
status. The benefit also applies
to private, parochial and charter
school students who received free
school lunches.
All children who would have received
free or reduced-price school
lunches for the days their school was
closed due to COVID-19 are eligible to
receive P-EBT food benefits.
This includes:
• All children attending Community
Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools
where all children attending public
schools in the district received free
or reduced-price school lunches.
• Children who attend private, parochial
and charter schools and who
received free school lunches.
• Children ages 3 and 4 attending
Universal Pre-Kindergarten and
who received free school lunches.
• Young adults ages 19 to 21 who
are still in school and who received
free school lunches.
• Foster children who received
free school lunches.
• Children who are non-citizens
and who received free school
lunches.
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