{"id":13697,"date":"2020-06-15T08:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/mts-secondary\/?p=13697"},"modified":"2022-04-29T08:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:43:59","slug":"need-assistance-purchasing-groceries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/need-assistance-purchasing-groceries\/","title":{"rendered":"Need assistance purchasing groceries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Minnesota Department of Human Services is now offering additional funds for the families of children ages 5 to 18 who qualify for free and reduced-price meals. This new program, called Pandemic EBT (P-EBT), will provide $325 per child that families can use to purchase nutritious food for their household. Families with children who received free or reduced-price meals at school, and who were between the ages of 5 and 18 on September 1, 2019, may qualify. Benefits are available to two groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Families receiving Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on March 18, 2020. Benefits for these families were issued automatically and appeared on their EBT balance on May 30, 2020. These families do not need to take any further action.<\/li>\n<li>Families receiving free or reduced-price school meals, but not SNAP or MFIP benefits. These families need to fill out a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mn.p-ebt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short application for a P-EBT card<\/a><\/strong>. Families can apply between June 8, 2020, and June 30, 2020. If approved, families will receive a P-EBT card in the mail, which will arrive with the funds preloaded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Families in need of assistance accessing or using their P-EBT benefits are urged to contact the P-EBT Hotline at <strong>651-431-4050 or 800-657-3698<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If your family or someone you know needs additional ongoing assistance accessing healthy foods, please contact your local tribal or county human services office, visit <strong>ApplyMN<\/strong>, or call the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hungersolutions.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Food HelpLine<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>888-711-1151<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper fusion-align-block\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-xlarge button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P-EBT-Flyer.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Download the Flyer<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need assistance purchasing groceries? 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