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Program Benefits Families of Children Who Normally Receive Free or Reduced-Price Meals at School

Applications for the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program have been submitted on behalf of 403,731 children, or about 66 percent of all eligible children in Louisiana. The application portal opened May 18, and the deadline to apply is June 8.

Eligible families who have not yet submitted an application are urged to do so by the deadline. The short, electronic application is available on the Louisiana Department of Education's website, and the Louisiana Department of Children and...