Georgia pandemic ebt assistance. Health coverage child care and parent services food stamps snap temporary assistance for needy families tanf and women infants and children wic. The georgia division of family children services dfcs in partnership with the georgia department of education doe has been approved to operate the new pandemic electronic benefit transfer p ebt program. Secretary of agriculture sonny perdue today announced georgia and iowa have been approved to operate pandemic electronic benefit transfer ebt a new program authorized by the families first coronavirus response act ffcra signed by president trump which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced price meals dealing.
The georgia division of family children services dfcs has partnered with the georgia department of education gadoe to provide food benefits to families with children who receive free andor reduced lunch. The family first coronavirus response act of 2020 allows the food and nutrition service fns to facilitate the distribution of the pandemic electronic benefit transfer. Create your georgia gateway account here.
Call the customer support at 1 877 423 4746 during business hours for assistance. Department of agricultures food and nutrition service to facilitate the distribution of p ebt to families affected. This includes individuals who are self employed gig workers 1099 independent contractors employees of churches employees of non profits or those with limited work history who do not qualify for state unemployment benefits.
The families first coronavirus response act of 2020 allows the us. The georgia division of family children services dfcs partnered with the georgia department of education gadoe to provide food benefits to families with children who receive free or reduced school lunch. P ebt questions answers p ebtea reporting questions answers the families first coronavirus response act of 2020 provides the secretary of agriculture authority to approve state agency plans for temporary emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits under the food and nutrition act of 2008.
The p ebt program is a collaboration between the georgia. March pandemic snap assistance p snap benefits will be released automatically on ebt cards to all eligible households by the end of the month. The pua program will provide unemployment benefits to those not ordinarily eligible for them.
P ebt assistance will be issued to families who currently receive supplemental nutrition assistance program snap formerly known as. A one time allotment of 25650 per eligible child and is intended to prevent food insecurity for families across georgia. Washington dc june 5 2020 us.