Senator John Cornyn has announced electronic food stamps…officially known as SNAP benefits…are going to households with children who are eligible for free and reduced price school meals.
The news release does not state how the additional benefits will get to qualifying households from state officials or how soon households will receive the electronic cards for use at grocery stores and online through the SNAP E-B-T program.
Additional information from Senator John Cornyn’s office:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Texas’ plan to provide SNAP benefits to households with children eligible for free and reduced price school meals, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced today.
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which Sen. Cornyn supported when it passed in March, required states to submit their plans for expanding SNAP benefits to these families to USDA.
Texas officials will distribute Pandemic – Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) cards to families with children whose schools were closed for at least 5 consecutive days during the emergency designation and who would have received free or reduced price meals.
Because distribution of school meals is limited due to school closures, families with children in the school meals program be able to instead use EBT cards at grocery stores and online through the SNAP EBT program.