DSS will deposit benefits onto existing SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards on October 24, 2021, to nearly 27,400 households (34,800 eligible children) who were under age 6 and receiving SNAP benefits from DSS as of June 30, 2021, unless the child already received Pandemic EBT Children in School benefits by being eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program at their school.Specific information about the October 24 distribution of Pandemic EBT Child Care benefits: This is the last major distribution in the current round of $119.1 million in food benefits going to nearly 282,900 schoolchildren, and 34,800 SNAP recipients in child care under age 6, through the federal Summer ‘Pandemic EBT’ (or P-EBT). The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS), in consultation with the Department of Education and Office of Early Childhood, today announced that $13 million in special food assistance benefits will be distributed Sunday, October 24, 2021, to the families of over 34,800 children under age 6 and who are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). NEW! Octo‘Pandemic EBT’ Child Care program bringing extra food benefits to over 34,800 young children in Connecticut on October 24
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