New Jersey received P-EBT approval for children under the age 6 enrolled in SNAP between September 2021 – June 2022 and for summer 2022. In addition, summer 2022 P-EBT has been approved for students in grades K-12 in the 2021 – 2022 school year who were eligible for the National School Lunch Program.
Children under the age of 6 in SNAP households:
- Benefits of $42.02 per eligible child per month for September 2021- June 2022 were added to your Families First card from July 30 through August 12, 2022.
- Benefits of $391 for Summer 2022 were added to your Families First card on September 14, 2022 for SNAP households who were active in July 2022. Benefits were added to your Families First card on September 27, 2022 if you were a newly active SNAP household in August 2022.
School-age Children in grades K-12 in the 2021-2022 school year:
The first issuance of summer P-EBT will be made in October 2022 for students in schools who submitted data by September 10, 2022. As schools continue to collect and submit data, additional benefits will be paid in coming months.
- Summer P-EBT benefits of $391 per eligible student will be added to your Families First card on October 6, 2022 for active SNAP households.
- Summer P-EBT benefits of $391 per eligible student for non-SNAP recipients will be added to new P-EBT cards and mailed in mid- to late-October. Keep checking back for updated information about cards being mailed.
Visit the P-EBT FAQs here for additional information about P-EBT benefits.
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