

Any student attending a Community Eligibility Provision or Special Provision II school are eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits under the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program’s meal benefit application.They must be eligible for Free/Reduced price meal benefits on the USDA National School Lunch Program meal benefit application.P-EBT benefits (of $7.10 per day) are only issued for the days school meals were missed due to COVID-19, for students. They must have been absent from school or attended remotely due to COVID-19.They must attend a school that was closed or had reduced attendance due to COVID-19 for 5 consecutive days.To be eligible for this program individuals must meet all of the following criteria: Benefits for the remainder of the school year were issued August 29, 2022.Benefits for August through November 2021 were issued June 21 - 25 and September 12, 2022.Maine has been authorized to issue P-EBT benefits to eligible school aged children for the 2021-2022 school year. In response to COVID-19 and related laws, the Office for Family Independence has made a number of temporary changes to safety net programs including SNAP. Option 3: E-mail an application to 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429. Option 2: Download and mail an application. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection.
