October 5, 2021 3:10 a.m.

Last week the State of Oregon received approval from the federal government to expand the Pandemic EBT program and provide an additional $167 million in food assistance to approximately 430,000 children in Oregon.

A release from the Oregon Department of Human Services said P-EBT provides food benefits to families whose children were eligible to receive free or reduced priced meals at school or daycare, but did not have access to those free meals due to COVID-19 closures.

Last Friday, all P-EBT recipients received $129 in food benefits. Between October 22nd and October 30th, recipients will receive an additional $260 in food benefits.

Go to https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/ASSISTANCE/FOOD-BENEFITS/Pages/P-EBT.aspx for more information about the P-EBT program.