The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FFCRA s. 1101, Pub. L. 116-127, as amended by Pub. L. 116-159 and 116-260; Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.; 7 C.F.R. part 284
- Issued
- 2020-11-04 Nov. 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-04
- End
- P-EBT authority ran through the school years covered by the PHE (to summer 2023) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Nov. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careOther
- Addressees
- State SNAP agencies; households with children whose schools or child care facilities were closed or operating with reduced attendance
- Functions reached
- FS school food service (meals replaced by benefits)
- CB grocery customer base
- EC child care (closures as eligibility triggers)
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
The CR extended the authority for P-EBT through Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, and also authorized P-EBT for households with at least one child enrolled in a covered child care facility... and... households with children whose schools reduce the number of days or hours that students attend school for at least five consecutive days during a public health emergency
Enforcement
SNAP program integrity under 7 U.S.C. 2020; 7 C.F.R. part 284
Notes
The federal benefit keyed expressly to school and child-care closures and reduced attendance; USDA's own regulatory recital that such closures and reductions continued into school years 2020-21 and 2021-22.