Today started the second phase instituted by the Ministry of Family for financial aid to purchase raw food for students benefiting from the school canteen service.
The link is already enabled in the portal of the office so that teachers of students of the Education Department who do not participate in the Family Card can request the help. The initial payment of this aid will be $ 833.14, covering the period from August 2020 to February 2021, and will continue with a down payment of $ 119.02 per month.
As the Department of the Family progressed, the students of families participating in the PAN program are the ones in the first stage and the money started to be deposited to the minors last Friday that Social Security ended in the grades 0 to 2.
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This effort will continue on Tuesday, February 23, paying minors whose Social Security ends in numbers 3 to 5, and on Wednesday, 24 those ending in 6 and 7, while those ending in 8 and 9 will be paid on Thursday March. 25.
Meanwhile, on Friday, February 26, 2021, the third phase will begin, targeting students from eligible private or non-profit institutions, participating in the Department of Education’s School Lunch Program.
According to agency data, approximately 330,000 students in Puerto Rico are eligible for this aid, of whom 286,787 are students from the public education system and an estimated 50,000 students belong to eligible private or non-profit school entities. Students from families participating in the PAN program total 219,222.
The P-EBT Assistance can be used to purchase raw food from the more than 3,000 Certified Nutrition Assistance Program (PAN) stores on the island and in Family Markets. Each monthly payout can be used for up to six months, so families do not have to make use of the total assistance in one month. Visit pr.gov/pebt/ for more information about the calendar, FAQs, and dates of P-EBT payouts.