Oregon Pandemic EBT
Updated February 1, 2022
Not sure where to start?
For help with benefits:
- Apply for benefits, update information or report changes online at One.Oregon.gov.
- Call ONE customer service at 1-800-699-9075.
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Get EBT card information or call the 24-hour EBT customer service line at 1-888-997-4447.
To report abuse:
- Call 1-855-503-SAFE (7233) if you suspect abuse or neglect of an adult or child.
Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) for the 2020-2021 school year and summer 2021 has come to an end.
The information below is only in regard to the 2020-2021 school year and summer 2021.
Information for the 2021-2022 school year will be shared here (PEBT.Oregon.Gov) when available.
About P-EBT
Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) is part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. P-EBT is money for buying food at home for students.
Oregon sent P-EBT to families with eligible students to make-up for meals students missed while schools and childcare were closed part-time or full-time during the 2020-2021 school year.
P-EBT is a program in partnership with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
How children qualify for P-EBT
There is no application. Children are eligible for P-EBT if they:
- Are enrolled in a school that participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and have been determined eligible for free or reduced-price meals by their school.
- Attend a school approved by ODE to provide all meals free of charge such as a Community Eligibility Provision School.
- Are age 0-5 and receive SNAP benefits greater than $0.
- Are age 6, receive SNAP benefits and ODHS has received verification they are enrolled in a childcare facility with reduced hours or closures.
Eligible children will receive a notice and a P-EBT card in the mail with their name on it. Families should keep their cards as more benefits may be added later. See the
P-EBT Issuance Schedule for more information on when benefits will be issued.
No. Eligibility for P-EBT benefits is based on the meals provided by your school before the COVID-19 public health emergency.
No. P-EBT is available only to students enrolled in a school who would normally receive free or reduced-price meals through the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) if the school was not closed or had reduced attendance due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
A full P-EBT benefit of $136 will be issued for those eligible students who have not yet received a September P-EBT benefit. Supplements will be issued to households who received less than $100 for September 2020. The $36 supplement is only available to children who met previous P-EBT eligibility criteria and does not include children eligible under expanded 2020-2021 school year P-EBT eligibility criteria.
Oregon was approved to issue P-EBT benefits for Summer 2021 for the months of June, July and August. Each eligible student will receive the full Summer P-EBT amount of $389 divided over two payments, the first on October 1 in the amount of $129.00 and the second in the amount of $260 staggered over October 22-30, 2021.
Children who meet the following will be issued Summer P-EBT benefits:
- Students who were eligible for P-EBT benefits in May 2021
- Children aged 6 years and younger who are part of a SNAP case at any time between June 1, 2021 and September 4, 2021
- Students who applied for Summer P-EBT between June 1, 2021 and September 4, 2021
Summer P-EBT is an extension of the P-EBT for school year 2020-2021.
If circumstances have changed for your family and your student may now be eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, you can apply online through Oregon Department of Education or contact your school for more information.
- Applications are currently being received for the 2021-2022 school year.
- Applying for free or reduced meal benefits may qualify your family for P-EBT. The amount of P-EBT benefits will vary according to application date, education model used by the school, and meals provided through the school.
Applications to determine eligibility for free or reduced meals for the 2020-2021 school ended June 30, 2021. Applications to determine eligibility for free or reduced meals for Summer 2021 P-EBT ended September 4, 2021.
Individual school districts will determine eligibility for free or reduced-price meal benefits.
In addition, this confidential information will be shared with ODHS for P-EBT benefits for students that meet eligibility requirements. This information may be shared with ODHS without written parental consent.
How families receive P-EBT
Non-SNAP households will receive a new card in the mail if you are new to P-EBT or received P-EBT for multiple children on the same card in the Spring of 2020. Benefits will be issued on Oregon EBT cards and mailed to the physical address on file with the school for students who do not receive SNAP.
SNAP households with P-EBT eligible children will receive P-EBT on the same card as SNAP. The P-EBT issuance is based on the
Benefit Issuance Schedule and will be different than your normal SNAP issuance date.
If your family has not received their P-EBT card(s), email ebtschoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us to request a new card be mailed to you.
If you do not already have an EBT card, one will be mailed to the address that is listed on file for your student at their school.
If you cannot receive mail at your physical address, please email the ODHS P-EBT Central Team at ebtschoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us to provide a good mailing address.
If you have recently moved, please email the ODHS P-EBT Central Team at
ebtschoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us to update your address.
You may also consider letting your child's school know of the address update and turning in a change of address at your Post Office.
If you cannot receive mail at your physical address, please email the ODHS P-EBT Central Team at ebtschoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us to provide a good mailing address.
If your family is facing homelessness and your child is eligible to receive P-EBT, contact ODHS at ebtschoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us to provide an accessible mailing address (this may include the school's address).
How much P-EBT families receive and when
Benefits are determined at the school level based on the learning model utilized by most of the enrolled students, as well as the type of meal service provided. Benefit levels may not be adjusted based on individual student schedules.
For the 2020-2021 School Year
- A full benefit amount of $136 will be issued each month in which most students attended remote learning or attended a school that did not provide NSLP meal service as a part of the instructional day for students attending on-site.
- A partial benefit amount of $75 will be issued each month in which most students in a school attended a hybrid learning model.
- P-EBT benefit amounts for children 6 and younger receiving SNAP are based on the highest benefit amount for any school in the county where the child lives.
P-EBT benefits will be issued based on the last digit of the P-EBT case number, which is located in the top right corner of the P-EBT Benefit Notice Letter that will be sent in the mail. Please note: the return address on these mail notices is South Dakata.
View the P-EBT benefit issuance schedule.
More information
P-EBT is intended to reimburse families for the cost of the free meal missed at
school. If you opt out, you are letting ODHS know that you don't wish to
receive P-EBT benefits for that student in your household. Benefits will not be
issued to families who have decided to opt out and will carry over to future
years.
Benefits are not transferrable and cannot be gifted or donated. You can change
your student's opt-in/opt-out status at any time. If you still wish to decline
the benefits, email ODHS at ebt.schoolmeals@dhsoha.state.or.us. It is possible that additional P-EBT benefits for the 2021-2022 school year will be available in Oregon. Future extensions are based on the ongoing need due to the public health emergency declaration because of COVID-19.
You can avoid delays in accessing future benefits by keeping the card safe once you have spent all your P-EBT benefits. This card will remain active and allow quick access to any future P-EBT benefit issuances.
Updates will be posted when available
on this web page.
P-EBT benefits will only change if the school reported a correction to the learning model or meal service from what was previously reported that increases the P-EBT amount for all students. All students within a school will receive the same benefit level regardless of how the individual student is attending. If the change is an increase to the benefit, a supplement will automatically be issued to the EBT card.
SNAP Program
If you wish, you can apply for Oregon SNAP benefits
online or by calling the ONE Customer Service Center at 1800-699-9075. You can also visit any
local ODHS office.
Oregon Food Bank
Website: Oregonfoodbank.org
Phone: 503-282-0555
211 info
Website: 211info.org
Phone: 866-698-6155
Text your zip code to 898211 (TXT211)
