Pandemic EBT admin

The State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services received a $4,270,265 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 30, 2021 to support administrative costs associated with the Pandemic EBT program through September 30, 2022.

Under the Pandemic EBT Administrative Costs (CFDA #10.649) federal grant program, the funding will allow the State agency and local entities to cover expenses incurred for operating the Pandemic EBT Food Benefit Program (P-EBT). Specifically, the grant funds will be used to administer the P-EBT program, which provides food benefits to eligible families with children who would have received free or reduced-price meals if not for COVID-19-related school closures and remote learning. The funding will support administrative activities necessary to distribute these food benefits at the State and local levels through September 2022.