Mississippi has been authorized to provide benefits to eligible families for both the 2020-2021 school year AND Summer 2021. These funds are meant to help families with additional food costs they may have experienced due to Covid-related school closures during the last school year. ALL students who received free or reduced-price lunches are eligible for both distributions.
Benefits are estimated to be mailed between late September and late October.
- Summer benefits will be issued first because more families are receiving Summer benefits.
- Approximately 2 weeks later, School Year 2020-21 benefits will be loaded onto the same cards.
- Summer benefits will be issued first because more families are receiving Summer benefits.
- Approximately 2 weeks later, School Year 2020-21 benefits will be loaded onto the same cards.
- A MS P-EBT card will be mailed to each eligible child with their name on it.
- Both benefits will be loaded onto the same cards (one per child).
- MSIS numbers CANNOT be provided over the telephone. Parents/Guardians must go to the school to retrieve this number or log in to their Active Parent account.
Please use the P-EBT hotline for any questions at 1-833-316-2423.