Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Bulletin for June 13, 2023

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Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Bulletin for June 13, 2023

Portal is Open

The next P-EBT data submission for school year 2022-23 (SY 2022-23) is Friday, June 30, 2023, at 4 p.m. Please review Instructions for Manual Entry and Bulk Upload and P-EBT Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) prior to submitting. Please upload student data into the P-EBT portal as soon as possible to allow time to correct data errors that may occur.

Final Portal Deadline

The end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023, also meant the end of the P-EBT program. The final portal data entry deadline for P-EBT program will be Monday, July 31, 2023, at 4 p.m. The final P-EBT benefits are expected to be disbursed in late August 2023.

Students Not Sent to DHS Status

Students with a red X under the student’s tab have not qualified for a 2022-23 P-EBT payment. The May 2023 deadline only paid students with a qualifying 2022-23 COVID-19 impact entered in their student record or via bulk upload.

Students entered for summer will remain as not sent to DHS status until after the June 30 deadline. The first summer disbursement will happen in late July 2023. Refer to the Benefit Issuance Timeline for details on deadlines and benefit disbursements.

Table with Header: Student Status by Reporting Organization. A red "X" marks a status "Sent to DHS"

P-EBT Email Correspondence Reminder

Contact the MDE P-EBT Help Center via email at PEBT.mde@state.mn.us or submit a question through the P-EBT portal using the “Ask a Question” tab with questions. Watch the How to Ask a Question in the P-EBT Portal video for more details.

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