Families with children attending one of the many Alachua County schools that provide free school meals through the National School Lunch Program’s Community Eligibility Provision are eligible for Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT). Families with children not at these schools but who are eligible for free meals are eligible for P-EBT. The benefit will be $5.70/day per student, retroactive to when school initially closed. See the FAQ at this link for details: https://www.myflfamilies.com/covid19/docs/PEBT%20FAQ.pdf
P-EBT provides nutritional resources to families who have lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to school closures. Families will receive money on a new or existing EBT card to help fill the school meals gap.
This is a list of the Alachua County schools participating in the 2019-2020 school year, based on a spreadsheet from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:
Early Learning Academy at Duval
J.J. Finley Elementary School
Stephen Foster Elementary School
A.Q. Jones Exceptional Student
Lake Forest Elementary School
Sidney Lanier School / HDCP
Littlewood Elementary School
Metcalfe Elementary School
Williams Elementary School
Lincoln Middle School
Howard Bishop Middle School
Westwood Middle School
Gainesville High School
Alachua Elementary School
Archer Community
Hawthorne High School
A. L. Mebane Middle School
Newberry High School
Santa Fe High School
Shell Elementary School
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School
Idywild Elementary School
Glen Springs Elementary School
Marjorie K. Rawlings Elementary School
Loften Center
Eastside High School
High Springs Community
Fort Clarke Middle School
Fernside Family Service Center
Kimball Wiles Elementary School
Kanapaha Middle School
Lawton M Chiles Elementary School
Newberry Elementary School
C.W. Norton Elementary School
William S Talbot Elementary School
W.W. Irby Elementary School
Oak View Middle School
AMI Kids
One Room School House
Caring and Sharing Learning School
The Einstein School, Inc.
Expressions Learning Arts Academy, Inc.
Genesis Preparatory School
SIATech at Gainesville Annex
North Central Florida Public Charter School
Boulware Springs Charter School
FAQ: https://www.myflfamilies.com/covid19/docs/PEBT%20FAQ.pdf
FDACS page with link to spreadsheet with list of eligible schools: https://www.fdacs.gov/…/Nat…/Community-Eligibility-Provision