On December 20, 2022, the Georgia Department of Human Services’ Division of Family & Children Services began issuing Summer P-EBT. These benefits cover the 2022 summer months for eligible children. Please remember that children are eligible for summer P-EBT if they were enrolled in a K-12 Georgia school and approved as eligible for free or reduced priced lunch through the National School Lunch Program. All eligible children will receive $391 for summer P-EBT.
Please see below are links to P-EBT issuance communications that may assist you with questions you might receive from parents.
Press release: dhs.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-12-20/dhs-issues-summer-2022-benefits-eligible-children
Updated FAQs: dfcs.georgia.gov/services/pandemic-electronic-benefit-transfer
Social media post: twitter.com/GADHS/status/1605220967646633985?s=20&t=cL8IZzu6weYWtMOY837jLQ
Please note that the P-EBT hotline with the Department of Health and Human Services is active. That phone number is 888-421-3281.
Have a great afternoon and thank you,
Linette Dodson, PhD RD LD SNS FAND
State Director of School Nutrition
School Nutrition Division
Phone: 404-651-6600
Cell Phone: 404-904-5202
