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Helping More Than 1.3 Million Schoolchildren Access Pandemic EBT—in Just One Week

Helping More Than 1.3 Million Schoolchildren Access Pandemic EBT—in Just One Week
2020
Code for America
Author(s): 
Amanda Renteria
Helping More Than 1.3 Million Schoolchildren Access Pandemic EBT—in Just One Week
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
P-EBT
COVID-19 Assistance
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Location
California
Format
Non-Academic Article
News
Case Study

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the federal government authorized a new emergency program, Pandemic EBT (P-EBT), to replace school meals with money for groceries while schools are closed. Code for America describes its efforts to launch an accessible, online P-EBT application under an accelerated timeline due to to immense demand caused by the pandemic.