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Pandemic EBT What are

OBITUARY for School Year Pandemic EBT or
P-EBT benefits?
2020-21 is
Due to COVID-19, children
Robert ‘Bob’ Wertz coming soon! who are eligible for free
or reduced-price school
March 27, 1950–Feb. 9, 2021 meals will get extra food
benefits. These food
Footprints in the Sand benefits are called P-EBT.

One night a man had a dream. Who is eligible? P-EBT benefits help
He dreamed he was walking along the beach Washington families buy
with the Lord. Children are eligible for P-EBT benefits if: food when schools are
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For • Their school is closed or has reduced in-person closed or have reduced
each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in attendance hours. in-person attendance.
the sand. One • They are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
belonging to him
and the other to
the Lord. How do families apply? When will P-EBT cards arrive?
When the last Great news: Families don’t have to apply for Eligible children should expect to receive a
scene of his life the P-EBT Program! If your child is eligible for notice by late March, which will contain more
flashed before free or reduced-price school meals, they may information. The P-EBT card will be mailed
him, he looked automatically qualify. Families should ensure separately in the following weeks.
back at the their current mailing address is on file with the
footprints in the child’s school and are encouraged to fill out a How are P-EBT cards used?
sand. He noticed school meal application if their child doesn’t P-EBT cards can be used like a debit card to
that many times get free or reduced-price meals already. buy food in most grocery stores and farmers
along the path of markets, or to buy food online at Amazon or
his life, there was How much will families get? Walmart.
only one set of Benefit amounts vary depending on the
footprints. learning model of their child’s school for each Will families get a new P-EBT
He also given month. The monthly benefit amount will card each month?
noticed that it range from $25 to $123. No, families should keep each child’s P-EBT
happened at the very lowest and saddest times of card. The first issuance will include benefits
his life. What does the P-EBT card for the beginning of the 2020-21 school year
This really bothered him and he questioned look like? through January 2021. Additional benefits may
the Lord about it. Watch the mail be issued to the card every two months through
“Lord, you said that once I decided to follow for a card that the end of the school year for as long as the
you, you’d walk with me all the way. But I have looks like this! COVID-19 public health emergency continues.
noticed that during the most troublesome times The P-EBT card
in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I is separate from Visit dshs.wa.gov/PEBT to learn more!
don’t understand why when I needed you most and doesn’t If you need this information in another language,
you would leave me.” replace a food or cash (Quest) EBT card. call the P-EBT Contact Center at 833-518-0282.
The Lord replied, “My precious, precious
child, I love you and I would never leave you! Families are encouraged to participate in
During your times of trial and suffering when Grab-n-Go school meals even if they have
you see only one set of footprints, it was then P-EBT benefits.
that I carried you.” This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
In loving memory of
Robert “Bob” Wertz

ATTENTION: K-12 SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT GRADUATING SENIORS

This is a friendly reminder that graduation is the K-12 program to ensure the
right around the corner! student is on the list of graduates.
The Chehalis Tribe will honor class of 2021 The ceremony is subject to change
graduates this spring with a dinner and contingent on COVID-19 restrictions.
recognition ceremony. To share information or need assistance,
If you know of community or tribal members please contact JJ Shortman at 360-709-1749
that will graduate this spring, please contact or Jodie Smith at 360-709-1897.