Are you looking for help with Summer P-EBT for 2023? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will cover the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for August 2023.
Currently, there are 20 states that are issuing the 2023 Summer P-EBT Payments for August 2023.
For information on which states will be sending their PEBT payments in August 2023 and their payment dates, continue reading below.
2023 Summer P-EBT Payments
Children who receive free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Act are eligible to receive P-EBT benefits for Summer 2023.
P-EBT also provides benefits to younger children in households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) whose covered child care facility is operating with reduced hours or attendance.
On January 30th 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration will end on May 11, 2023.
As a result, children under 6 in households participating in SNAP will not be eligible for Summer 2023 P-EBT benefits.
However, school children who attended an NSLP-participating school at the end of school year 2022-23 will still be eligible for summer 2023 P-EBT benefits.
Additionally, all P-EBT benefits, for both the school year and the summer, must be distributed by September 30, 2023.
Eligibility for Summer P-EBT (2023)
Households with eligible school children will receive P-EBT benefits for Summer 2023.
The following school children are eligible for PEBT benefits:
School children who attended a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participating school at the during school year 2022 – 2023 and qualified to receive free or reduced price school meals.
This includes:
- School children who attended a school that participated in the Community Eligibility Provision or Special Provisions 2 or 3 in school year 2022 – 2023.
- Children who were directly certified for free school meals or who were certified by application for free or reduced price school meals during school year 2022 – 2023.
School children who attended a National School Lunch Program participating school at the end of school year 2022 – 2023 and are determined newly eligible for free or reduced price school meals.
Children in schools or school districts that have been newly approved to begin operating under the Community Eligibility Provision or under Provisions 2 or 3 in school year 2022 – 2023 are only eligible for Summer P-EBT 2023 benefits if they are determined income eligible or eligible for free or reduced school meals.
To get the complete list of Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for August 2023, continue reading below.
Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for August 2023
Currently, 23 of the 44 approved states for Summer P-EBT 2023 will be issuing their payments in August.
These states include:
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- California
- CMNI
- Colorado
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- Washington
Get the information on each state’s payment date and amount for August 2023 below.
American Samoa
The American Samoa has been approved to issue $1.9 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 14,050 school children during Summer 2023.
American Samoa Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $139 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for American Samoa:
- Payments Sent: Tuesday, August 15th through Friday, September 29th, 2023
All American Samoa households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT benefits in the form of food coupons by September 30, 2023.
Arizona
Arizona has been approved to issue $66 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 550,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Arizona Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Arizona:
- First Round: July 14th
- Second Round: August 4th
- Clean-Up Round for any Missed School Children: August 14th
All Arizona households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Arizona Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Arizona P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
California
California has been approved to issue $66 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 550,000 school children during Summer 2023.
California Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for California:
- Ongoing Payments: July 16th – August 30th
California P-EBT 4.0 Cards will be mailed from July 16th to August 30th. Cards will be mailed to the address on file with CALPADS.
All California households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our Summer 2023 P-EBT for California Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your California P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
CMNI
Over 10,000 eligible school children in Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CMNI) households will be issued their 2023 Summer P-EBT benefits.
CMNI Summer P-EBT Payment Amount for 2023: $139 per eligible child
CMNI Summer P-EBT Payment Dates: August 2023
Benefits will automatically be added to your CMNI EBT or P-EBT Card.
If you do not have an existing CMNI EBT or P-EBT Card, a new one will be sent to you in the mail before the payment date.
Colorado
Colorado has been approved to issue $45.6 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 380,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Colorado Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Colorado:
- Payments Beginning: Late August 2023
All Colorado households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Colorado Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Colorado P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Delaware
Delaware has been approved to issue $11.4 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 95,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Delaware Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Delaware:
- Payments Beginning: August 2023
All Delaware households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Delaware Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Delaware P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
District of Columbia
District of Columbia (D.C.) has been approved to issue $8.1 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 68,000 school children during Summer 2023.
D.C. Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for District of Columbia:
- Payments Begin: July 2023
- Clean-Up Payments: August 2023
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for District of Columbia Guide.
All District of Columbia households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
Florida
Florida has been approved to issue $264 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 2.2 Million school children during Summer 2023.
Florida Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Florida:
- Payments Begin: July 1st, 2023 and run through August 2023
All Florida households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by December 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Florida Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Florida P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Illinois
Illinois has been approved to issue $136.9 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 1.1 Million school children during Summer 2023.
Illinois Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Illinois:
- First Round of Payments: August 11th – August 30th
- Clean-Up Payments for Missed Children Begin: September 1, 2023
All Illinois households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Illinois Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Illinois P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Kentucky
Kentucky has been approved to issue $69.6 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 580,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Kentucky Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Kentucky:
- Payments Begin: mid-August 2023
- Clean-Up Round for Newly Eligible or Missed School Children Begin: mid-September 2023
All Kentucky households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Kentucky Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Kentucky P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Louisiana
Louisiana has been approved to issue $72 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 600,067 school children during Summer 2023.
Louisiana Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Louisiana:
- Payments Begin: August 2023
All Louisiana households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Louisiana Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Louisiana P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Maryland
Maryland has been approved to issue $57.6 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 480,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Maryland Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Maryland:
- Payment #1: July 2023
- Payment #2: August 2023
- Clean-Up Round for Newly Eligible or Missed School Children Begin: late August 2023
All Maryland households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Maryland Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Maryland P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Minnesota
Minnesota has been approved to issue $38.4 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 320,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Minnesota Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Minnesota:
- Payments Begin: End of July 2023 through beginning of August 2023
All Minnesota households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Minnesota Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Minnesota P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Nevada
Nevada has been approved to issue $57 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 475,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Nevada Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Nevada:
The Summer P-EBT Payments for Nevada are staggered based on the last digit of the student’s date of birth.
Payments will occur on the following dates:
- Payment #1: July 8, 2023
- Payment #2: July 15, 2023
- Payment #3: July 22, 2023
- Payment #4: July 29, 2023
- Payment #5: August 4, 2023
- Payment #6: August 11, 2023
- Payment #7: August 18, 2023
- Payment #8: August 25, 2023
- Payment #9: September 2, 2023
- Payment #10: September 9, 2023
- Payment #11: September 16, 2023
- Payment #12: September 23, 2023
All Nevada households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Nevada Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Nevada P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
New Mexico
New Mexico has been approved to issue $22.9 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 191,590 school children during Summer 2023.
New Mexico Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for New Mexico:
- Payments Begin: August 2023
All New Mexico households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for New Mexico Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your New Mexico P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
New York
New York has been approved to issue $240 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 2 million school children during Summer 2023.
New York Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for New York:
- Payments Begin: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 and run through Saturday, September 30, 2023
All New York households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by December 31, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our Summer 2023 P-EBT for New York Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your New York P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
North Dakota
North Dakota has been approved to issue $5.4 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 45,000 school children during Summer 2023.
North Dakota Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for North Dakota:
- First Payment: July 12th
- Second Payment: August 18th
- Third Payment (Clean-up): September 15th
All North Dakota households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your North Dakota P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Oregon
Oregon has been approved to issue $36 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 300,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Oregon Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Oregon:
- Payment #1: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
- Payment #2 (for Newly Eligible or Missed Children): Saturday, September 30, 2023
All Oregon households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Oregon Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Oregon P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has been approved to issue $110.3 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 919,358 school children during Summer 2023.
Pennsylvania Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Pennsylvania:
- Payments Sent: Monday, July 31st through Friday, August 11th, 2023
All Pennsylvania households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our Summer 2023 P-EBT for Pennsylvania Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Pennsylvania P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island has been approved to issue $7.8 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 65,217 school children during Summer 2023.
Rhode Island Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Rhode Island:
- Payments Begin: August 2023
All Rhode Island households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Rhode Island Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Rhode Island P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
South Carolina
South Carolina has been approved to issue $63 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 525,000 school children during Summer 2023.
South Carolina Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for South Carolina:
- Payments Begin: Monday, August 14th, 2023
- Clean-Up Round for Newly Eligible or Missed School Children Begin: Friday, September 22nd, 2023
All South Carolina households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
Benefits will automatically be added to your South Carolina EBT Card.
If you do not have an existing South Carolina EBT Card, one will be sent to you in the mail before the payment dates.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our Summer 2023 P-EBT for South Carolina Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your South Carolina P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Vermont
Vermont has been approved to issue $9.6 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 80,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Vermont Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Vermont:
- Payments Begin: August 2023
All Vermont households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by September 30, 2023.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Vermont P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Washington
Washington has been approved to issue $84 Million in P-EBT Benefits to 700,000 school children during Summer 2023.
Washington Summer PEBT Payment Amount for 2023: $120 per child
Summer P-EBT 2023 Payment Dates for Washington:
- Payments Begin: July 1, 2023 and run through August to September 30, 2023
All Washington households with eligible school children will receive their 2023 Summer P-EBT payments by December 31, 2023.
For more information and everything you need to know about Summer P-EBT, read our 2023 Summer P-EBT for Washington Guide.
Want to find out if you received your P-EBT payment? Find out how to check your Washington P-EBT and EBT Card balance here.
Don’t see your state on the list? Don’t worry! Check out our complete list of all the states approved for Summer P-EBT 2023 and their payment dates.
States with Summer P-EBT Payments in August 2023
Here is a complete list of all the Summer P-EBT states and payment dates for August 2023.
We will continue to update this chart as more accurate dates are provided by each state.
| Summer P-EBT States & Payment Dates for August 2023 | |
| Approved States | Payment Dates |
| American Samoa | August 2023 |
| Arizona | July 14, August 4 & August 14, 2023 |
| California | July 16 – August 30, 2023 |
| CMNI | August 2023 |
| Colorado | Late August 2023 |
| Delaware | August 2023 |
| District of Columbia | July 2023 – August 2023 |
| Florida | July 2023 – September 2023 |
| Illinois | August 11 – August 30, 2023 |
| Kentucky | Mid-August 2023 |
| Louisiana | August 2023 |
| Maryland | July 2023 – August 2023 |
| Minnesota | End of July – August 2023 |
| Nevada | July 8 – September 23, 2023 |
| New Mexico | August 2023 |
| New York | August 1 – September 30, 2023 |
| North Dakota | July 12 & August 18, 2023 |
| Oregon | August 15, 2023 |
| Pennsylvania | July 31 – August 11, 2023 |
| Rhode Island | August 2023 |
| South Carolina | August 14, 2023 |
| Vermont | August 2023 |
| Washington | July 2023 – August 2023 |
Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for August 2023
We hope this article on the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for August 2023 was helpful to you.
If you have any additional questions about Summer P-EBT, including information on each of the 44 States approved for 2023 Summer P-EBT, please let us know in the comments section below.
Were you expecting your 2023 Summer P-EBT payment in June, July, September or October? Check out our articles on the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for June 2023, the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for July 2023, the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for September 2023, and the Summer P-EBT Payment Dates for October 2023.
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