With 5,951 households in the CNMI already given their Summer Pandemic-Electronic Benefits Transfer coupons, or Summer P-EBT, as of yesterday, the Nutrition Assistance Program of the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs will be issuing this benefit to the remaining 552 households on Saipan on Dec. 21 and 22. <\/p>\n
NAP administrator Walter Macaranas said yesterday that the distribution for the remaining households will be via drive-thru at the NAP Office in As Lito from 8am to 5pm.<\/p>\n
Macaranas said this includes approved applications to households that submitted applications during the open period from Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 2021.<\/p>\n
P-EBT is a federal program that provides food stamp benefits to school-aged children who lost access to school meals because their school was closed or operating with reduced in-person attendance due to COVID-19 in school year 2020-21.<\/p>\n
Summer P-EBT is an extension of P-EBT for school year 2020-21. Each eligible child will receive $438 in the form of NAP coupons. NAP started the distribution of Summer P-EBT benefits on Saipan last month. <\/p>\n
Macaranas said NAP has processed Summer P-EBT benefits for 6,503 households consisting of 12,685 children in the CNMI. <\/p>\n
He said that households that won\u2019t be able to pick up their benefits during Dec. 21 and 22 drive-thru may pick up their benefits via walk-in at the NAP Benefit Issuance Office in As Lito. He said the summer benefits will be available for pick up through March 31, 2022.<\/p>\n
He said application numbers that have been approved and whose summer benefits are available for pickup are posted in the NAP website: http:\/\/cnminap.gov.mp.<\/p>\n
P-EBT provided the Marianas an estimated $11.1 million. The Summer P-EBT is estimated at $5.5 million.
\nNAP and the Public School System\u2019s Child Nutrition Program are partnering to administer the P-EBT and Summer P-EBT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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