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has anyone got october benefits on p-ebt yet?? still waiting for mine
Mia Roberts
•I just checked our cards after reading this thread and found the $180 payment from September! Nothing for October yet though. But at least I know the program is still active.
Important notice for everyone: If your address has changed since you first got the P-EBT cards, you NEED to update it through the P-EBT portal or by calling. They won't forward these cards even if you have mail forwarding set up with USPS. I learned this the hard way when we moved last year and nearly missed out on $500+ in benefits that were sitting on cards mailed to our old address!
Mia Roberts
•Oh that's really good to know! We moved in July so I better update our info right away. Thanks for the tip!
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Nia Jackson
I actually work at a grocery store and we've had lots of confusion with these P-EBT cards lately. Just FYI they work exactly like regular EBT cards but they're separate accounts. You can only use them for food items not prepared hot foods just like regular CalFresh. Lots of parents don't realize that and get upset at checkout.
Sean Doyle
•Thanks for the heads up! Is there a way to check the balance on these P-EBT cards? Same phone number as regular EBT?
Nia Jackson
•Yup same phone number on the back of the card. Or you can check balance at checkout before they start scanning groceries.
I'm still waiting for my son Owen's card!!! Everyone else seems to be getting theirs but nothing for us yet. This is so FRUSTRATING. Has anyone in Riverside County received cards for kids with O names yet??!!
Ethan Taylor
•my friend in riverside got one for her daughter olivia last thursday so theyre definitely doing O names there now. maybe call that claimyr thing someone mentioned above?
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Tasia Synder
Has anyone who already received their P-EBT 0.3 gotten the full amount? I'm worried they'll prorate it or something. My neighbor in Victorville (also San Bernardino County) said she only got half of what she expected last week.
Daniel White
•That's concerning. I wonder if they're splitting the payments for some reason? I really hope not - we're counting on that money for our summer food budget with the kids home from school.
There have been some reports of split payments for P-EBT 0.3, but that's actually by design. For families with multiple eligible children, they sometimes split the issuance over two payment dates to prevent technical issues with large deposits. Your neighbor should receive the second half within 5-7 business days of the first payment. This is mentioned in the fine print of the notification letters.
One more important thing to note: If you've moved since your child's school last updated their records, or if your CalFresh address isn't current, you should call the P-EBT helpline at 877-328-9677 right away. The deadline to request address changes for this issuance is May 20th, 2025. After that, any misdirected cards or benefits might take significantly longer to resolve.
Daniel White
•Thank you for this information! I checked my BenefitsCal account and our address is current, but I realized my daughter's school might have our old address. I'll contact them tomorrow to make sure everything matches up.
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Dananyl Lear
Quick update based on what I'm hearing from some workers: If your documents are showing in your upload history, there's a good chance they were received by the county system even if the status isn't updating properly. Many counties are doing manual checks of the document repository to process SAR7s during this system issue. If your benefits don't reload on March 15th, request an administrative hearing immediately - you have 90 days to appeal if your benefits are incorrectly discontinued.
Kai Santiago
•That's really good to know - thank you! I have screenshots of my upload confirmation just in case. I'll definitely request a hearing immediately if my benefits aren't reloaded on time.
I had this issue last month and somebody told me to check my junk email folder - turned out the county HAD sent me an email saying they needed more info but it went to spam! Might be worth checking?
Kai Santiago
•Just checked my spam folder and there's nothing there from the county 😕 But that's a good tip to keep checking there too, thanks!
Julia Hall
Does anyone remember how much the sun bucks actually were? I feel like my family got like an extra $400/month during covid but my friend says it was more like $200. I'm not good at keeping track of that stuff lol
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Kolton Murphy
•The emergency allotments varied by household size and situation, but every household received at least $95 extra per month, with many receiving much more. The extra amount was calculated to bring your total benefits up to the maximum amount for your household size. So if your regular calculation already gave you $200 below the maximum, you'd get $200 extra. If you were only $50 below maximum, you'd still get $95 (the minimum emergency allotment). For a family of 4, the maximum monthly benefit during 2022 was around $835, so some families saw their benefits double during that period.
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Tony Brooks
my neighbor works for the calfresh office and she said theres nothing coming back like the covid bonuses. i think your cousin might have heard about the regular cola increase thats always in october. my benefits went up $12 last october whoop-de-doo lol
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Evelyn Rivera
•$12?! What a JOKE! My grocery bill went up more than that in a SINGLE WEEK. These "adjustments" are insulting when families are struggling to put food on the table. The system is BROKEN!!
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