Summer P-EBT 2025 eligibility checker for LA County CalFresh households?

Summer P-EBT (P-EBT 5.0 for 2025) eligibility info isn't on a separate website - it's automatic if your children are receiving free or reduced-price school meals OR if your household receives CalFresh. Since you mentioned you're on CalFresh, your children should qualify automatically. The state distributes benefits through the existing EBT system, and you should receive a letter from CDSS about a month before they're issued. For LA County, I believe the expected distribution is starting in July 2025, but check your BenefitsCal account for notifications too.

they dont call them summer sun bucks lol its P-EBT! my kids got it last year and we didnt have to do anything special, just showed up on our ebt card one day. if ur kids get free lunch at school they should get it

I had the EXACT same problem last year!!! My kids should have qualified but we never got the summer P-EBT even though we were on CalFresh. I called like 20 times and kept getting transferred or disconnected. FINALLY got through to someone who told me there was a glitch in their system that wasn't linking some school districts to the CalFresh database properly. They had to manually add my kids! You probably need to talk to an actual CalFresh worker to fix it for this year.

I had trouble reaching someone about this exact issue last month! After getting disconnected multiple times, I used this service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that holds your place in the phone queue and calls you back when a real person is available. Saved me from spending hours on hold. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/eZ19FHRETv8?si=_CXnXqNXbLl26WB8. When I finally got through, the worker confirmed my kids were missing from the P-EBT system despite being on CalFresh and fixed it right away.

There's a lot of confusion on this thread. To clarify: 1) P-EBT (Pandemic EBT) was renamed for 2025 but works similarly to past years 2) There is NO separate website to check eligibility - it's automatic based on school meal participation OR CalFresh enrollment 3) For LA County, children who receive free/reduced meals through the school OR are in a CalFresh household should be eligible 4) Distribution timing varies by county, but LA is typically in the July-August timeframe 5) If you didn't receive it last year despite qualifying, your child's school record may not be properly linked to your CalFresh case Contact your county office if you believe there's a data-matching issue. The state recently allocated additional resources to fix these connection problems for 2025 distribution.

anyone know when exactly these benefits get loaded?? our school gets out june 10 but last year we didnt get the money until aug

BTW since you're in LA County make sure you're calling the right number: 866-613-3777 is the dedicated CalFresh line. The general DPSS line often can't help with specific P-EBT issues. And when you talk to someone, specifically mention the "student data matching issue" - that's the internal term they use for the problem. Good luck!!!