When COVID-19 hit, it made sense and it was necessary, to identify a way to feed kids in need that didn?t require person-to-person interaction. The federally funded Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) was born from that era. It has now morphed into the Summer EBT program ? one that front loads money onto cards for the purchase of $40 of groceries per child per month, capping at $120 per recipient.