SUN Bucks

DHS announced the SUN Bucks (also called Summer EBT) application is now open through August 4th. 

 

SUN Bucks is a new and permanent program to provide benefits to households with school-aged children to purchase food during the summer. Eligible households will receive $177 for each qualifying child, to be spent during the summer months. Eligibility must be established annually.

 

School-aged children are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks if:

• The child was in a household that participated in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in any month from July 1, 2023 through August 4, 2024; or
• The child has been identified as a ward of the state (foster child), or identified by their school as homeless, migrant, or runaway; or
• The child attended a school that offers the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the household applied for and was approved for free or reduced-price school meals.
• Exceptions to the school-aged requirement are Head Start and/or other pre-K students that attended a program that participated in the NSLP at their NSLP participating school.

Who needs to complete a SUN Bucks application?
The following households would need to complete a SUN Bucks application starting July 5, 2024 through August 4, 2024:

• Households with children attending a school operating the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) where all meals are free to all students, who did not apply for or was not approved for free or reduced-price school meals and who have household income that falls at or below the limits of the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines.