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Resource | Technical Assistance 2024 Summer EBT Templates

The following documents serve as a resource to assist states, tribal organizations, and territories in preparing to implement Summer EBT in 2024.

07/19/2024
Resource | Policy Summer EBT Benefit Issuance and Participation Reporting Q&As

This memo provides questions and answers addressing the FY 2024 benefit issuance and participation reporting requirements for Summer EBT. The guidance is divided into three sections. The first section addresses the benefit issuance reporting requirements for Summer EBT; the second section addresses participation reporting requirements; and the third section provides special instructions for reporting Summer EBT benefits issuance and participation data when Summer 2024 benefits are issued after Sept. 30, 2024 (i.e., in FY 2025).

06/13/2024
Resource | Training and Outreach SUN Program Rack Cards

A set of double-sided rack cards about SUN programs.

05/22/2024
Resource | Training and Outreach SUN Programs Posters

A set of colorful posters promoting SUN programs.

05/22/2024
Basic page SUN Programs Newsletter Articles: Short-form

Brief articles on SUN programs for consumer audiences that can be tailored or used as-is.

05/17/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) Application Information Session

This recorded session gives a brief overview of USDA’s partnership with Nutri-Link, discusses how the new SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) application works, and describes how the application can supplement state and ITO efforts to certify eligible children for Summer EBT benefits.

05/15/2024
Basic page Summer EBT/SUN Bucks Online Application

USDA, in partnership with Nutri-Link Technologies, Inc., is developing an online application to make it easier for families to apply for Summer EBT benefits and easier for states to run the new program.

04/26/2024
Resource | Federal Register Notices Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meals Program

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is extending for 120 days the public comment period on the interim final rule, “Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs.” 

04/19/2024
Resource | Research and Data | Demonstrations Evaluation of the USDA Summer EBT Demonstrations: Lessons Learned From More Than a Decade of Research

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 authorized Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) as a permanent federal food assistance entitlement program beginning in summer 2024. Summer EBT has been tested through evaluations of demonstration projects since 2011. With pending implementation of this new program, this is an appropriate time to reflect on what USDA, FNS research has learned through more than a decade of study.

03/12/2024
Resource | Federal Register Notices Correction: CNP Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)

This notice corrects a table for the initial Child Nutrition Program Income Eligibility Guidelines.

02/28/2024
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