Instructional video showing how to easily customize the print materials included in the SUN programs communications toolkit.
Sample newsletter blurb for organizations (e.g., schools, food banks, advocacy groups) working with families with children who qualify for Summer EBT/SUN Bucks.
Sample scripts for informing families about SUN Bucks/Summer EBT.
Sample social media posts and graphics for the SUN Bucks/Summer EBT program including branded and unbranded graphics. Post text can be customized as needed.
This webinar will go over updates and best practices for the 2025 Summer EBT interim Plan for Operations and Management and Plan for Operations and Management.
This webinar for Summer EBT implementing agencies provides an overview of key 2025 program requirements and differences between 2024 and 2025 program administration.
A set of double-sided rack cards about SUN programs.
A set of colorful posters promoting SUN programs.
Brief articles on SUN programs for consumer audiences that can be tailored or used as-is.
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.