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.
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.”
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.
Sample social media content to announce and promote the new Summer EBT program.
This sample PowerPoint presentation can be customized and used by implementing agencies to promote their summer nutrition programs. Suggested talking points are included.
You can customize this letter and send to households with children who are not automatically eligible to receive Summer EBT. These households will need to apply for SUN Bucks.
This sample letter can be sent to households with children who are automatically eligible to receive Summer EBT and do not need to apply for SUN Bucks.
Customizable Summer EBT factsheet for institutions who serve immigrant populations.
Customizable Summer EBT factsheet for families.
Sample phone script & suggested text messages for community-based organizations and schools to promote Summer EBT.