Food Services

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Summer Grocery Benefits

SUN Bucks is the Arizona Department of Education’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (Summer-EBT/SUN Bucks). It provides grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children who lose access to free or reduced-price school meals when schools are closed for the summer. 

Starting in 2025, Arizona families will receive $120 per eligible child to purchase groceries during the summer months, when school is out of session.

Not sure you qualify? Check here:  SUN Bucks Eligibility Screener Guide | Arizona Department of Education

For more additional information, please visit Kyrene's SUN Bucks webpage.

Find Summer Meals in Your Community! 

Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the nation throughout the summer while school is out of session.

Click this link to find a site near  you. https://azfoodbanks.org/summer-meals/ 

New Meal Payment Option Available for Families: LINQ Connect 

Kyrene School District now offers LINQ Connect, a convenient way for families to add funds and manage your student's meal account!

With LINQ Connect, parents can:

• Add funds  (instant posting)

• Check balances

• Setup automatic payments

• Transfer balances between student's

• Review meal history  

• Set spending limits, purchase restrictions, low balance alerts 

*LINQ works alongside InTouch Receipting and cash/check deposits, giving families more flexibility in managing meal payments.

Learn more or get started here: Make a Lunch Payment

National School Lunch Program 

Meal Costs

*Reduced price meals will be served at no charge this year due to a grant from USDA*

Payment Options

• Online (Please visit LINQ Connect-to pay using your credit or debit card)
• Online (Please visit In-Touch to pay using your credit or debit card).
• Check (Please make checks payable to Kyrene School District, checks are accepted at all school sites).
• Cash (Please send cash in a sealed envelope labeled for the student. Cash is accepted at all school sites). 

Fees Associated with Online Meal Payments: 

Deposit Amount
$20.00	Fee: $2.85 You pay: $22.85	Fee: $0.96  You pay: $20.96	Fee: $0.00  You pay: $20.00
$75.00	Fee: $2.96 You pay:  $77.96	Fee: $2.50  You pay: $77.50	Fee: $0.00  You pay: $75.00
$100.00	Fee: $3.95 You pay: $103.95	Fee: $3.20 You pay: $103.20	Fee: $0.00  You pay: $100.00

Families may add money to student meal accounts online using InTouch Receipting or LINQ, which includes a convenience fee. To avoid this fee, families may also bring cash or a check directly to the school.

Online Lunch Payment Instructions

LINQ Pay (New!) 

• Funds are posted immediately to your student's account 
• Offers added features such as spending limits, balance transfers between siblings and low balance alerts 
• Available via website and mobile app 
• An account needs to be created to make a payment at linqconnect.com. LINQ Connect IT support is available by dialing 1-844-467-4700 (Option 1 for assistance).

InTouch Receipting 

• Select "Meal Account" to apply funds to your students account.
• Payments made through InTouch are processed and applied to meal accounts at the following times each day: 6:50 AM, 9:35 AM, 11:05 AM, 12:05 PM, and 11:35 PM 

Meal Account Notifications

• Negative balance notices are emailed to families every Wednesday during the school year
• Meal account balance notifications are emailed to families every Friday during the school year to help you stay informed. 

Contact Food Services for meal account issues by phone at 480-541-1368 or email at kbs@kyrene.org.

Unpaid Meal Policy

• Unpaid Meal policy