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SUN Bucks: Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer-EBT) 

SUN Bucks Overview

Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (Summer-EBT/SUN Bucks) 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.

A one-time summer benefit amount of $120 will be issued to each eligible child on a SUN Bucks card. Benefit cards will be mailed to eligible students at the address we have on file in Infinite Campus.

The card can be used to purchase eligible food items at any store (in-person or online) that accepts SNAP. Please note, SUN Bucks benefits must be used within 122 days from the day the benefits were added to your SUN Bucks account. Any benefits remaining on the card after 122 days will expire. 

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Who qualifies? 

Students enrolled at any Kyrene School District School:

1. Are enrolled for at least one instructional school day between July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025

2. And meet one of the following eligibility requirements:

  • Be certified free or reduced-price eligible for the NSLP or
  • Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Medicaid and meeting the federal income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals
  • Foster
  • Participating in the federal Head Start Program

Special Provision Schools (Community Eligibility Provision "CEP") If my child's school serves all free meals, will they automatically get SUN Bucks? No. This is different from Pandemic EBT (P-EBT). In order to be eligible for SUN Bucks benefits, children must be individually determined to be eligible for free or reduced-price school meals during the instructional year immediately preceding the summer operational period or during the summer. Please see the above criteria.

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

Many households are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks, and this tool ensure households who are already eligible do not complete a 2025 SUN Bucks Household Application when it is not required. 

Find Free Summer Meals: AZ Health Zone's Kyrene School District will not be participating in summer meal programs this year. However, free meals are still available to children throughout the summer at various locations in the community.

To find a meal site near you, please visit azhealthzone.org/freesummermeals. This site allows you to search by location to access up-to-date information on where free summer meals are being served.

 

Contact Us

If you have additional questions, call the SUN Bucks hotline at 1 (833) 648-4406. Summer EBT email address: SUNBucks@azed.gov

Visit SUN Bucks main website: https://www.azed.gov/SUNBucks 

If you have questions about your student's eligibility status, please contact: Food Service Specialist, Mariah Bernal- mabernal@kyrene.org