SUN Bucks is a new grocery benefit that offers families $120 per eligible school-aged child for groceries during the summer.
Find out more about SUN Bucks: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistanceprograms/food/summer-ebt
Deadlines: Families must apply by April 15, 2025, to be eligible for the first issuance of benefits in May. However, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until August 31, 2025.
Who Should Apply? Families that are not automatically enrolled should apply for SUN Bucks directly. This application is available online.
Note: Families will be automatically enrolled in SUN Bucks if they are already enrolled in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), or FDPIR (Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations) benefits or meet the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals.
**Michigan School Meals is a state-funded reimbursement program that provides all pre-K through grade 12 students attending a public-school, public-school academy, or an intermediate school district (ISD) with breakfast and lunch at no cost to the families. (This is the program that currently qualifies NCS students for meals at no cost to families.) This does not automatically qualify your child for the Summer EBT benefit. Only children in households at or below 185% of the Federal poverty guidelines are eligible for Summer EBT even if the State in which they live provides meals at no charge to children in households above 185% of the poverty threshold. Children must be individually determined to be eligible for free or reduced-price school meal benefits during the instructional year immediately preceding the summer operational period or during the summer operational period. Children in CEP schools will need to be categorically eligible (foster care, homeless, a migrant, or a runaway) or complete a Summer EBT application.