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Summer Benefits

2025 SUMMER SUNBUCKS

Summer EBT SUN Bucks Help Center at 1-833-543-3230 (Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm) or Toll Free at 1-800-833-6348.   #1 to Apply,  #3 Eligibility, #4 Lost Card/Address Change, #5 Pin Set-Up/Activation, #9 Customer Service 

To Text DSHS for Q/A visit: https://textsunbucks.dshs.wa.gov/  Sign up for text messages and get SUN Bucks updates. It’s free, there’s nothing to download and you can cancel anytime.

Visit dshs.wa.gov/sunbucks to learn more! or https://www.hungerfreewa.org/partners/sunbucks

Learn more - click on this link for an informative flyer

Who is eligible?

  • All active LSSD students that are Free and Reduced eligible during the 2024-25 school year (by the last day of schoo) will qualify for the WA State Summer EBT funds of $120.00 per child, preloaded on a card.   
  • Child who lives in a household that already receives assistance program benefits (SNAP, TANF, FDPIR)
  • Family submits a Summer EBT application, click here to submit a SUN Bucks application

Who funds this program?

This is a nationwide federally- funded grocery benefits program on new or existing Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to help supplement summer meal sites for children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals during the school year. 

How does it work?

Through this new program, families can use the money to buy food at grocery stores, farmers markets or other authorized retailers – similar to how SNAP benefits are used.

When are funds distributed?

Summer 2025 (June through August). 

Other important things to know:

  • New cards and benefit letters willl be distributed
  • If you had a card last summer, new benefits will be loaded on that card. If this card is lost or misplaced, please call 1(833)543-3230.
  • Every eligible student receives a card, they are not combined as a family
  • SUB Bucks benefits expire 122 days from issuance.   Unlike SNAP EBT, SUN Bucks are removed regardless of usage. Once benefits are removed from an EBT card, they cannot be replaced. (So use these benefits first!)

 

Lake Stevens Food Services:  Please call our Nutrition Office at 425-335-1561 or Email: foodservices@lkstevens.wednet.edu 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.