Summer Meals/EBT

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT), also known as SUN Bucks, is a summer assistance program for children that began in Summer 2024. Summer EBT provides grocery benefits to low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer. Summer EBT benefits will either be loaded to a household’s Ohio Direction Card, on last year’s Summer EBT card, or to a benefit card sent in the mail in a plain white envelope addressed to each eligible child. Eligible Children will receive a one-time benefit of $120 that can be used to buy food during the summer months at grocery stores, farmers markets and other authorized retailers.

-  If you completed a free and reduced price meal application for 2024-25 school year and were approved for free/reduced meal benefits, your child will be automatically enrolled to receive the summer benefit with no further action.

- If you and/or your students receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Ohio Works First (OWF) or Medicaid (if income meets USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines for current program year) you will also automatically receive the benefits

-  If you did not complete a meal eligibility application, but you believe that your child might be eligible, you can complete a meal eligibility application as soon as possible at https://www.springboro.org/FreeReducedMeals1.aspx. Only students with an application in by July 31st, 2025 will be eligible to receive summer ebt/sun bucks. 

-  All students in grades 1-12 that were approved for free or reduced price meals. 

-  Preschool and KG students do not have access to the National School Lunch Program and are not allowed to be submitted to receive summer EBT. However, the students will automatically receive Summer EBT if the student is on SNAP, OWF or Medicaid (and the household is within the income eligibility of the free or reduced price meal program).

Children who qualify for the Summer EBT program will receive benefits in one of three ways: • Households that currently receive SNAP benefits will see benefits for each eligible child issued on their Ohio Direction Card. • Households that do not currently receive SNAP benefits but received Summer EBT benefits in Summer 2024 will receive benefits on their existing Summer EBT card. • Households that do not currently receive SNAP benefits or are newly eligible will receive a new Summer EBT card in the mail for each approved child. The card will be in a plain white envelope and addressed to the child. Households should keep Summer EBT cards to potentially receive future summer benefits.

Households with children already participating in SNAP, OWF, Medicaid with household income within the free or reduced-price school meal guidelines or certified for free or reduced-price school meals during the school year will begin to receive their benefit in June. Note: benefits will be issued over multiple months so children in the same household may receive their benefit on a different day from one another. Households that become eligible for SNAP, OWF, or Medicaid during the summer, or apply for Summer EBT using the Summer EBT application will receive benefits within two months after being approved.

Summer EBT funds will expire 122 days after the benefit is issued. If the benefit is loaded on the Ohio Direction Card, the Summer EBT benefit will be used first the next time you visit a store.

• General Summer EBT support questions: 1-866-244-0071, option 1

• Summer EBT card support: 1-866-386-3071

937-748-3960 ext 4644