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Receive $120 per Eligible Student for Summer Groceries

SunBucks
Receive $120 per Eligible Student for Summer Groceries

Summer EBT, now known as SUN Bucks, returns for Summer 2025. This program gives families $120 for each eligible student to help them buy groceries when school is out of session.

Benefits of SUN Bucks

  • Helps parents and caregivers buy healthy foods for their children.
  • Gives families flexibility to select foods that fit their culture and lifestyle.
  • Improves food security and diet quality for participating children.

Eligibility

Students can be eligible for Sun Bucks in any of the following ways:

  • Their household participates in MFIP, SNAP, MA, TANF, or FDPIR; they are experiencing homelessness, are migrants, are runaways, or are in foster care.
  • They attend a school participating in the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs and have an approved application for free or reduced-price meals on file by August 31, 2025.

If you have not yet submitted an application for educational benefits (meal application) this school year, you can apply online or submit a paper application to your school that can be found on the food service page of the district website. If you have questions about your student’s free or reduced-priced meal eligibility, please contact foodservice@district287.org or 763-550-7136.

To receive your SUN Bucks benefits it is important to ensure that your student's legal parent/guardian and correct address are on file with your student's school.

If your student is eligible, but you would like to opt out of receiving the SUN Bucks benefits please complete the SUN Bucks Opt Out Form.

How SUN Bucks Works

If your student is eligible through either of the two eligibility criteria listed above, then there is nothing else you need to do. The benefits will be provided on a separate SUN Bucks card that is mailed to you. Families will receive $120 per eligible child to be used at authorized retailers to purchase qualifying foods. Visit the SUN Bucks website to learn more.

Children and teens need healthy food year-round to play, grow, and learn. SUN bucks help families stretch their grocery budget during the summer and provide their children with the nutrition they need to thrive.