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Edmonds School District

SUNBucks/Summer EBT

SUN BUCKS website - WASHINGTON DSHS  

SUNBUCKS DSHS HELPLINE -  SUN Bucks Contact Center at 833-543-3230 (TTY: 800-833-6348) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday (except observed holidays)

If your student(s) qualified for meal beneits after May 15, 2025, they were NOT included in our district upload to DSHS for automatic approval.  Please use the SunBucks DSHS Link above (blue button) to apply for SunBucks benefits individually for your student.  

SUN Bucks is a USDA program to help families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer, administered by DSHS in Washington State. Families will get $120 for each eligible child to buy groceries during the summer. Children who get SUN Bucks can still participate in other summer meal programs. Receiving SUN Bucks will not affect children or families’ immigration status.

In Washington, SUN Bucks will be pre-loaded onto a special EBT card for each eligible child in your home (separate from any other EBT card your family may have) and mailed to your home. If eligible, you can use SUN Bucks benefits to buy food like fruits, vegetables, meat, whole grains, and dairy at grocery stores and other places that accept EBT benefits.  You can use SunBucks with the SNAP Market Match Program.  Please visit the Market Match webpage at: SNAP MARKET MATCH.

Your child is eligible for SUN Bucks if your child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program and:

  • Already participates in SNAP, FDIPR, TANF or other programs directly certified by DSHS, or

  • Household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals

    • If your family has not yet filled out an application for Free and Reduced Meals for the 24-25 school year, please use this link to fill one out now:  24-25 Annual Child Nutrition Eligibility & Education Benefit Application

    • We can accept applications for the 24-25 school year (current school year) until June 24th, 2025.

      • Any approved applications recieved after May 15th, 2025 will not be part of the upload for automatic approval.  You will need to fill out the SUN Bucks application on the DSHS SunBucks website to recieve benefits. 

Many families will get SUN Bucks automatically if they are getting other benefits, but some families may need to apply for the program. The direct application is available on the DSHS SUNBucks website

If your household already participates in SNAP, FDIPR, TANF, your child will automatically be enrolled in the SUN Bucks program. You do not need to fill out an application.

If your household has already submitted an application for Free and Reduced Meals and your students were approved prior to May 15th, 2025, your children will automatically be enrolled in the SUN Bucks program.  You do not need to fill out any additional applications.

If you believe your child(ren) will qualify for SUNBucks but you did not fill out an application, prior to May 15, 2025, for Free/Reduced meals for the 24-25 school year (or qualify through other means), you can apply directly for the SUNBucks program on the website.  Please use this link to apply directly: https://sunbucks.dshs.wa.gov/en/  

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