Washington SUN Bucks provides $120 per eligible school-age child for summer grocery purchases, administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Nearly 550,000 Washington children received SUN Bucks in 2025. Washington issues new SUN Bucks cards to all enrolled children in — returning recipients also receive a new card, and DSHS plans …
Virginia SUN Bucks provides $120 per eligible school-age child for summer grocery purchases, administered by the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS). Benefits are issued starting in June on a rolling basis, with automatically enrolled families receiving benefits first. The application deadline is August 31, — applications submitted after that date are considered for Virginia …
Vermont Summer EBT provides $120 per eligible school-age child for summer grocery purchases, administered by the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF). Vermont has a dedicated state Summer EBT portal at summerebt.vermont.gov and a unique two-track eligibility structure: children ages 6–16 qualify through public benefits programs, while children of any age outside that range …
Utah does not participate in the SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) program in . Utah is the only state in this series with this specific trajectory: Utah participated in SUN Bucks in 2025 after skipping 2024, then opted back out for . Utah’s Jordan School District, which administered the program locally, has confirmed that “Utah SUN …
South Carolina does not participate in the SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) program in . South Carolina has declined to participate every year since the program launched in 2024, leaving hundreds of thousands of South Carolina children without the $120-per-child summer grocery benefit available in 37+ other states. South Carolina is among twelve non-participating states in …
Texas does not participate in the SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) program in . Texas has never participated in Summer EBT since the program launched in 2024 — making Texas the largest non-participating state by far, with the most children affected of any state on this list. Texas has the second-highest rate of food insecurity in …
Tennessee does not participate in the SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) program in — for the second consecutive year. Governor Bill Lee declined to submit Tennessee’s intent to participate by the January 1, deadline, effectively rejecting approximately $84 million in federal funding that would have provided grocery benefits to more than 700,000 Tennessee children during the …
Rhode Island SUN Bucks provides $120 per eligible school-age child for summer grocery purchases, administered by the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE). Rhode Island has a distinctive two-track delivery system: SNAP and RI Works households receive benefits on their existing EBT card, while …
Pennsylvania SUN Bucks provides $120 per eligible school-age child for summer grocery purchases, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) in coordination with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). Pennsylvania is one of the latest-distributing states in the country — SUN Bucks benefits for will be distributed beginning around mid-August , long after …
South Dakota does not participate in the SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) program in . South Dakota has declined to participate every year since the program launched in 2024, leaving thousands of children without the $120-per-child summer grocery benefit available in 37+ other states. South Dakota is among twelve non-participating states, joining Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, …