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- Advise retailers to allow for flexible food items. This may require information-sharing with retailers. If electricity is unreliable, for example, consumers can’t buy food that requires refrigeration.
- Use spatial analysis and mapping data. You need to know where eligible households live, how far they have to travel to shop at a participating store, and whether transportation is available.
- Check which enrollment approach is the right one for you. Active consent requires families to sign up and may be more labor intensive than passive consent, a model that makes everyone eligible without signing up.
- Test ways to boost redemption rates. Text benefit balances twice a month to increase redemption rates and send other texts weekly. Buying is higher after texts.
Hunger spikes during the summer because children lose access to the school breakfasts and lunches they rely on in the school year. To bridge the summer hunger gap, Congress in December 2022 established a new, permanent, nationwide program – Summer EBT (Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer) – to provide families $120 in federally funded grocery benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT ...
Oct 21, 2024 · The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 , established the permanent Summer EBT program beginning in summer 2024. We are aware that states and Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) are beginning to plan for Summer EBT and need certain information before the rule is published.
Jul 15, 2024 · Like SFSP and SSO, Summer EBT is open-ended, mandatory funding that requires an annual appropriation. For FY2024, appropriators designated $2.5 billion for Summer EBT considering USDA’s forecast of summer 2024 participation. Recent Developments Summer Meal Programs During COVID-19 In summers 2020-2022, USDA used pandemic authorities
Jan 12, 2024 · The Summer EBT program, which will be permanent as the result of a government funding bill that passed Congress in December 2022, will provide $120 per student to families that qualify for free ...
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Jul 22, 2024 · If you’re already enrolled in benefits like SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR, your school-age children will automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks if it’s available where you live. Also, if your child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), and your household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals, your child ...
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In 2022, Congress established Summer EBT—the first new, permanent federal food assistance program in almost 50 years. The authorization of Summer EBT represents a historic investment in the nutrition and well-being of the almost 30 million children who will qualify for the program.
