S-EBT SUN Bucks: Information for Administrators and School Leaders

 

Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (Summer-EBT/SUN Bucks) supplements summer meal programs by providing grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children who lose access to free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) when schools are closed for the summer.

Please refer to our Summer EBT Webpage: Information for Parents.

Some questions this page will answer: 

  • Will my child automatically receive SUN Bucks in 2025?
  • If my child's school serves all free meals, will they automatically get SUN Bucks?

By March 2025, School Food Authorities (SFAs) should have access to view and report data for 2025 in the CNP Summer EBT - SUN Bucks portal in ADEConnect. 

If you have not previously accessed the CNP Summer EBT- SUN Bucks portal, please contact your ADEConnect Entity Administrator and request the CNP Summer - EBT SUN Bucks - SFA access. If you are unsure who your Entity Administrator is, please follow this link. 

Please review the resources under Operational Guidance on this page to understand the portal and requirements for SFAs.

HNS 02-2025: 2025 Summer EBT SUN Bucks School Food Authority Requirements and Information 

Quick Guide: How to Report Students for Summer-EBT in the CNP Summer-EBT - SUN Bucks Portal: This quick guide takes the user through navigating the SUN Bucks portal.  

SUN Bucks Benefits: Actions Required by the SFA: This is a resource that outlines the actions required by the SFA for the SUN Bucks administration.  

It’s More than a Meal Application: This infographic is to be used as an advertising tool to assist SFAs in encouraging families to provide school meal applications.  

SUN Bucks & AzEDS: Flow of Data: This resource outlines the importance of the continued connection and collaboration between the SIS representative and food service by illustrating the connection of AzEDs data to SUN Bucks benefits to families 

What You Need to Know About Data & Access to SUN Bucks Benefits (Slides) (Recording) (Q&A) 

No Meal Application, No Problem: This infographic is used to assist SPO (CEP and Provision 2 and 3) operators, as well as those schools that don't collect school meal applications, to alert families to submit a SUN Bucks household application. This resource includes a QR code linked directly to the SUN Bucks household application eligibility screener. 

If you have any additional questions that aren't answered on these tabs, please refer to the following methods to learn more about SEBT or how to reach out to the Arizona Department of Education.