SUN Bucks is Back for Summer 2025

Jan 27, 2025

By Bethany Samuel

SUN Bucks, also known as Summer EBT, is a permanent federal program administered by DCF to help families buy food for their eligible school-aged children during the summer.

SUN Bucks 2025 Application is open now! SUN bucks is a one time benefit of $120 per eligible child to help purchase groceries during the summer months.

SUN Bucks serves students who qualify for free and reduced-price school meals or whose household income meets the eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals. Some families will get benefits automatically without applying, while some eligible families need to apply to receive benefits. Benefits will be issued beginning April 2025.

If a household does not receive a letter from DCF in January 2025 notifying them that their child is eligible for SUN Bucks, they may apply online at SUNBucks.dcf.ks.gov beginning January 27, 2025, at 8 a.m.

Children in the custody of the Secretary and enrolled in a Kansas school are eligible for SUN Bucks. Relatives, non-related kin, and foster homes will need to submit a SUN Bucks application for children in their care after April 1, 2025, so the benefit can be issued to the correct address.

All SUN Bucks applications must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2025.

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