Families get a one-time benefit of $177 per eligible child for the summer if they are approved for SUN Bucks. The funds ...

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, alongside the Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota IT ...

The state Office of Innovation and Department of Agriculture used tech to identify children eligible for the NJ Summer EBT Program. Statistical pattern finding found kids who hadn’t previously been ...

Hawaiian families encouraged to apply for SUN Bucks, a food aid program for children during summer. Deadline is August 3.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) is reminding and encouraging eligible families to use an important and valuable state ...

Food pantries across Iowa are taking part in the Healthy Kids Iowa pilot, which gives $40 worth of food monthly to 65,000 ...

In place of Summer EBT, which put $40 per month on a family's SNAP or EBT card, Iowa's pilot program provides a pre-packaged ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Healthy Kids Iowa program funds summer meals for kids, but does not go as far as Summer EBT, a federal program, food security advocates said. “Summer EBT would have assisted 245,000 ...

The legislative package signed into law on July 4, 2025, will shift more of SNAP’s costs to states, reducing federal spending while limiting assistance.

Iowa has launched its own summer EBT program that food security advocates say provides nutrition for a fraction of kids who ...

SNAP funding must now come from states, and new work requirements add pressure to vulnerable families, including college ...