Receiving Summer EBT

Current as of Thursday, November 21, 2024.

The Summer 2024 benefit will only be issued once, in the full amount of $120 for each eligible child.

Summer EBT benefits expire 122 days after they are issued. Be sure to use your benefits soon after you receive them.

Summer EBT food benefits are now being issued to eligible children and the one time payments will continue through October 2024.* This webpage will be updated as new information is available.

Benefits have been issued to eligible school-age children who attend public school (including charter schools) and received a letter in the mail that benefits will be issued to an existing Pandemic-EBT card that was used to access their P-EBT benefits. If you no longer have this P-EBT card, follow these instructions to request a replacement card.

Summer EBT benefits have been issued and new EBT cards have been mailed to eligible school-age children who attend public school and received a letter in the mail saying that a new Summer EBT card will be mailed to them. If you have not received your Summer EBT card, please call the Summer EBT Helpline at 1-833-452-0096.

For information on how to activate/PIN a Summer EBT card visit the PIN activation webpage.

Summer EBT benefits are being issued to eligible students who attend non-public school (private, religious, or independent schools). Eligibility letters and benefits will continue to be issued to these students through October. Benefit cards will be sent to the most recent address on file provided by your school.

Children determined eligible through an application will receive eligibility letters and benefits beginning in late October. All children determined eligible through an application will be mailed a new Summer EBT food benefit card. Applications for Summer 2024 benefits are no longer being accepted. Applications for Summer 2025 benefits can be submitted now — Learn more about how to apply and complete the application.

Children who automatically became newly eligible for Summer EBT because they were enrolled in Medicaid or SNAP, or certified for free meals by their school at the end of the 2023-24 school year or over the summer, are expected to receive benefits in October 2024.

Use your Summer EBT or P-EBT food benefit card to check your child's Summer EBT benefit issuance date, benefit balance, and transactions by creating an online account at ebtEDGE.com or download the ebtEDGE app on your mobile device (available on the: Google Play Store and Apple App Store).

Be sure to use your benefits soon after you receive them, because Summer EBT benefits expire 122 days after they are issued. Please be sure to hold on to your Summer EBT food benefit card in the event that additional Summer EBT food benefits are issued to your child in the future.

*The above dates are estimates and subject to change.