Summer EBT

For In-Person Students:

Students must meet the following requirements to qualify for S-EBT:

• Enrolled in a school that participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP).

• Qualifies for free or reduced eligibility*.

*Free or reduced eligibility is not determined by whether your student receives free meals at school.  A student must either be directly certified for free or reduced eligibility or must qualify for free or reduced eligibility based on a submitted Applicaiton for Educational Benefits.

For SPPS Online Students:

Only SPPS Online School students who also partcipate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) are eligible to receive S-EBT. In some but not all cases, students who participate in Medicaid may also receive S-EBT.  Additionally, onlne students who are certified as foster or homeless will also qualify for benefits.

For students who already qualify for free or reduced eligibility:

• Ensure that household contact information is up-to-date in Campus, including parent or guardian name, address and phone number.  Contact your child's school if updates are needed.

For students whose family did not complete an Application for Educational Benefits:

• Complete an Application for Educational Benefits online at schoolcafe.com/spps or by contacting the Nutrition Services team to request a paper copy (ns@spps.org or 651-603-4950).  You will receive a letter in approximately 10 business days letting you know if your child qualifies for free, reduced or paid eligibility.  Only free or reduced students qualify for S-EBT benefits.
• Ensure that household contact information is up-to-date in Campus, including parent or guardian name, address and phone number.  Contact your child's school if updates are needed.

For students who qualified for paid eligibility:

• Based on the information provided on your household's Application for Educational Benefits, your student currently does not qualify for S-EBT benefits.  You are encouraged to complete a new application if your household income has decreased or your household size has increased since you completed your application, and to see if your student(s) now qualify for S-EBT benefits.

• Complete an Application for Educational Benefits online at schoolcafe.com/spps or by contacting the Nutrition Services team to request a paper copy (ns@spps.org or 651-603-4950).  You will receive a letter in approximately 10 business days letting you know if your child qualifies for free, reduced or paid eligibility.  Only free or reduced students qualify for S-EBT benefits.
• Ensure that household contact information is up-to-date in Campus, including parent or guardian name, address and phone number.  Contact your child's school if updates are needed.

Benefits will be pre-loaded and a new Summer EBT card will be sent for each school-age eligible child beginning at the end of July or beginning of August.

Complete this form if you would like to opt out of receiving 2024 Summer EBT for your child.  By opting out, your child will NOT receive summer EBT benefits even if they are qualified to do so.  Complete a form for each child.

Cards for eligible students in the same household may arrive on different days.  Some reasons for this may include but are not limited to eligible student data being uploaded to the state on different days, delays in processing S-EBT cards at the State and/or delays in USPS mail delivery.  SPPS does not distribute the cards and we are not able to see when card were mailed.