The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) Program is a new, permanent program starting in 2024 that provides benefits for school-aged children and their families when schools are closed for the summer. The Summer EBT program builds on successes of previous Summer EBT pilots as well as the summer benefits provided by the Pandemic EBT Program. However, benefit levels for Summer EBT are set at $40 per summer month per child, and the program does not account for any additional school closures or breaks.

The Stop Child Hunger Act (H.R.4379) would expand Summer EBT in three major ways:

• Provide benefits during all school breaks, when schools are operating on a remote or hybrid model, and when schools are closed for a natural disaster.
• Increase the amount of benefits to cover the cost of breakfast, lunch, and a snack for every day schools are closed.
• Cover the full administrative costs for states and Indian Tribal Organizations.

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