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We are providing FREE Breakfast and Lunch during the summer break to Kids 18 & Under at various locations across our district. Locations & Meal Times will be updated daily.

SUN Bucks: Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer-EBT)

The SUN Bucks Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program (SUN Bucks) is a partnership between the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with the ADE as the lead agency for the state.

A one-time summer benefit amount of $120 will be issued for each eligible child. 

In most cases: If you have multiple eligible children in the same household, the benefits for all children will be issued on one card. For households who currently participate in SNAP or TANF, the benefit will be placed on that case. For households that received the SUN Bucks benefit for Summer 2024, DES will add the 2025 benefit to the same card from 2024.  

In some cases: Each eligible child in a household might receive a separate card. Additionally, there may be instances when a new card will be mailed even if you received benefits last year. For example, if the eldest child who received the SUN Bucks card for 2024 is no longer eligible and there are other eligible children in the household, a new SUN Bucks EBT card will be mailed.  

Starting in 2025, newly eligible children will see a card that looks like this:

 Benefit cards will be mailed to eligible children at the address provided by the school beginning summer 2025. Once mailed, it may take a few weeks to reach your address.  

Please confirm your mailing address with your child’s school.

Once SUN Bucks benefits have been issued, households will receive a letter from DES in the mail. Please make sure to review and keep this letter. 

Most eligible families on SNAP, TANF or AHCCCS are automatically enrolled, but others (like you!) may qualify too. Check here azed.gov/SUNBucksEligibilityScreener to see if you are eligible and need to apply. It’s quick and easy.

Summer EBT hotline/phone number: 833-648-4406

Summer EBT email address: [email protected]

Summer EBT information website: https://www.azed.gov/SUNBucks

Please contact the Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Nutrition Assistance Customer Service Team at 1-888-997-9333 if you have questions about any of the following:

• Activating your card
• Checking card balances
• Changing your PIN
• Reporting a lost, stolen, or damaged card
• Requesting a replacement card

Updated Information

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School Year 24-25

  FREE BREAKFAST

  FREE LUNCH

   NO HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS

First start of school with all schools on CEP!

What is CEP?

Community Eligibility Provision, is a provision of the National School Lunch Program that offers free meals to all students at qualifying schools. CEP eliminates the household application process to qualify for free or reduced price meals. Based on the percentage of students that automatically qualify for free meals through SNAP benefits, McKinney Vento, Foster and Medicaid data, we are able to offer free meals to all students at all TUSD schools.

Note regarding TUVA: As an Arizona Online Instruction (AOI), TUVA does not qualify for CEP as TUVA is not eligible to participate in the National School Breakfast & Lunch Program per current federal regulation.

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Free Meals at TUSD!

TUSD Families- We are pleased to announce that through the expansion of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program, we are now able to provide breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students effective immediately.  All students enrolled at any of our 87 school campuses may receive one breakfast meal and one lunch meal at no charge every school day. All 87 Tucson Unified schools qualify for this program, and household applications for free and reduced priced meals are no longer required.

We look forward to serving your student nutritious meals at school!

For any questions, please contact TUSD Food Services Department at [email protected] or call (520) 225-4700.

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