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Apply for Summer EBT
The 2025 Summer EBT application is available at the link below.
Please note: Fill out the Summer EBT application ONLY if the following apply to your family:
- Your student(s) went to a school with the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) during the 2024-2025 school year and did not receive Free or Reduced-price meals, but you think you are eligible based on the program's income guidelines. See a list of NSLP schools.
- This includes students attending a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school, where all students receive meals at no cost, and who are not receiving public assistance benefits. See a list of CEP schools.
- You did not apply for Free or Reduced-price meals at the school during the 2024-2025 school year, but you think you are eligible based on the program's income guidelines.
- Your application for Free or Reduced-price meals was denied for being over income, but your household's income has decreased and you think you are now eligible.
- You are not homeschooling.
Students who were approved for Free or Reduced-price meals during the 2024-2025 school year are eligible to receive 2025 Summer EBT benefits and do not need to complete an application. See the 2025 income guidelines.
APPLY FOR SUMMER EBT
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your questions about Summer EBT for children.
SEBT Expiration
Families can use SEBT benefits for 122 days or four months. If SEBT benefits are not used within 122 days, they will be returned to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as required and not reissued.
Once SEBT benefits have expired, DHHS cannot reissue or reinstate the benefits. We strongly encourage families to use their benefits within their time window.
| Issuance Date | Replacement card cutoff date | Last Date to use benefits | Expiration date |
| 04/23/2025 | 08/09/2025 | 08/22/2025 | 08/23/2025 |
| 05/15/2025 | 08/31/2025 | 09/13/2025 | 09/14/2025 |
| 06/5/2025 | 09/21/2025 | 10/04/2025 | 10/05/2025 |
| 06/26/2025 | 10/12/2025 | 10/25/2025 | 10/26/2025 |
| 07/17/2025 | 11/2/2025 | 1/9/2025 | 11/16/2025 |
| 8/12/2025 | 11/28/2025 | 1/24/2025 | 12/12/2025 |
| 09/09/2025 | 12/26/2025 | 01/08/2026 | 01/09/2026
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