SUN Bucks & Summer Meals
Summer Grocery Benefit for Kids
SUN Bucks is a new grocery benefit available across most of the U.S. Families with eligible school-aged children can get $120 per child to buy groceries during the summer. SUN Bucks may have a different name depending on your location.
Families can receive SUN Bucks on top of other benefits like SNAP and WIC, and children can continue to enjoy free SUN Meals from local meal sites or with SUN Meals To-Go.
How to Get SUN Bucks
If you’re already enrolled in benefits like SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR, your school-age children will automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks if it’s available where you live. Also, if your child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), and your household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals, your child may automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks.
If you are NOT automatically enrolled, you can apply for SUN Bucks directly. To qualify, you must meet income limits and other requirements.
Once you’re enrolled, SUN Bucks may be automatically added to your SNAP account, issued as a separate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, or sent in other ways, depending on where you live.
Summer Meal Program Details
Summer Meal Program dates: June 29th through August 7th.
Site: Granite Falls Middle School Cafeteria (405 N Alder Avenue Granite Falls, WA 98252)
Service time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Service Parameters: Lunch only & the following program regulations
- Children must consume all meals on site. Children cannot take food away from the service site.
- Children must be present to get a meal. Children will not be permitted to take food for siblings at home.
- Children may only receive a single lunch per child, per day.
- Parent/guardian pick up of meals is not allowed.
- Mealtimes (lunch) are stand alone, and meals can only be served at the predetermined times.
Eligibility: All students within the Granite Falls School District are eligible for free meals.
