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Volume II OMTL-650 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 6/15/24

MS 3400* Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer - Overview (1)

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) is a permanent federal child nutrition program offering benefits for students from eligible families, to help cover the cost of meals during the summer when schools are not in session. The SEBT program provides a standard amount of food benefits to eligible students enrolled in a public or private school that participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

A. Automatic Eligibility:

Students are considered streamline eligible for SEBT benefits if they are compulsory age (age 6 up to 18 years old as of August 1 of the current school year) and have participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP), and/or Kinship Care (KC) for at least one month since July 1 of the current school year. Current school year refers to the school year immediately preceding the summer operational period beginning on June 1 of the application year. Benefits will automatically be issued.

B. Applications for students who are not automatically eligible:

1. Students enrolled in a public or private school that participates in the NSLP;

2. Students who were not of compulsory age as of Aug 1 of the current school year; and/or

3. Students who did not participate in the SNAP, KTAP, and/or KC as of July 1 of the current school year must apply for SEBT to determine eligibility.