BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced that the state will participate in the SUN Bucks program again this summer. SUN Bucks provides a one-time $120 summer grocery benefit to children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.
“Most eligible children will be automatically enrolled and do not need to apply,” said Sammy Guillory, Assistant Secretary for Family Support at DCFS. “Last year, of the nearly 670,000 Louisiana children that received over $80 million in SUN Bucks benefits, only about 1,500 were determined eligible though the application process. The rest were already automatically enrolled.”
DCFS encourages families to update their addresses with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP), Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP), or income-based Medicaid, as well as their child’s school or foster care case to avoid delays in receiving SUN Bucks benefits. Families who no longer have their EBT or last year’s SUN Bucks card should call 1-888-997-1117 to request a replacement…