SunBuck EBT Card (Summer)
All SunBucks inquiries please refer to list below:
• DHS SUN Bucks Webpage for Families: dhs.pa.gov/sunbucks
• Statewide Customer Service Center: 877-395-8930, or 215-560-7226 in Philadelphia
• SUN Bucks family flyers (at bottom of the DHS SUN Bucks webpage)
• CAO locator: https://www.dhs.pa.gov/services/assistance/pages/cao-contact.aspx
• Statewide Customer Service Center: 877-395-8930, or 215-560-7226 in Philadelphia
• SUN Bucks family flyers (at bottom of the DHS SUN Bucks webpage)
• CAO locator: https://www.dhs.pa.gov/services/assistance/pages/cao-contact.aspx
• Summer EBT Income Eligibility Guidelines: https://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/resource/sebt-
income-eligibility-guidelines
income-eligibility-guidelines
• Pre-recorded FAQ line for families – 877-762-1575
Common Q & A
Provide parents with answers to their most common questions:
a) SUN Bucks cards should be retained for future benefits.
b) Students are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks and do not need to apply if they are eligible for free or reduced price meals at their NSLP/SBP school.
c) Families whose children are not automatically eligible may apply for SUN Bucks on the DHS SUN Bucks webpage:
dhs.pa.gov/sunbucks
d) Not all CEP students automatically receive SUN Bucks. Only students who are DC matched or live in the same
household economic unit as a DC matched student or are other categorically eligible (foster, homeless, runaway,
migrant, Head Start) are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks at CEP schools.
e) DHS will begin issuing 2026 benefits in late May.
f) DHS will issue benefits on the family’s state EBT card first if one is available, otherwise a previously issued SUN
Bucks card if available, otherwise a new SUN Bucks card.
g) The family must contact DHS for all specific questions about their SUN Bucks benefits.
b) Students are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks and do not need to apply if they are eligible for free or reduced price meals at their NSLP/SBP school.
c) Families whose children are not automatically eligible may apply for SUN Bucks on the DHS SUN Bucks webpage:
dhs.pa.gov/sunbucks
d) Not all CEP students automatically receive SUN Bucks. Only students who are DC matched or live in the same
household economic unit as a DC matched student or are other categorically eligible (foster, homeless, runaway,
migrant, Head Start) are automatically eligible for SUN Bucks at CEP schools.
e) DHS will begin issuing 2026 benefits in late May.
f) DHS will issue benefits on the family’s state EBT card first if one is available, otherwise a previously issued SUN
Bucks card if available, otherwise a new SUN Bucks card.
g) The family must contact DHS for all specific questions about their SUN Bucks benefits.