Summer Ebt Program News Today

Funding for the federal Summer Electronic Beneifts Transder (EBT) program could be addressed in the Senate when the Education Trust Fund Budget gets to committe

On April 22, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the DHS and ADE announced the state of Arkansas has formally launched the Summer Electronic Benefit program.

Congressman Troy Carter is asking the U.S. Agriculture Department to help fill in the gap for millions of dollars that Governor Jeff Landry's Administration took away from the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for children.

Vermont will not participate this year is a new federal program providing grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer.

The new summer EBT program would've helped Texas families in need pay for food during the summer months when kids might otherwise go without meals.

Former Nebraska senator Ernie Chambers made a personal plea to the governor to reconsider his decision to apply for summer EBT funding, and he did it in a unique way.