CNP SME EBT benefits non appr

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Muscogee Creek Nation $12.6 million on October 1, 2025, under the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (CFDA 10.646), a formula grant to reduce hunger and food insecurity for children who lose access to free and reduced price meals during summer when school is not in session.

Muscogee Creek Nation, operating as its Agri-Business Complex Division, administers the award across its eleven-county reservation in east-central Oklahoma, with primary administrative and service operations based in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The award funds the delivery of Summer EBT benefits loaded onto EBT cards that eligible children use to purchase food from approved retailers. Eligible children are those determined eligible for free or reduced price school meals in the prior school year or during the summer; some are automatically enrolled based on administrative data, while others must apply and be determined eligible.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Summer EBT is a continual permanent program; funding at the federal level is determined annually, and recipient tribal organizations may release benefits as a lump sum or on a monthly basis according to their determined summer period. The Nation must retain records for three years after submission of certification data for the fiscal year.