CNP SME EBT benefits non appr

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Oregon Department of Human Services $43.2 million on October 1, 2025, under the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (CFDA 10.646), a formula grant that funds EBT benefits for children who lose access to free and reduced price meals during summer school closures.

Oregon will provide nutrition benefits loaded onto Summer EBT cards to eligible children, who include those determined eligible for free or reduced price school meals in the prior school year or during the summer. Benefits are reloadable on cards and can be used to purchase food from approved retailers. Eligible children may be automatically enrolled based on administrative data indicating free or reduced price school meal eligibility, while those not identifiable through administrative records must apply and be determined eligible by the state.

The award period runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Oregon. Oregon's Department of Human Services, through its DHS OFS Director's Office Division, acts as the state administering agency. The state typically sub-awards portions of formula grant funding to county governments and community-based service providers to support local-level service delivery. As a permanent program funded on an annual basis, Summer EBT allows states to release assistance as a lump sum or on a monthly basis according to their determined summer period.