[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 45 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11597-11598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03760]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program; 2025
Benefit Levels
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to
the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits
Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect
changes in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), as required under the Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
DATES: These benefit levels are in effect January 1, 2025, through
December 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Fiala, Director, Summer EBT
Program Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service,
United States Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Suite
401, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, (703) 305-2590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for
Children Program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under Number 10.646 in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, no new recordkeeping or
reporting requirements have been included that are subject to approval
from the Office of Management and Budget.
This notice is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, and thus is exempt from the provisions of that
Act.
Summary
Section 13A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42
U.S.C. 1762 established the value of Summer EBT benefits in 2024 at $40
per child for each month of the summer and requires the Secretary to
annually adjust the Summer EBT benefit amounts beginning in calendar
year 2025, to reflect changes in the cost of food as measured by TFP
rounded down to the nearest dollar increment.
USDA adjusted the Summer EBT benefit levels to reflect the
differences between the costs of providing meals and supplements in the
outlying areas (Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands) and the 48 states and the District of
Columbia, as consistent with law and other nutrition assistance
programs. The benefit levels for the outlying areas were established in
2024 and are also annually adjusted. This notice provides the 2025
Summer EBT monthly and total summer benefit levels. The law requires
the adjusted level to be rounded down to the nearest dollar amount. The
total summer benefit level is the rounded down monthly level multiplied
by three.
Calculation of Benefit Levels
Contiguous States and Indian Tribal Organizations: The adjustment
is based on the monthly Thrifty Food Plan cost for a reference family
of four. The change for the 12-month period ending on November 30th of
the preceding calendar year is used to adjust the benefit level from
the previous year. The November 2023 to November 2024 percent change is
1.55 percent, which results in a monthly benefit level of $40 (rounded
down from $40.62). This adjustment results in no change in monthly
benefit levels for 2025 as monthly benefits. The benefits for 2025
remain at $40 monthly and $120 total.
Alaska: The adjustments are based on the Alaska monthly Thrifty
Food Plan cost for a reference family of four. The change for the 12-
month period ending on November 30th of the preceding calendar year is
used to adjust the benefit levels for the three Alaska geographic areas
from the previous year. The November 2023 to November 2024 percent
change is 1.56 percent. This percent change is applied to the Urban,
Rural I, and Rural II benefit levels from the prior year and rounded
down to the nearest dollar increment. The adjusted 2025 monthly benefit
for Urban Alaska is $52 (rounded down from $52.51 and for Rural 1
Alaska is $66; (rounded down from $66.96); these are unchanged from
2024 as are the total summer benefits ($156 and $198, respectively).
The monthly benefit for Rural 2 Alaska increases slightly from $80 in
2024 to $81 (rounded down from $81.49) while total summer benefits
increase to $243 in 2025 from $240 in 2024).
Hawaii: The adjustment is based on the Hawaii monthly Thrifty Food
Plan cost for a reference family of four. The change for the 12-month
period ending on November 30th of the preceding calendar year is used
to adjust the benefit level from the previous year. The November 2023
to November 2024 percent change is 1.46 percent. The 2025 monthly
benefit of $59 (rounded down from $59.71) and total summer benefits of
$177 are unchanged from 2024.
U.S. Territories (Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands): Monthly TFP costs for Guam and the U.S. Virgin
Islands are not currently produced and Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands do not participate in
SNAP. Therefore, the adjustments are based on the same increase in
monthly Thrifty Food Plan cost for the contiguous states
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for a reference family of four. The change for the 12-month period
ending on November 30th of the preceding calendar year is used to
adjust the benefit level from the previous year. The November 2023 to
November 2024 percent change is 1.55 percent. The monthly 2025 benefits
of $59 (rounded down from $59.87) and $177 for total are unchanged from
2024.
The 2025 benefit levels are presented below, along with the 2024
benefits.
Table of 2025 Benefit Levels
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2024 Monthly 2025 Monthly 2024 Summer 2025 Summer
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48 States and the District of Columbia.......... $40 $40 $120 $120
Alaska:
Urban....................................... 52 52 156 156
Rural 1..................................... 66 66 198 198
Rural 2..................................... 80 81 240 243
Hawaii.......................................... 59 59 177 177
Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 59 59 177 177
Islands of the United States, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-03760 Filed 3-7-25; 8:45 am]
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