Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025

This bill expands summer grocery benefits for kids to also cover times when schools are closed for several days in a row. Families would get money on an EBT card during summer months and during “school closure periods” (when a school is closed, remote, or hybrid for 5 or more weekdays) so children can still eat at home .

Starting in 2025, the benefit must be at least the value of a free school breakfast, lunch, and snack for each day school is out in summer or during a closure period. The bill also helps states and Tribal organizations run the program by covering all of their administrative costs in 2026, then stepping down each year until the federal share reaches 50% in 2031 and beyond. It provides $50 million on October 1, 2025, to help states build or upgrade data systems, with funds available until used .

• Who is affected: Children who rely on school meals; families; state and Tribal agencies that run the program .
• What changes: EBT grocery money is available in summer and during multi-day school closures; benefit equals at least the value of free breakfast, lunch, and a snack per day; federal help with admin costs; grants for state data systems .
• When: Benefit floor starts in 2025; admin cost share is 100% in 2026, phasing down to 50% by 2031; $50 million for data systems on October 1, 2025 .