Announcement Details
Announcement Message
Now is the best time to make sure our eligible students can receive a $120 SUN Bucks card in the Summer of 2025! It is never too late to submit the 2024-2025 SFUSD Multipurpose Family Income Form (MFIF) online at SchoolCafe.com. Submitting the MFIF will help families ensure their eligibility is documented so they can receive SunBucks. Eligible families must also ensure that their mailing address in Synergy is up to date so their card gets to them.
Timeline:
Eligibility for SunBucks 2025 began on July 1, 2024, and goes through August 31, 2025.
- To receive SunBucks by June 2025, please submit a MFIF to confirm eligibility by March 31, 2025.
- If a family submits for eligibility after March 31, 2025, they can still receive SunBucks, however it will arrive AFTER June 2025.
- This information can be found on the California Department of Education website, in the “Application” tab.
If a family’s eligibility has been established Free or Reduced between July 1, 2024 and now, either via Direct Certification or the MFIF, they do not need to resubmit anything. If a family has not yet established their eligibility, they need to submit their MFIF at SchoolCafe.com.
Parents/Guardians are sent student school benefits eligibility letter to the email address on file with SFUSD, they can search their inbox for SFUSD Direct Certification or SFUSD MFIF Results, and learn their results. To access the letter they should create an account in schoolcafe.com, which stores the letters for future use, see this helpful guide.
Helpful Information Considering the Current Climate:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) do NOT consider health, food, and housing services as part of the public charge determination. This means many government funded benefits and services are safe to use. SUN Bucks is a food benefit like Pandemic EBT and CalFresh. Using these government funded benefits will NOT hurt your immigration status.
The public charge rule does NOT apply to every immigrant. Getting government funded benefits alone does NOT make you a public charge. Government funded benefits received by your children and family members do NOT make you a public charge. If you have questions about your immigration status and this food benefit, more information about public charge is available at www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/refugees/public-charge.