Program offers $120 in summer food assistance per eligible child The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) will once again participate in the 2026 Summer EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) program, helping eligible school-age children access nutritious food during the summer months when school meals are unavailable.
Across Oklahoma, about 403,000 children are expected to qualify for the program. More than one in four school-age children in the state, about 223,890, experience food insecurity.
Children, regardless of whether they are members of a tribal nation, will be automatically enrolled in the program if they attend a participating school district within the Choctaw Nation reservation, are enrolled in prekindergarten through 12th grade and receive free or reduced-price meals at school.
