Section 17-686-6 - Benefit Issuance(a) The department or department's designee shall issue to eligible children benefits at least seven calendar days and not more than fourteen calendar days before the start of the summer operational period. When the department or department's designee does not have sufficient data to issue a benefit to an eligible child, the department or department's designee shall work to resolve the case and issue the benefit as expeditiously as possible. (b) For eligible children who apply after the summer operational period begins, benefits must be issued and available to spend not later than fifteen business days after a complete application is received by the department or department's designee, so that participants may use their benefits during the summer.(c) Benefits shall be issued in the form of an EBT card to each eligible child in a household.(d) The department shall make replacement Summer EBT benefits available to a household when the household reports that food purchased with Summer EBT benefits was destroyed in a household misfortune or disaster.[Eff 6/10/2024] (Auth: HRS §§91-3, 91-4, 346-14, SLH 2024, Act ___; P.L. 117-328, Title IV, §502, 7 C.F.R. Part 292) (Imp: HRS §346-14; P.L. 117-328, Title IV, §502)