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Food Stamp Program

Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Highlights

Food Stamp EBT Systems - total 54

Operational food stamp EBT systems use on-line magnetic stripe cards. (The count includes the on-line system in Puerto Rico for the block-grant Nutrition Assistance Program.) 

  • On-line Systems-54: Fifty States, the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have on-line food stamp EBT systems.

  • Reprocurements

State

RFP Issue Date

Status

Arkansas   Working on RFP. Contract expires in March 2010.
 
California May 4, 2007 Selected ACS. Conversion is planned for Fall 2009.
 
Iowa   Working on RFP. Contract expires June 2010.
 
Kentucky  

Released RFP on July 9, 2008. Final proposals due Sept.  2, 2008.
Web site link to RFP: https://emars.ky.gov/online/vss/Advantage  To view the RFP: click on Public Access; click on Business Opportunities; click on Search for Solicitation. 
 
Louisana Aug. 4, 2008 Final proposals due at 5 p.m. CST on Nov. 3, 2008.  Web site to link to RFP: http://www.dss.state.la.us  (Select Request for Proposals)
Maine
 		   Working on RFP. Contract expires March 2010.
 
Minnesota   Working on RFP. Contract expires October 2010.
 
North Dakota / South Dakota   Conversion to Efunds planned for March 13-15, 2009.
 
Oklahoma
 		 May 22, 2008 State executed one of its option years with ACS through June 30, 2009. EBT-3 bids due July 23, 2008.
 
Puerto Rico November 2005 Selected EVERTEC to be effective March 25, 2007.
 
South Carolina May 2006 Re-selected JP Morgan EFS.
 
U.S. Virgin Islands   Contract expires January 2009.  Re-selected JP Morgan EFS for next contract.
 
Utah   Working on RFP. Contract expires June 2010.
 
Virginia
 		 March 2006 Selected ACS. Conversion completed October 2007.
 
West Virginia Tentatively
June 2007		 TBD
 
 

 

Last modified: 08/11/2008