Programs covered: FSP and TANF and some
unemployment and workman's compensation cases.
Expiration of contract: February 2010, with
two 2-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Card design
was changed as part of their eFunds contract.
Alaska
FSP Households: 21,312
Implementation of initial pilot: February 1998
Operational statewide: June 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and Adult Assistance
Expiration of contract: March 2013, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA) member.
Arizona
FSP Households: 248,313
Implementation of initial pilot: July 1998
Operational statewide: August 1999
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, State Programs, and Job Training Programs
Expiration of contract: Sept. 2013, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA) member.
Arkansas
FSP Households: 157,121
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997
Operational statewide: April 1998
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: March 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Working on RFP.
California
FSP Households: 886,495
Implementation of initial pilot: August 2002
Operational statewide: June 2004
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Refugee Assistance, and
General Relief.
Expiration of contract: August 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Selected ACS. Conversion is planned for Fall
2009.
Colorado
FSP Households: 107,554
Implementation of initial pilot statewide: February
1997
Operational statewide: February 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, Old Age Pension, State Aid to the Needy and
Disabled, Colorado Supplement, Child Care, Child Welfare, Low Income Energy
Assistance and Burials.
Expiration of contract: June 2012, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA) member and
lead State in 1996, 2002, and 2010 procurements.
Connecticut
FSP Households: 118,628
Implementation of initial pilot: February 1997
Operational statewide: October 1997
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and State Supplemental funds
Expiration of contract: October 2013, with two 1-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Northeast Coalition of States (NCS) member,
which also includes Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, and New Hampshire.
Delaware
FSP Households: 31,767
Implementation of initial pilot: June 2003
Operational statewide: September 2003
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: April 2011, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Delaware added Disaster Services to its EBT
contract.
District of Columbia
FSP Households: 47,044
Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998
Operational statewide: October 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and cash benefits
Expiration of contract: September 2009, with one 2-year option to extend.
Other information of interest: No database conversion was required since JP
Morgan already did host processing under previous contract.
Florida
FSP Households: 714,133
Implementation of initial pilot: October 1997
Operational statewide: October 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, Refugee Assistance, State Cash Assistance,
Employment and Training, Independent Living for Teens in Foster Care.
Expiration of contract: June 2013, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest:
Georgia
FSP Households: 402,783
Implementation of initial pilot: July 1997
Operational statewide: November 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, Refugee Assistance
Expiration of contract: June 2004, with 8 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Georgia reselected JPM and no database
conversion was required. Card design change was part of the new contract.
Guam
FSP Households: 8,119
Implementation of initial pilot: April 2004
Operational statewide: June 2004
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: September 2010, with two 1-year options.
Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA).
Hawaii
FSP Households: 47,663
Implementation of initial pilot: March 1998
Operational statewide: August 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, State General Assistance, Repatriates, Child
Care, First-to-Work Employment and Training.
Expiration of contract: June 2010. State opted out of executing its two
1-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA) member.
The State began blocking payphones in September 2005.
Idaho
FSP Households: 39,422
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997
Operational statewide: February 1998
Current contractor:JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, State Supplemental, and Child Support
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with two 1-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA) member.
Illinois
FSP Households: 589,328
Implementation of initial pilot: November 1996
Operational statewide: November 1997
Current contractor: Northrop Grumman
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Child Support pass-through,
Aid to the Aged Blind and Disabled, and Refugee Repatriation Assistance.
Expiration of contract: October 2013, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Host processing changed to the ACS EPPIC
system in database conversion on Sept. 28, 2003.
Indiana
FSP Households: 262,124
Implementation of initial pilot: May 2001
Operational statewide: March 2002
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)
Expiration of contract: March 2012, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest:
Iowa
FSP Households: 113,793
Implementation of initial pilot: June 2003
Operational statewide: October 2003
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP and cash benefits
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Working on RFP.
Kansas
FSP Households: 84,728
Implementation of initial pilot: August 1996
Operational statewide: March 1997
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and General Assistance benefits
Expiration of contract: February 2010, with one 3-year option to extend.
Other information of interest: Call center operations moved to New Berlin,
WI, on Oct. 1, 2004.
Kentucky
FSP Households: 280,143
Implementation of initial pilot: May 1999
Operational statewide: November 1999
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, Cash Assistance (K-TAP and Kinship Care).
Expiration of contract: November 2009, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Released RFP on July 9, 2008. Final proposals
due Sept. 2, 2008.
Louisiana
FSP Households: 273,255
Implementation of initial pilot: January 1997
Operational statewide: December 1997
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: The State released a RFP for EBT-3 in 2008.
Maine
FSP Households: 84,975
Implementation of initial pilot: April 2003
Operational statewide: June 2003
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: April 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Working on RFP.
Maryland
FSP Households: 162,062
Implementation of initial pilot: November 1989
Operational statewide: April 1993
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP and Temporary Case Assistance
Expiration of contract: January 2011, with 2 two-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Maryland changed from JP Morgan EFS to
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) and a database conversion occurred
in January 2008.
Massachusetts
FSP Households: 257,800
Implementation of initial pilot: April 1997
Operational statewide: October 1997
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and Emergency Assistance for the Elderly,
Disabled, and Children
Expiration of contract: August 2012, with 2 one-year extensions to extend.
Other information of interest: Massachusetts left the Northeast Coalition of
States (NCS), issued an individual RFP, and selected ACS for its second EBT
system. The State successfully transitioned to ACS in August 2005.
Michigan
FSP Households: 581,494
Implementation of initial pilot: June 2000
Operational statewide: July 2001
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, State Family Independence Program, State
Disability Assistance, Refugee Assistance, Low Income Energy Assistance
Program, and Repatriate Assistance.
Expiration of contract: May 2011, with 2 one-year extensions to extend.
Other information of interest: Michigan underwent a successful system
conversion from JP Morgan-Chase EFS to ACS on May 20, 2006.
Minnesota
FSP Households: 136,964
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1991
Operational statewide: October 1998
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and State Cash Programs
Expiration of contract: October 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Working on RFP.
Mississippi
FSP Households: 187,041
Implementation of initial pilot: May 2002
Operational statewide: October 2002
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, with options for other programs
Expiration of contract: October 2010, with 2 one-year extensions to extend.
Other information of interest: Database conversion from subcontractor TSYS
to ACS host processing occurred July 18, 2004. The State began blocking
payphones in February 2005. The State operated a Disaster FSP in 15 counties
following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The State migrated TANF from
its EBT card to an ePayment card in November 2005.
Other information of interest:
Missouri
FSP Households: 309,846
Implementation of initial pilot: June 1997
Operational statewide: May 1998
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: March 2010, with two 1-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: The State changed its card design as part of
its second contract. Call center operations were moved to the United States
in July 2004 and moved to the State in February 2005. The State began
blocking payphones in July 2005.
Montana
FSP Households: 35,264
Implementation of initial pilot: February
2002
Operational statewide: July 2002
Current contractor: The State’s contractor for eligibility system and other
technical services, TRW, was used to design an EBT system which Montana
operates. Through subcontracts, TRW provides other associated EBT services.
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, a General Assistance pilot project, Child
Support and Unemployment
Programs covered:
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Northrop Grumman continues to be the contract
service provider.
Nebraska
FSP Households: 52,006
Implementation of initial pilot: February 2002
Operational statewide: September 2002
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: February 2013, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA).
Nevada
FSP Households: 64,582
Implementation of initial pilot: October 2001
Operational statewide: July 2002
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: June 2011, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA).
New Hampshire
FSP Households: 30,622
Implementation of initial pilot: August 1998
Operational statewide: January 1999
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, Old Age, Aid to Needy, Blind and Disabled.
Expiration of contract: June 2013, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Member of Northeast Coalition of States (NCS),
which also includes Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.
New Jersey
FSP Households: 206,709
Implementation of initial pilot: February 1994
Operational statewide: June 1999
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: September 2009, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Call center operations were moved into New
Jersey in 2004.
New Mexico
FSP Households: 93,128
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1990
Operational statewide: August 1995
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Time and Attendance,
Refugee Assistance, and Institutional Care
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with 4 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: For WIC EBT, NM and Texas procured a contract
with GovConnect for a hybrid system combining on and offline technologies.
The WIC portion of that system based on a microprocessor chip in the card
began its pilot in July 2003.
New York
FSP Households: 984,922
Implementation of initial pilot: March 1999
Operational statewide: February 2001
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: July 2012, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Lead State for the Northeast Coalition of
States (NCS), which also includes Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and
New Hampshire.
North Carolina
FSP Households: 410,773
Implementation of initial pilot: April 1998
Operational statewide: June 1999
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: June 2010, with 1 two-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Call center operations were moved to North
Carolina in August 2004. The State reselected e-Funds for its third
generation EBT system.
North Dakota
FSP Households: 21,685
Implementation of initial pilot: February 1996
Operational statewide: March 1997
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: June 2009, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Part of a joint procurement with South
Dakota. The State will be converting to eFunds on March 14, 2009.
Ohio
FSP Households: 517,096
Implementation of initial pilot: March 1992
Operational statewide: October 1999
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: June 2009, with 4 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: The State converted from an off-line smart
card system to an on-line system in March 2006. Due to the high cost, Ohio
converted its WIC pilot, operating in Montgomery County, back to paper in
June 2005.
Oklahoma
FSP Households: 175,815
Implementation of initial pilot: June 1997
Operational statewide: January 1998
Current contractor:ACS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and Day Care payments
Expiration of contract: June 2009, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: The State began blocking payphone access to
the ARU July 1, 2005. The State underwent a successful conversion from JPM
to ACS in April 2007 and will be negotiating an EBT-3 contract with ACS.
Oregon
FSP Households: 236,821
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997
Operational statewide: May 1998
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: January 2012, with 5 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest:
Pennsylvania
FSP Households: 551,890
Demonstration of Project: October 1984 in Reading,
PA.
Implementation of initial pilot: October 1997
Operational statewide: September 1998
Current contractor:JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Child Care, and Medicaid
eligibility
Expiration of contract: December 20011, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: The State went to central card issuance for
lost or stolen replacement cards after Sept. 5, 2006.
Puerto Rico
Implementation of initial pilot: November
1999
Operational statewide: November 2000
Current contractor:Evertec
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: September 2011, with 1-two-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: In September 2001, Puerto Rico implemented a
targeted NAP benefit program to restrict 75 percent of NAP benefits, which
must be spent on food in stores authorized by Puerto Rico.
Rhode Island
FSP Households: 40,296
Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998
Operational statewide: October 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: August 2013, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Member of the Northeast Coalition of States (NCS),
which also includes Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and New York.
South Carolina
FSP Households: 249,751
Implementation of initial pilot: November 1994
Operational statewide: December 1995
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: January 2013, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: The State began blocking payphone access to
the ARU in February 2005.
South Dakota
FSP Households: 25,866
Implementation of initial pilot: February 1996
Operational statewide: March 1997
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: June 2009, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Part of a joint procurement with North
Dakota. State will be converting to eFunds on March 14, 2009.
Tennessee
FSP Households: 402,382
Implementation of initial pilot: November 1998
Operational statewide: August 1999
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: February 2012, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest:
Texas
FSP Households: 963,333
Implementation of initial pilot: September 1994
Operational statewide: November 1995
Current contractor: Separate contracts for call center services (ACS),
retailer management (ACS), central processing (IBM) and WAN Services (Northrup
Grumman). The central processing was re-procured as software maintenance, a
subset of the processing system, and awarded to Simpatico Software Systems
Inc.
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, the WIC pilot project, General Assistance, and
the Simplified Nutritional Assistance Program
Expiration of contract: May 2012, with an option to extend up to 5 years in
any combination of months and/or years – call center; July 2012 with an
option to extend up to 5 years in any combination of months and/or years –
retailer management; August 2012 processor.
Other information of interest:
Utah
FSP Households: 51,979
Implementation of initial pilot: October 1995
Operational statewide: April 1996
Current contractor: e-Funds
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, and Child Care funds
Expiration of contract: January 2010, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Working on RFP.
Vermont
FSP Households: 27,162
Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998
Operational statewide: October 1998
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Essential Person funds, and
Child Support.
Expiration of contract: September 2013, with 2 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest: Member of the Northeast Coalition of States (NCS),
which also includes Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and New York.
Virgin Islands
FSP Households: 4,976
Implementation of initial pilot: October 2002
Operational statewide: November 2002
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: January 2009, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Re-selected
JP Morgan EFS for next contract.
Virginia
FSP Households: 241,836
Implementation of initial pilot: November 2001
Operational statewide: July 2002
Current contractor: ACS
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: August 2012, with 5 one-year options to extend.
Other information of interest:
Washington
FSP Households: 289,438
Implementation of initial pilot: March 1999
Operational statewide: November 1999
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP, TANF, General Assistance, Consolidated Emergency
Assistance, and Refugee Assistance
Expiration of contract: April 2014, with all options to extend used.
Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA).
West Virginia
FSP Households: 123,193
Implementation of initial pilot: September 2002
Operational statewide: June 2003
Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS
Programs covered: FSP and TANF
Expiration of contract: August 2009
Other information of interest:
Wisconsin
FSP Households: 173,388
Implementation of initial pilot: October 1999
Operational statewide: October 2000
Current contractor: eFunds
Programs covered: FSP only
Expiration of contract: October 2013, with 2 2-year options to extend.
Other information of interest:
Wyoming
FSP Households:9,603
Implementation of initial pilot: March 1995
Operational statewide: January 2000
Operation online statewide: May 29, 2007
Current contractor: Wyoming acts as its own primary contractor by managing
all contracts itself. JP Morgan EFS is the processing contractor.
Programs covered: FSP
Expiration of contract: March 2011.
Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance
(WSEA).
