About EBT!
Whats EBT?
Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, is the distribution
of food stamp benefits with a plastic debit card, making the issuance of state
public assistance and federal food stamp benefits faster and easier through the
use of electronic transactions. By using the EBT card, cardholders can access
food benefits at the point-of-sale (POS) terminals of retailers authorized by
USDA to accept food stamp benefits. In California, each county has the option of
also providing clients with the ability to access cash benefits through
automated teller machines (ATMs) and cash benefits at POS terminals..
Operation hope
"There is a difference between being broke
and being poor. Being broke is a temporary
situation, but being poor is a disabling frame
of mind...."