EBT

WIC Participants’ Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers to Shopping With eWIC Compared With Paper Vouchers

Objectives (1) To describe facilitators and barriers to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food shopping via electronic benefits transfer (eWIC) compared with paper vouchers. (2) To […]

Stakeholders Speak: Lessons Learned from EBT Implementation

WIC EBT implementation results in benefits to many stakeholders, but can be a long and stressful effort. In 2016, two WIC Agencies reflected on their projects by asking key stakeholders […]

Price Variability Across Food Product and Vendor Type in Food Benefit Redemptions Under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

This report examines variability in WIC food transaction prices across store formats and WIC State agencies in the Midwest, Western, Southwest, and Mountain Plains using purchase-level data on 2014 Electronic […]

WIC EBT User Group – Past Meeting Presentations

This webpage provides links to prior EBT User Group Meetings and the powerpoint presentations from these meetings

EBT “One-Card” Technical and Programmatic Considerations

During EBT planning, many WIC State agencies are encountering the idea of using a single EBT card that allows access to WIC and other program benefits such as SNAP and […]

WIC Policy Memorandum #2017-1: New MIS Guidelines and Revised Procedures for EBT and MIS Grant Funding

This policy memorandum set forth updated WIC Management Information System (MIS) guidelines and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and MIS funding guidance to facilitate the implementation of statewide WIC EBT systems.

WIC Universal MIS – EBT Interface, Functional Requirements Specification, March 2015 Version

This document standardizes the functional requirements for the Universal Interface between the WIC Management Information Systems (WIC MIS) and the WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer systems (WIC EBT system) used in […]

WIC EBT Technical Implementation Guide 2018 Version

The Technical Implementation Guide (TIG) is a technical resource for states to apply in their EBT implementation projects for consistency in WIC EBT online purchase messages and file handling processes […]

WIC EBT Operating Rules

The Operating Rules (OR) is a technical resource for states to apply in their EBT implementation projects for consistency in WIC EBT online purchase messages and file handling processes utilized […]

FNS Handbook 901 v2 Advance Planning Documents

The primary objective of this Handbook is to help State agencies navigate FNS requirements to secure approval, and get the requested funding, for modern eligibility systems and EBT benefit delivery […]