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Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Status Report

FY 2008 Fourth Quarter

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Alabama

SNAP Households: 238,838

• Implementation of initial pilot: April 1997

• Operational statewide: November 1997

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 22,923

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 1998

• Operational statewide: June 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 275,376

• Implementation of initial pilot: July 1998

• Operational statewide: August 1999

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 159,045

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997

• Operational statewide: April 1998

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP and TANF

• Expiration of contract: March 2010, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Working on RFP.

California

SNAP Households: 958,284

• Implementation of initial pilot: August 2002

• Operational statewide: June 2004

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 112,040

• Implementation of initial pilot statewide: February 1997

• Operational statewide: February 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 123,615

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 1997

• Operational statewide: October 1997

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 33,685

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 2003

• Operational statewide: September 2003

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 49,399

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998

• Operational statewide: October 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 797,528

• Implementation of initial pilot: October 1997

• Operational statewide: October 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 440,927

• Implementation of initial pilot: July 1997

• Operational statewide: November 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 8,575

• Implementation of initial pilot: April 2004

• Operational statewide: June 2004

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 50,840

• Implementation of initial pilot: March 1998

• Operational statewide: August 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 42,763

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997

• Operational statewide:  February 1998

• Current contractor:JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 608,597

• Implementation of initial pilot: November 1996

• Operational statewide:  November 1997

• Current contractor: Northrop Grumman

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 277,486

• Implementation of initial pilot: May 2001

• Operational statewide:  March 2002

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, TANF, and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

• Expiration of contract: March 2012, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: 

Iowa

SNAP Households: 122,080

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 2003

• Operational statewide: October 2003

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP and cash benefits

• Expiration of contract: June 2010, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Working on RFP.

Kansas

SNAP Households: 87,230

• Implementation of initial pilot: August 1996

• Operational statewide:  March 1997

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 289,265

• Implementation of initial pilot: May 1999

• Operational statewide:  November 1999

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 275,834

• Implementation of initial pilot: January 1997

• Operational statewide:  December 1997

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 88,518

• Implementation of initial pilot: April 2003

• Operational statewide:  June 2003

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP and TANF

• Expiration of contract: April 2010, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Working on RFP.

Maryland

SNAP Households: 175,582

• Implementation of initial pilot: November 1989

• Operational statewide:  April 1993

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 281,256

• Implementation of initial pilot: April 1997

• Operational statewide: October 1997

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 608,256

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 2000

• Operational statewide:  July 2001

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 127,073

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 1991

• Operational statewide:  October 1998

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP, TANF, and State Cash Programs

• Expiration of contract: October 2010, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Working on RFP.

Mississippi

SNAP Households: 191,777

• Implementation of initial pilot: May 2002

• Operational statewide:  October 2002

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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 SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 321,349

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 1997

• Operational statewide:  May 1998

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 35,880

• 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: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 52,305

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 2002

• Operational statewide: September 2002

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 71,848

• Implementation of initial pilot: October 2001

• Operational statewide: July 2002

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 32,187

• Implementation of initial pilot: August 1998

• Operational statewide: January 1999

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 218,280

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 1994

• Operational statewide:  June 1999

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 100,080

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 1990

• Operational statewide: August 1995

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 1,082,294

• Implementation of initial pilot: March 1999

• Operational statewide: February 2001

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 433,672

• Implementation of initial pilot: April 1998

• Operational statewide: June 1999

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 21,976

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 1996

• Operational statewide: March 1997

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 518,291

• Implementation of initial pilot: March 1992

• Operational statewide:  October 1999

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 178,036

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 1997

• Operational statewide: January 1998

• Current contractor:ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 234,505

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 1997

• Operational statewide: May 1998

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP and TANF

• Expiration of contract: January 2012, with 5 one-year options to extend.

• Other information of interest:

Pennsylvania

SNAP Households: 569,802

• 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: SNAP, 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: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 43,455

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998

• Operational statewide:  October 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds

• Programs covered: SNAP 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

SNAP Households: 265,592

• Implementation of initial pilot: November 1994

• Operational statewide: December 1995

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 26,539

• Implementation of initial pilot: February 1996

• Operational statewide:  March 1997

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• 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

SNAP Households: 423,425

• Implementation of initial pilot: November 1998

• Operational statewide:  August 1999

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP and TANF

• Expiration of contract: February 2012, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest:

Texas

SNAP Households: 1,038,864

• 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: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 53,431

• Implementation of initial pilot: October 1995

• Operational statewide: April 1996

• Current contractor: e-Funds

• Programs covered: SNAP, TANF, and Child Care funds

• Expiration of contract: January 2010, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Working on RFP.

Vermont

SNAP Households: 19,903

• Implementation of initial pilot: June 1998

• Operational statewide: October 1998

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS/eFunds

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 5,129

• Implementation of initial pilot: October 2002

• Operational statewide: November 2002

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• Expiration of contract: January 2009, with all options to extend used.

• Other information of interest: Re-selected JP Morgan EFS for next contract.

Virginia

SNAP Households: 251,741

• Implementation of initial pilot: November 2001

• Operational statewide: July 2002

• Current contractor: ACS

• Programs covered: SNAP

• Expiration of contract: August 2012, with 5 one-year options to extend.

• Other information of interest:

Washington

SNAP Households: 296,770

• Implementation of initial pilot: March 1999

• Operational statewide: November 1999

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP, 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

SNAP Households: 125,705

• Implementation of initial pilot: September 2002

• Operational statewide: June 2003

• Current contractor: JP Morgan EFS

• Programs covered: SNAP and TANF

• Expiration of contract: August 2009

• Other information of interest:

Wisconsin

SNAP Households: 191,722

• Implementation of initial pilot: October 1999

• Operational statewide: October 2000

• Current contractor: eFunds

• Programs covered: SNAP only

• Expiration of contract: October 2013, with 2 2-year options to extend.

• Other information of interest:

Wyoming

SNAP Households: 9,474

• 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: SNAP
• Expiration of contract: March 2011.
• Other information of interest: Member of the Western States EBT Alliance (WSEA).
  

 
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