Your Money, Your Goals - A financial empowerment toolkit for social services programs.

Electronic

benefit

transfer

(EBT) card

EBT cards replace

paper-based benefits

for programs such as

Temporary Assistance

to Needy Families

(TANF), Supplemental

Nutrition Assistance

Program (SNAP),

Women, Infants, and

Children (WIC)

program, and other

programs.^22

Safer and more secure

than carrying cash or

checks

Looks like a debit or credit

card

Not all merchants accept

EBT cards.

Some EBT cards are

subject to fees.

Certain cards lack full

consumer protections for

returning funds taken by

error or theft.

 This is a good option for me. Ways to get more information:

 This is not a good option for me.

(^22) The availability of EBT cards—and the fees and other details regarding their use—vary from state to state and from
program to program.