Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are used to deliver food-assistance benefits such as SNAP to program recipients.
November 10, 2025
high
operational
Mechanism for distributing food-assistance benefits to individuals and households.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) distributes benefits electronically through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), and participating vendors such as farmers markets can accept EBT benefits.
October 31, 2025
high
procedural
Describes how SNAP benefits are delivered and where they can be used.
SNAP benefits are issued on Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) prepaid cards, and unused benefit balances remain on those cards and can be used in subsequent months.
high
temporal
Operational detail about how SNAP benefit delivery and balances work.
SNAP benefits are typically distributed electronically to recipients using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
high
procedural
EBT is the common mechanism for delivering SNAP payments to individual beneficiaries.