Last but not least, there will be a recording of the training that you may go back and watch at any time. Also, at the training, you will receive a training document that includes step by step quick tips to help you during rollout. What if we forget what we learned in training, since we are being trained weeks before the rollout? -The WIC State Office will be training regional staff to be Support EBT Staff, these staff members will be scattered throughout the region to help when we go live.Who will train Staff? - The WIC Coordinators, Nutrition Coordinators, MIS Specialists and EBT Support Staff will be providing the training.Please ask your Regional WIC Coordinator for more details. Trainings all across the state will happen concurrently June 5 th-July 13 th. When will Staff be trained? – WIC EBT training for staff will be provided in both the regions and in the WIC State Office.Staff will also have pamphlets showing how eWIC works. Will there be a training plan for WIC participants? – The video linked below will be playing in the Local Health Units prior to rollout.Will SNAP benefits and WIC benefits be on the same card? - The smart card for the WIC program will be separate from the EBT card for the SNAP program.Smart cards can hold up to 6 household members and all their benefits. What is a smart card? - A smart card is what the WIC benefits will be loaded onto for the participant to use at the grocery store.
The pilot project will last 3 months and will provide valuable information for the rest of the state for how to best launch WIC EBT. This will provide more freedom to participants by allowing them to purchase only those items needed without losing all remaining benefits.Ĭurrently, Arkansas WIC is developing a pilot program for Miller and Little River Counties that is expected to begin in 2018. Arkansas WIC is in the process of shifting from a paper-based food delivery system to an EBT system and anticipates being completely statewide by the end of 2018.Įlectronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is a system that allows recipients to use authorized government benefits to pay for items. Currently, Arkansas SNAP uses EBT. Arkansas WIC EBT is in the process of being developed and will allow participants to use an electronic benefits card instead of paper checks. The Act requires all states to distribute WIC benefits using EBT by October 1, 2020. The "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010" was created to improve child nutrition.
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