摘要：The Food Stamp Program is the
Nation¡¯s largest domestic
food-assistance program,
serving about 1 in 11 Americans
each month in 1997. In the past,
nearly all food stamp participants
received their monthly benefits as
paper coupons to redeem for food at
authorized retail foodstores (see box
on the Food Stamp Program). However,
the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 requires that by
October 1, 2002, all States deliver
food stamp benefits through an electronic
benefits transfer (EBT) system.
About 40 percent of all food
stamp benefits are now delivered
through EBT, already operating in
30 States.
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