Washington’s SNAP, also called Basic Food, is administered by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Benefits are sent out monthly to eligible low-income ...

The timing of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) reloads varies by state and the type of benefit ... transferred to recipients via a prepaid EBT card, which is a debit card with the specific ...

Out-of-state transactions are likely due to card cloning — where card data is used to make fake cards — not because people are taking their EBT cards out of Washington, West explained.

The public relations makeover for the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card is not ... “In Washington State EBT cards and their PINs are sometimes sold on sites like Craigslist.