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Excerpt: Most, if not all State directors of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are examining the use of electronic benefits transfer (EBT) to deliver benefits to program participants. Much has been written regarding the positive impacts that accrue to all stakeholders through the use of EBT. The Food and Consumer Service (FCS) has sponsored several demonstration projects of EBT technology for delivery of food stamp and cash programs, the results of which have highlighted the many positive impacts of EBT over a paper-based delivery system. To date, however, only one State has tested the delivery of WIC benefits using EBT. A key decision facing each State WIC Director is which type of EBT system should be chosen for benefit delivery. The purpose of this report is to assist State WIC Directors and other policy makers in this selection process.