EBT for Chickasaw WIC Users

Published November 01, 2010, 5:05 p.m. EDT

Updated November 01, 2010, 4:05 p.m. EDT

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Clients of the Chickasaw Nation Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program, known as WIC, now may use an electronic benefits transfer debit card for qualified food purchases, it said last week.

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The Chickasaw Nation is the first WIC agency in Oklahoma to distribute benefits using a magnetic stripe card, which replaces paper checks or vouchers. JPMorgan Treasury Services, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co., is the card's issuer.

Computer Sciences Corp. developed the software for the Successful Partners in Reaching Innovative Technology certification software system the Chickasaw Nation uses to determine applicant eligibility and nutritional risk.

Jeffrey Green

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