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<br />ECOnomic and Community Supports: Program Information: The Food Support Program <br /> <br />Page 2 of3 <br /> <br />All 87 counties distribute food benefits through Electronic <br />Benefit Transfer (EST), a card system similar to a debit <br />card. At the beginning of the month, recipients' EBT <br />accounts are credited with the amount of benefits they are <br />eligible for. During the month, recipients use their cards to <br />purchase food at enrolled grocery stores. The EBT card is <br />then swiped through a "point of sale" terminal and the <br />purchases are deducted from the account balance. <br /> <br />SFY Program Outcomes <br /> <br />During state fiscal year 2002, in Minnesota, the Food <br />Support Program served 99,700 households and 212,000 <br />people. The average issuance for each month was $16 <br />million. Total issuance for the year was $196 million. Each <br />household received an average of $164 per month and the <br />average issuance per person was $77. <br /> <br />Coordination with MFIP <br /> <br />Families who receive benefits from Minnesota Family <br />Investment program (MFIP) will have their food assistance <br />needs met through MFIP rather than the traditional Food <br />Support Program. Other aduits and families that do not <br />receive MFIP benefits will have their food needs met through <br />the Non-Public Assistance (NPA) Food Support program. <br /> <br />For More Information <br /> <br />For more information about this program contact Pakou Ly, <br />Income Maintenance Program Consultant at (651) 297- <br />1426, or toll free at 1 (800) 657-3698. You may also write <br />to Food Support Program, 444 Lafayette Road North, St. <br />Paul, MN 55155-3837. To apply for the food Supoort <br />proQramyou must contact your iocal county !1uman~e[Yice <br />aoencv. You may also access county information at the <br />State's JioJ1hStar. web site. <br /> <br />f'~le We Serve <br />pspgrams & Contacts <br />Topics A to Z <br /> <br />Minnesota Department of Human Services' <br /> <br />Title: 'Economic and Community Supports: Program Information: The Food S~pport <br />Program' <br />URL: http://www.dhs.state.mn.usjECS/ProgramjFoodSupport.htm <br />FlIe last modified: 11/26/200211:24:26. <br /> <br />http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/ECS/ProgramlFoodSupport.htm <br /> <br />1/21/2003 <br />