TY - JOUR AU - AKAMANTI, JEANIE PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER REDEMPTION: AN INTERACTIVE EXERCISE JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/electronic-benefit-transfer-redemption-an SP - AB - This exercise is an interactive participation process that emulates using an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, the distribution method that has replaced paper food stamp coupons. EBT is a delivery option that at first glance might easier, faster, and safer for administrators and recipients alike, but EBT must be looked at from the users’ perspective to see the problems. -- I am a person with a disability who receives food stamp benefits. I created the exercise to show what it is like for me and 19 million other food stamp recipients (Health and Human Services, 2000) to use EBT. I can no longer get food coupons and have no choice in delivery method. EBT is like a debit card, swiped at checkout terminals with the amount deducted from my food stamp balance. ER -