Federal officials have selected Louisiana as a testing ground for a new mobile payment technology for EBT cardholders.
The USDA's SNAP Mobile Payment Pilot will allow recipients of SNAP and other EBT benefits to tap or scan their mobile devices instead of inserting their EBT cards.
SNAP and Disaster SNAP recipients be able to access to their benefits immediately after approval, and before the card that's been issued has arrived.
Louisiana is one of only five states selected to test the new technology over the next few years.
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