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Where Can I Use My EBT Card?

Where can I use my EBT Card in my state? Which grocery stores in my state accept Food Stamps card? We have information for California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, New York and more.

Click on your state below to get information on stores that accept EBT Food Stamps in your state.

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EBT Cards are accepted in a lot of places, but you have to know where to go since there are strict rules on where you can use them. We have a list of grocery stores that take them in each state. Most pharmacies also would take them and big stores like Target, Walmart, Kmart allow their use. You can also go to most convenience stores and use them but they have to sell the specific foods that are on the approved list so be sure to call them before you go as not all of them as allowed to accept food assistance cards.

If you have not been approved yet for the program, you should contact the department in your state that handles the food assistance program. There are strict eligibility requirements to qualify, including income, number of people in the household and some states have their own restrictions on who can qualify and how much money you can get. You should also avoid selling your food assistance money for cash. That will land you in jail as it is illegal to do that and there are sting operations all the time that are aimed at catching people who do that.

Kwame Kuadey

Kwame Kuadey writes about personal finance and the social safety net. His career started in banking but he caught the entrepreneurial bug and has spent the last decade building successful businesses, including an Inc. 500 Company. Kwame believes everyone has the power to improve their quality of life by seeking knowledge and taking action. In 2012, Kwame founded Empower Media to help low-income households improve their financial situation. His expertise is in topics relevant to low-income households, including government benefits and assistance, banking products, access to credit, plus tools & resources to help reduce income volatility and build wealth. Kwame has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine, Washington Post, ABC, and NPR.

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