Locating the Best Value: Helping Clients Compare EBT ATM Options.

The article focuses on the avoidance of using automated teller machine (ATM) that levy surcharge fees through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) debit card. Topics discussed include receiving cash aids by low-income families through the debit card program EBT, banks' ATMs levying surcharge fees up to...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Policy & Practice (19426828) Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 28 - 31
Main Author:	Shing, Angela
Format:	Article
Published:	American Public Human Services Association Aug2014
Subjects:	San Francisco (Calif.) Poor families Services for poor people Automated teller machines Debit card fees
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on the avoidance of using automated teller machine (ATM) that levy surcharge fees through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) debit card. Topics discussed include receiving cash aids by low-income families through the debit card program EBT, banks' ATMs levying surcharge fees up to four U.S. dollars each time when cash is withdrawn, and building the EBT ATM Locator for finding conveniently location of an EBT ATM in San Francisco, California.