EBT Cards
A. Certification units of local offices shall issue a Colorado Electronic Benefits Transfer System
(CO/EBTS) debit card to each certified household. All cards shall be issued under the Social Security Number or client ID number of the household member or authorized representative who is authorized to receive the household's issuance as designated by the household. B. The household, or the authorized representative, shall present the household's Colorado Electronic Benefits Transfer System (CO/EBTS) debit card at issuance points, retail outlets, or meal services in order to transact the allotment authorization or when exchanging benefits for eligible food. C. The EBT card shall contain a space for the name and signature of the household member to whom the allotment is to be issued or for any authorized representatives designated by the household. D. The local office shall limit issuance of EBT cards to the time of initial certification, with replacements made only in instances when the EBT card is lost, mutilated, destroyed, or if there are changes in the person authorized to obtain benefits, or when the local office determines that a new EBT card is needed. Whenever possible, the local office shall collect the EBT card that it is replacing. The issuance unit must be notified of a replacement EBT card to assure that only the most recently issued EBT card is used for benefit issuance. E. EBT cards can be used in the following circumstances: 1. Eligible household members sixty (60) years of age or over or members who are housebound, physically handicapped, or otherwise a person with disabilities to the extent that they are unable to adequately prepare all their meals, and their spouses, may use benefits to purchase meals prepared for and delivered to them by a nonprofit meal delivery service authorized by USDA/FNS. 2. Eligible household members sixty (60) years of age or over and their spouses may use benefits issued to them to purchase meals prepared especially for them at communal dining facilities authorized by USDA/FNS for that purpose. F. EBT cards shall be kept in secure storage with access limited to authorized personnel only.