Electronic Delivery of Federal and State Benefits -- Issues for Low Income Recipient
Policy Analysis
Comments to the Social Security Administration Regarding the Use of Master and Sub Accounts and Other Account Arrangements for the Payment of Benefits Docket No. SSA 2008-0023, June 20, 2008 PDF (200KB)
Comments to the Federal Regulators on the InterAgency Guidance on Exempt Benefits, November 27, 2007 PDF
Frozen Out: A Review of Bank Treatment of Social Security Benefits, Testimony before the Committee on Finance and Appendices to Testimony, September 20, 2007 PDF
Comments: NCLC, Consumers Union, and eight other groups to USDA on Proposed Changes to Food Stamps EBT Regulations, September 7, 2001
Testimony: before the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the EFT Requirements of the Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1996 and the Use of ETAs, June 20, 2001
Comments: NCLC and other consumer and community groups on Treasury' proposal to regulate the delivery of federal benefits through check cashers, April, 1999
Comments NCLC and other national and local consumer and community groups on Treasury's proposed special new account, called the "ETA" for unbanked recipients of federal benefits to receive their payments electronically, January, 1999
Comments: NCLC and other national and local consumer and community groups onTreasury's proposed regulations for the delivery of federal benefits by electronic means, May, 1998
Testimony: before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit on the impact of Treasury's Proposed Regulation under the "EFT 99" Provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 On the Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked", March 4, 1998
Comments: to Treasury Secretary Rubin about the need to exclude unregulated fringe bankers from the delivery system for federal benefits, November 19, 1997
Testimony: before the Committe on Banking and Financial Services on the impact of Treasury's Proposed Regulation under the "EFT 99" Provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 On the Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked", September 25, 1997
Comments: on Proposed Rule Making on Electronic Benefits Transfer, 31 CFR 207, July 8, 1997
Testimony: before the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on the Impact of "EFT-99" on the Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked", June 18, 1997
Testimony: before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs regarding the Impact of "EFT-99" o n the Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked", May 22, 1997
Comments: on the Electronics Benefits Transfer Benefit Adjustments, July 24, 1998
Consumer Information
Order form to receive a handbook for New York public assistance recipients
on EBT rights and responsibilities, July 2001
Article: Federal recipients' rights to continue receiving
paper checks, despite the requirement for electronic deposits, November, 1998
