Reports are coming in across the state of Ohio Saturday that food stamp machines are not working

[OhioChick]

Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2013, 03:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Newsnet5

Posted: 1:14 PM

Reports are coming in across the state of Ohio Saturday that food stamp machines are not working.

NewsChannel 5 has received several phone calls from Ohio Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card users who said their food stamp cards are not working at grocery stores. When they attempt to make a transaction, an error appears stating the transaction was not approved.

Our news desk has spoken to several grocery stores throughout the northeast Ohio area that said they are receiving complaints from customers about the cards not working as well.

WEWS has contacted local and state job and family services about the issue, as well as the Ohio EBT customer service and has yet to receive any comment.



Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/state/reports-are-coming-in-across-the-state-of-ohio-saturday-that-food-stamp-machines-are-not-working

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EBT Card Problems Caused by Computer Issues

01:44pm, October 12, 2013

(Memphis) A computer issue caused problems for EBT card users in several states Saturday, including Mississippi.

According to Julia Bryan, spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Human Resources, a Xerox facility that handles EBT card services for several states experienced equipment problems Saturday morning.

The outage caused EBT cards to be rejected at retailers in 17 states that are serviced by that Xerox facility.

Bryan says the issue should be resolved soon and is in no way linked to the government shutdown.

http://wreg.com/2013/10/12/ebt-card-problems-reported/

[wilt the stilt]

1. teapartiers are orgasmic

that children are hungry.

[Iliyah]

2. I think California is following suit

[texanwitch]

3. I wonder if this is happening in Texas.

I will be taking a friend who receives food stamps the the store tomorrow morning.

[Berlin Expat]

12. It's not just Ohio....

there are reports that EBT is down in Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Oklahoma and the Atlanta area as well.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/ohio-electronic-benefit-systems-down-across-the-state

[texanwitch]

15. I could find out later today.

There is a little store in the neighborhood that takes food stamps.

I will take a walk over there later.

[Berlin Expat]

19. Apparently, it's the result

of a computer systems upgrade.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/10/12/computer-upgrade-blamed-for-nationwide-ebt-system-shutdown-on-saturday/

[gopiscrap]

4. Is this due to the gov't shutdown

if so, then this is fucking criminal...these people need to go to the congress critters hmes (republicans that caused the shutdown) and demonstrate and shame them!

[CrispyQ]

7. I made a post assuming it was, but I would like to know, too. -nt

[JesterCS]

22. Dont think so.. EBT is State not Federal n/t

[jtuck004]

26. "These people" won't - they generally don't vote, they often don't have transportation,

many work long days and survive with bus service that adds hours on top of that. Many of them have little hope, (not that we have given them much reason to have any) -

"76% of SNAP households included a child, an elderly person, or a disabled person. These vulnerable households receive 83% of all SNAP benefits.", Here.


which leaves only a small number who are actually able to do anything. Without the people who make more money, who vote, who are better educated, who push things to happen, most will likely sit and quietly starve, along with their children and elderly folks (who compromise the biggest share of food stamp recipients).

[AngryOldDem]

5. I love how states mess with stuff like this.

Indiana had something similar going on a few years back with unemployment benefits. They kept blaming "software issues."

And it always seems to happen on a weekend, when not much can be done about it. All of Indiana's problems, as I recall, happened over the weekend.

[CrispyQ]

6. How many people with no other means to buy food,

are going to find this out at the check stand. And they will have to try to figure out how to feed the kids tonight. OMG. We have elected government officials who are willing to let American citizens go hungry.

[texanwitch]

8. Stores do make a lot of money from food stamps.

I know someone who works at Krogers.

This is a big chain in Houston.

A lot of people are on food stamps now.

I hope it isn't some republicans throwing a fit because of what is happening in Washington.

[Rebellious Republican]

9. Come on everybody, whats the big deal?

They can always go dumpster diving, we have flights to catch home. Can't let my dinner get cold before I get there.

"It all started when Democrats began lining up to make an endless string of unanimous consent requests for a vote on a “clean” continuing resolution to open up the government.

Over the course of about 25 minutes, Democrats offered 37 unanimous consent requests, all of which were denied by the presiding officer, GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, due to a lack of appropriate clearances.

Democrats could have gone on all day making the unanimous consent requests, and that could have brought a lot of media attention — and made members miss their flights home."

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/joe-crowley-gop-aide-chris-vieson-shouting-match/

[Miranda4peace]

10. Even limited nutrient deficiencies can cause long term health problems.

There should be a backup system. I know they can load emergency cash onto the cards so that people have enough food for the weekend.

The legislators get credit cards paid for by the taxpayers, why not use those???

[vdogg]

11. I guess it's happening in Virginia too

I just got back from the store and was standing behind a man who was facing this exact same issue. I wonder if the shutdown is causing this?

[peacebird]

13. Virginia too... Just got back from our little store, which had a sign up apologizing

[MyNameGoesHere]

14. Louisiana also

http://goo.gl/G4kvi3

Appears to be a computer glitch.

http://wreg.com/2013/10/12/ebt-card-problems-reported/

[OhioChick]

18. Thanks~

I added your link.

[Scairp]

16. Worst news possible

People will go hungry. Hope the obese Tea Baggers are happy now.

[liberalhistorian]

17. As a former long-time resident of Ohio

with family and friends still residing there in various parts of the state, I can vouch for the fact that the Job and Family Services Dept. isn't going to give a tenth of a pellet of rat shit about this. In fact, its true formal name is the Dept. of No Jobs and Screw Your Family Services. And don't even get me started on how I know that.

[LoisB]

20. This is "pie in the sky" wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be wonderful if those stores

would accept an IOU from the cardholders?

[Sunlei]

21. was a power outage, they reboot the system now.

http://kfor.com/2013/10/12/power-outage-leads-to-food-stamp-shutdown/

[texanwitch]

23. It would be interesting to see just how much money the stores did loose today.

In Texas the food stamp cards get roloaded on the 7th, 8th, or 9th.

This is what I have been told.

My friends card gets loaded on the 9th.

This would be the first Saturday to go shopping.

My friend gets $200, and also uses lots of coupons.

He usually spends about $150.00, keeps back the rest for milk, bread, and eggs.

I bet the store profits went down today.

[jtuck004]

25. I bet food mfg profits went down even more. And if some of it has to be tossed, like meat and

dairy, even more.

[magical thyme]

24. I heard it this afternoon at the supermarket

It's happening in Maine too. I overheard to cashiers talking -- it sounded like a rolling thing...one location would shut down for a while, and then another...