1. NuPAFP Conference October 13-14, 2010 Color Me Healthy Sylvia Henshaw

2. What?!? Crossroads –WIC Management Information System –USDA initiative to “build once & replicate” –4 State Consortium –State Agency Model (SAM) –Supports all aspects of WIC operations e-WIC –Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) System –Food benefit issuance, redemption, payment, and reconciliation

3. Who?!? Crossroads Consortium CSC Caroline JacksonFenris Daniel Jim FinleyBarbara Swartz State Coordinators Virginia e-WIC Processor (TBD) Mageswari Babu e-WIC Natasha Miller Lonnie Bell Boyd Neal Sylvia Henshaw

4. When?!? Crossroads e-WIC Planning Design & Development Testing Fall 2011 Pilot Spring 2012 Rollout Fall 2012

5. How?!? Feedback Demonstrations #5/10 Feedback Periodic Development Review (PDR) #1/5 JADs

6. How?!? Implementation Advanced Planning Document (IAPD) –Approved: July 1, 2010 EBT Implementation Grant –Approved: September 16, 2010 RFP for e-WIC Processor –Approved: September 9,2010 –Release: October 2010

7. How?!? USDA Universal Interface Specification –Crossroads-EBT Interface Specification December 31, 2010 e-WIC Retailer Workgroup USDA Operating Rules and Technical Implementation Specification

8. Crossroads Demonstration #5

19. Thank you! Sylvia Henshaw Sylvia.Henshaw@vdh.virginia.gov