nupafp conference october 13-14, 2010 color me healthy sylvia henshaw

NuPAFP ConferenceNuPAFP ConferenceOctober 13-14, 2010October 13-14, 2010NuPAFP ConferenceNuPAFP ConferenceOctober 13-14, 2010October 13-14, 2010

Color Me HealthyColor Me HealthySylvia HenshawSylvia Henshaw

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

Who?!?Crossroads

Consortium CSC

Caroline Jackson

Fenris Daniel

Jim Finley Barbara Swartz

State Coordinators

Virginia

e-WIC Processor

(TBD)

Mageswari Babu

e-WICNatasha Miller

Lonnie Bell

Boyd Neal

Sylvia Henshaw

When?!?Crossroads

e-WIC

Planning

Design & Development

Testing

Fall 2011

Pilot

Spring 2012

Rollout

Fall 2012

How?!?

Feedback

Demonstrations

#5/10

Feedback

Periodic Development Review (PDR)

#1/5 JADs

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

How?!?

• USDA Universal Interface Specification – Crossroads-EBT Interface Specification

• December 31, 2010

• e-WIC Retailer Workgroup• USDA Operating Rules and Technical

Implementation Specification

Crossroads Demonstration #5

Thank you!

Sylvia HenshawSylvia.Henshaw@vdh.virginia.gov