Getting Your Market Hub Set Up to Accept EBT / Pay Later
Important Links
The following resources, contacts, and instructions will help you get set up to accept EBT/Pay Later on your FarmDrop market hub.
Market Link
https://marketlink.org/eligibility
State Grant Program
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/state-ebt-equipment
Contacts by state
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/media/file/state-ebt-directory.pdf
Payment Procesing
https://totilpay.com/totilpay-go/
Important Contacts
Maine
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
19 Union St.
State House Station 11
Augusta, ME 04333
Mr. Don Ellis, EBT Program Manager
(207) 624-4155
donald.r.ellis@maine.gov
New York
New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Center for Employment and Economic Supports
40 N. Pearl St., 9th Floor, Section D
Albany, NY 12243
Mr. Luke Posniewski, EBT Director
Employment and Income Support Programs
(518) 473-2578
(518) 474-5281 (Fax)
Luke.Posniewski@otda.ny.gov
Step 1 - Start New Application
- Choose farmers market
- Owner can be an individual farm / or market hub manager food business
* It can take 3-6 weeks to get the EBT card processing machine (machine is free)
Step 2 - Download Payment Processing App
https://totilpay.com/totilpay-go/
Phone Training available to walk you through how to set up the different merchants (your participating vendors) that you are going to be paying out each month.
Step 3 - Communicate with Stakeholders
Getting Your EBT Customers Engaged
- How does EBT / Pay Later work for customers
- Marketing flyer to recruit EBT / Pay Later Customers
- Register as an EBT/Pay Later customer