WIC EBT Feasibility Study and Cost‐Benefit Analysis

E‐WIC COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF THE E‐WIC FEASIBILITY STUDY
NAME OF AGENCY: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Index
Worksheet Title Description
Sheet 1 Instructions Provides general instructions for completing this workbook
Sheet 2 State Specific Baseline Quantities Provides a list of data elements that be required to perform a cost analysis
Sheet 3 Detailed Summary Provides a detailed cost summary of the baseline and the alternatives
Sheet 4 Baseline Summary Provides a summary of the paper based WIC issuance costs
Sheet 5 State Labor‐Paper Provides the estimated baseline labor costs at the State level
Sheet 6 Clinic Labor‐Paper Provides the estimated baseline labor costs at the local level
Sheet 7 State Materials‐Paper Provides the estimated baseline materials costs to the State
Sheet 8 Banking‐Paper Provides the estimated baseline banking costs
Sheet 9 Retailer‐Paper Provides the estimated baseline retailer costs
Sheet 10 State Labor ‐ EBT Implementation Provides the estimated labor at the State level for e‐WIC implementation
Sheet 11 State Labor‐EBT Operations Provides the estimated labor at the State level for one month of e‐WIC operations
Sheet 12 Local Clinic Labor‐EBT Provides the estimated labor at the local level for e‐WIC implementation and one month of operations
Sheet 13 State Materials‐EBT Implementation Provides the estimated materials and services costs to the State for e‐WIC implementation
Sheet 14 State Materials‐EBT Operations Provides the estimated materials and services costs to the State for one month of e‐WIC operations
Sheet 15 Retailer Costs Provides the estimated retailer costs borne by the State for e‐WIC implementation and one month of operations
Sheet 16 Retailer‐Borne Operational Costs Provides an estimate of retailer‐borne operation costs with e‐WIC
Sheet 17 Benefits Provides an analysis of the benefits of e‐WIC
Sheet 18 Risks‐Alternatives Provides analysis of the risks of each e‐WIC alternative
General Assumptions
The State will implement e‐WIC with integrated ECRs; it will not support stand‐beside POS configurations.
Both on‐line and off‐line software will be available to be ported from other states for the in‐house solutions.
The e‐WIC systsem will be implemented in parallel with the implementation of the State Agency Model (SAM) system.
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