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The WA State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is currently in the process of replacing all still active JPMorgan-era electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards.  Replacing these cards is a critical step in preparing to activate card authentication validation (CAV) security protocols.  In January 2020, approximately 111,000 EBT cardholders will receive replacements EBT cards in the mail.  The replacement cards will be mailed in an inactive state.  To activate the new card, the cardholder only needs to use it to make a food or cash purchase at a merchant’s point of sale (POS) terminal or obtain cash from an automated teller machine (ATM).  Each JPMorgan-era card will be automatically deactivated 14 days following the issuance of its replacement card or when the replacement card is first used, whichever is sooner.  Following the replacement of the JPMorgan-era cards, DSHS will implement CAV, currently planned for February 23, 2020.  Implementation of CAV will effectively end the use of fraudulently cloned EBT cards.