West Virginia EBT Card Balance

Your EBT card works like a debit card at any USDA-authorized retailer nationwide — major grocery chains and big-box stores such as Walmart, Target, Kroger, Costco, Sam's Club, Aldi, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and most local and regional supermarkets, plus many convenience stores and farmers markets. A growing number of retailers, including Walmart.com, Amazon, DoorDash, and Uber Eats, also accept SNAP EBT for online grocery orders in many areas, though delivery and service fees usually can't be paid with benefits.

SNAP benefits cover food and food-producing seeds or plants, but not hot prepared foods, alcohol, tobacco, or non-food items — some states also restrict specific items like soda or candy, noted below if it applies to West Virginia.

The federal SNAP gross income limit is normally 130% of the Federal Poverty Level. West Virginia applies Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) to raise that limit to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for SNAP applicants.

In practice, this opens SNAP eligibility to more households with modest incomes than the strict federal minimum would permit, and it typically removes the separate asset test that would otherwise apply to applicants.