Poorly written article. There have been zero food stamps for years. Use of the term Food stamps is a way to rile up conservatives not tuned in for over a decade.
In the late 1990s, the Food Stamp Program was revamped, with some states phasing out actual stamps in favor of a specialized debit card system known as Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), provided by private contractors.
EBT has been implemented in all states since June 2004.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program
SNAP and ACCESS cards have been euphemistically called “food stamp cards” for several years now.