Louisiana intends to step in for the federal government in November and provide food aid for most of the state’s needy. But those benefits will trickle out in weekly installments instead of all at ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Louisiana can no longer use the publicly funded benefit to buy what the Louisiana Department of Health labels ...

Louisiana political leaders are preparing to use around $150 million monthly in state funding to help continue food assistance benefits while the federal government shutdown in Washington D.C.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the most effective anti-hunger program in the U.S., reaching around 41 million people in 2024, according to the Center on Budget and Policy ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry warns Louisiana SNAP recipients that no new funds will be added to their EBT cards starting Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The federal government shutdown entered its second month Saturday (Nov. 1), raising questions for nearly 800,000 Louisiana residents who hoped to receive Supplemental Nutrition ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — As the federal government shutdown halts the flow of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars, Louisiana residents are turning to the state for emergency food ...

Louisiana SNAP recipients may find themselves involuntarily giving up soda and candy for Lent this year, as new restrictions on what the food assistance can be used to purchase take effect on Ash ...

MONROE — The friends arrived at the soup kitchen with toddlers in their arms and worry in their eyes. Ashleigh Pearce and Sabrina Spearman had heard that because of the federal shutdown, their food ...

BATON ROUGE — Changes in federal law will require Louisiana to spend $42.3 million more on the SNAP program in the coming fiscal year, while food-stamp recipients cope with expanded work requirements ...