If you live in Monroe and get help with food or rent, there are some big new rules starting this month. Some rules are about what you can buy at the store, and others are about how long you can…
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Louisiana joins MAHA health push, junk foods banned for SNAP users
BATON ROUGE, La. — On Monday, August 4, 2025, U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a waiver prohibiting the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase junk food in Louisiana, aligning with the national Make America Healthy Again…
Starting Sunday, Foodstamp rules to require the able bodied to work
Most able-bodied SNAP recipients will be required to work 20 hours a week or be in job training programs for 20 hours a week if they expect to get SNAP (food stamps) help for more than three months. BATON ROUGE,…
Woman replaces leaky roof with SNAP subsidy, more available
Kimberlee Johnson says her mother is all smiles after she had a leak and her roof repaired with funds from an overlooked source, the SNAP program. SNAP is the program that is usually associated with food and is commonly called…
Federal cost of living adjustment will affect SNAP and other benefits received through DCFS
Cost neutrality requirement for LaCAP also means change in benefits for a few SNAP recipients Baton Rouge – A federal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security and veterans benefits for 2020 will result in decreases to some Louisiana residents’ Supplemental…
DCFS to issue March SNAP benefits on March 1st and 2nd
Modified schedule designed to help close gap caused by partial government shutdown Baton Rouge – All Louisiana Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients can expect to receive their March SNAP benefits by March 2. The Louisiana Department of Children and…
Louisiana issues February SNAP food benefits early
Monday, we announced that most Louisiana SNAP recipients will receive their February benefits early – on or before Jan. 20 – as a result of the partial federal government shutdown. Every state is handling the early issuance differently, in accordance…