Louisiana

Food programs

Know Your Rights

• ABLE accounts: set aside money without putting your other public benefits at risk.

  "ABLE" stands for the "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014." This law allows ABLE accounts to help people save for things related to a disability. Learn more here about the ABLE program. Read More

  By:

  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)

• About Food Stamps: How to Apply

  Don't know what to do? Know your rights. Read More

  By:

  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)

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  Spanish / Español

• Answers to Your Food Stamp Questions

  More about Louisiana's Food Stamp program. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services

• Apply for WIC benefits

  Find out if you can get WIC, how to apply, and how to protect your WIC benefits if you move. Content Detail

  By:

  Food & Nutrition Service

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Changes to food assistance program start Thursday (Oct.1, 2015).

  See this article from The Times-Picayune to learn more about changes in Louisiana for those seeking SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, once known as "food stamps"). Content Detail

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  The Times-Picayune/The Associated Press

• Cupones de alimentos: Cómo pedirlos.

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• Disaster Food Assistance for Regular SNAP Recipients Impacted by the Tornadoes

  Disaster Food Assistance for Regular SNAP Recipients Impacted by the Tornadoes Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services

• El Programa de SNAP/The SNAP Program

  Spanish information about food assisstance. From the web site: "El Programa de SNAP constituye la primera línea de defensa contra el hambre. Permite que las familias de bajos recursos adquieran alimentos nutritivos con tarjetas de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios (EBT, por sus siglas en inglés). Con sus beneficios, los destinatarios de los cupones para alimentos adquieren alimentos elegibles en tiendas de venta de alimentos al por menor autorizadas." Content Detail

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  USDA -- Servicios de Alimentos y Nutricion

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  Spanish / Español

• Emergency Food Assistance

  Search by state and zip code. Content Detail

  By:

  America's Second Harvest

• FAQs About the food stamp (SNAP) program

  Questions and Answers from the federal agency in charge of food assistance programs. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

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  Spanish / Español

• Federal Websites in Spanish

  Here are links to federal government websites in Spanish. Content Detail

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  Oklahoma Department of Libraries

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  Spanish / Español

• Food Aid for Women, Infants & Children (WIC)

  The WIC program helps women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, have given birth, and also infants and young children. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

• Food for Families/Food for Seniors

  Find out about this food aid program, where people who qualify can get extra food. Read More

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  Louisiana Commodity Supplemental Food Program (LA CSFP)

• Food Stamp Program -- Information in Other Languages (Separate Web site)

  Links to Food Stamp information in languages other than English. The Food Stamp Program is now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

  French / Français

  Japanese / 日本語

  Korean / 한국어

• Food Stamps: The Electronic Benefits Card

  Learn about your rights. Read More

  By:

  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)