Louisiana

Food Aid

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• 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 (New Orleans office)

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• About the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

  Link to the website of the state agency that runs these programs: food stamps, welfare, kinship care subsidies, foster care, child support, disability rehabilitation, and more. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Social Services (now Department of Children and Family Services)

• 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

• 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

  By:

  USDA -- Servicios de Alimentos y Nutricion

  Read this in:

  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

  By:

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

  Read this in:

  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

  By:

  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)

• Food Stamps: Who Can Get Them? Cupones de alimentos: Quién puede los conseguir?

  Read More

  By:

  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Homeless & Hungry: Getting Food Stamps When You Do Not Have a Home

  For Homeless People Who Need Food Stamps Content Detail

  By:

  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)

• Meals on Wheels America

  Find out the center nearest you with a "Meals on Wheels" or senior meals program. Content Detail

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  Meals on Wheels America