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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
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About Child Welfare Services in Louisiana
Find out about adoption, protection from abuse and neglect, and foster care. Content Detail
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About the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program
Short-term cash help for children of low-income families. Content Detail
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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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About Welfare Time Limits
There are exceptions to the time limits. Read More
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Child Care Assistance Program
Low-income parents can get federal money through the state, for help with work or school. Now under the Departmenet of Education: http://www.louisianabelieves.com/early-childhood/child-care-assistance-program Read More
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Strategies To Empower People (STEP) program
Louisiana must give job training, work and services like child care, transportation, eyeglasses, hearing aids, to families on TANF/FITAP cash assistance working to become self-sufficient. Content Detail
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Under 18, unmarried and have a baby? Public assistance questions and answers.
Information about FITAP ("welfare" monthly cash payments) benefits in Louisiana. Content Detail
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