Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana will use state dollars to provide temporary SNAP assistance to its most vulnerable residents as the federal shutdown halts food benefits.

A concurrent resolution has passed both the House and the Senate of the Louisiana Legislature; it's a "request," not an order, and has no force of law.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the state will fund November food aid for children, the elderly or disabled who receive food stamps as the federal government shutdown drags on. Landry and Legislative leaders announced the plan to secure funding from the Louisiana Department of Health during an Oct. 29 press conference.

Governor Jeff Landry will discuss the future of SNAP benefits in Louisiana during a news conference Wednesday as uncertainty grows over federal food assistance for hundreds of thousands of residents.

Lafayette’s Chicken Salad Chick offers free kids’ meals to help families affected by the SNAP benefits pause and ensure no child goes hungry.

Climbing food prices, reduced federal food assistance, and the looming food stamp program freeze threatens to leave over 800,000 Louisianians hungry.

The Department will communicate with beneficiaries about future benefits through numerous channels and will simultaneously communicate with retailers across the state. The Louisiana Department of Health will prioritize processing and issuing SNAP benefits to beneficiaries as soon as the federal government reopens in Washington,

All 43 Democratic state legislators in Florida asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency ahead of the impending expiration of SNAP benefits.