No SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 due to government shutdown
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The Legislature faces tight deadlines this week to keep food assistance flowing to 17% of the state’s residents and to adjust next spring’s election timetable.
Share calculated using July 2024 population estimates; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Some Louisiana residents won't get new food stamp benefits this week as the government shutdown drags on, Gov. Jeff Landry warned.
Amid uncertainty about the future of SNAP benefits, the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging has announced food assistance.
South Louisiana’s food system is under growing strain as the federal government shutdown stalls funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Louisiana political leaders are preparing to use around $150 million monthly in state funding to help continue food assistance benefits while the federal government shutdown in Washington D.C. continues,
Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature are trying to find a way to keep food stamps working for the nearly 800,000 people in Louisiana who use them.
The federal government shutdown could soon leave thousands of Louisiana families without critical food assistance.
Gov. Jeff Landry announced he has signed an emergency declaration to help fund SNAP benefits for Louisiana's elderly, disabled, and children during the government
The Louisiana House unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 24 directing the state health department to step in and fund food stamps through November while the federal government is shut down. It heads to the Senate next.
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