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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
J-1 Visa Waiver Program
The Louisiana Conrad 30/J-1 Visa Waiver Program sponsors 30 eligible international medical graduates each year to work in health professional shortage areas in Louisiana. The J-1 Visa requires foreign medical graduates to return to their home country for two years before returning to the United States to live or work. The J-1 Visa Waiver eliminates this two-year return home requirement and allows for the adjustment of visa status to an H-1B visa, which is a temporary work permit for at least three years. To learn more, visit www.wellaheadla.com/louisiana-conrad-30/