Official Louisiana State Websites use .la.gov 
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.
Key Documents and Publications
Program Publications
- August 2020: Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Back-to-School (PDF)
- December 2019: Strategies for Increasing Flu Vaccination Coverage Rates (2019) (PDF)
- November 2019: Communicating the Benefits of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (PDF)
LINKS and VFC Documents Centers
The Louisiana Immunization Program keeps a library of updated documents for vaccination providers related to general vaccination information (factsheets, Q & A sheets, etc.), LINKS (Louisiana’s immunization information system) and the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain to vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives both the benefits and risks of any particular vaccine.
By federal law, all vaccine providers must give patients, or their parents or legal representatives, the appropriate VIS prior to administration of each vaccine given that is covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Provision of VISs is a requirement of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.