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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.
May 12, 2015 May 2015 Final Rules
The May 2015 Final Rules have been submitted to the Office of the State Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.