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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.
September 05, 2024 1115 SUD Demonstration Waiver Annual Public Forum Announcement
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, - Pursuant to 42 CFR 431.420(c), the Louisiana Department of Health will hold a public forum to allow the public an opportunity to provide comments and solicit feedback on the progress of the Healthy Louisiana Substance Use Disorder 1115 Demonstration Waiver, which covers services for beneficiaries residing in Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMDs) for stays with durations longer than 15 days. The forum will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in room 118 of the Bienville Building and via internet (Zoom).
Please visit the following link to access the meeting:
https://ldhobhasstsecofc.zoom.us/j/95450846227?pwd=GEsFog9qsxOXy1CxuPFSnYGPlhFAE2.1
If you cannot attend the public forum, you may submit comments by 4:30 p.m. on October 16, 2024, to one of the following email addresses: [email protected] or [email protected].
Additional information and monitoring reports for the 1115 waiver can be found at https://ldh.la.gov/sud1115.