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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards tomorrow. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts this evening, 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.
Make a Referral
To make a referral for CSoC, call Magellan of Louisiana at 1-800-424-4489.
You may also call your Healthy Louisiana Plan:
| Aetna Better Health | 1-855-242-0802 | TTY: 711 |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | 1-888-756-0004 | TTY: 1-866-428-7588 |
| Healthy Blue | 1-844-521-6941 | TTY: 711 |
| Humana Healthy Horizons in Louisiana | 1-800-448-3810 | TTY: 711 |
| Louisiana Health Care Connections | 1-866-595-8133 | TTY: 711 |
| United Health Care | 1-866-675-1607 | TTY: 711 |
| If you are not sure to which plan you belong: | 1-855-229-6848 | TTY: 1-855-526-3346 |
Helpful tips for the phone call:
- Tell the representative who answers that you are calling to make a CSoC referral
- Be prepared to answer questions about your concerns about what's going on in your child's life that makes you think CSoC is needed. You will be asked about the child's:
- Age
- Insurance/Medicaid
- Mental Health History
- Substance Abuse History
- Medicine
- Medical history
- History with child welfare, juvenile justice and trouble in school
If a child or youth does not meet CSoC eligibility criteria, Magellan or the Healthy Louisiana plan will provide other Medicaid provider network information that will be helpful.
You can call any time of day or night on any day of the week.