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2010 Changes to SNAP (Food Stamp) Resource Rules
Louisiana changed its SNAP rules. The resources you own should not keep you off the program, unless an exception applies to your situation. Find out more from the flyer.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Answers to Your Food Stamp Questions
(Separate Website)
More about Louisiana's Food Stamp program.
By: Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services
Food Stamps: Who Can Get Them
Many people could get food stamps, but haven't applied. Find out if you could get help to buy food.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Food Stamps: How to Apply
Don't know what to do? Know your rights.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Food Stamps: The Electronic Benefits Card
Learn about your rights.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Homeless & Hungry: Getting Food Stamps When You Do Not Have a Home For Homeless People Who Need Food Stamps
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
FAQs About the food stamp (SNAP) program
(Separate Website)
Questions and Answers from the federal agency in charge of food assistance programs.
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
School Meals: Questions and Answers
(Separate Website)
Your child may have a right to free or reduced cost school meals.
By: Food & Nutrition Service
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Food Aid for Women, Infants & Children (WIC)
(Separate Website)
The WIC program helps women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, have given birth, and also infants and young children.
By: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Food Stamp Program -- Information in Other Languages (Separate Web site)
(Separate Website)
Links to Food Stamp information in languages other than English. The Food Stamp Program is now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Read this in:
French / Français
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Japanese / 日本語
,
Korean / 한국어
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Spanish / Español
Under 18, unmarried and have a baby? Public assistance questions and answers.
(Separate Website)
Information about FITAP ("welfare" monthly cash payments) benefits in Louisiana.
Cupones de alimentos: Cómo pedirlos.
Disability Access and Food Stamp Issues
(Separate Website)
See this information from the Advocacy Center about special issues facing disabled people applying for food stamps.
By: Advocacy Center
El Programa de SNAP/The SNAP Program
(Separate Website)
Spanish information about food assisstance. From the web site: "El Programa de SNAP constituye la primera línea de defensa contra el hambre. Permite que las familias de bajos recursos adquieran alimentos nutritivos con tarjetas de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios (EBT, por sus siglas en inglés). Con sus beneficios, los destinatarios de los cupones para alimentos adquieren alimentos elegibles en tiendas de venta de alimentos al por menor autorizadas."
By: USDA -- Servicios de Alimentos y Nutricion
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Spanish / Español
Federal Websites in Spanish
(Separate Website)
Here are links to federal government websites in Spanish.
By: Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Food Stamps -- Using SNAP
(Separate Website)
Basic information about the food stamp program.
This program is called SNAP -- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Read this in:
French / Français
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Korean / 한국어
GobiernoUSA.gov
(Separate Website)
Recursos del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en español.
By: Administración de Servicios Generales de los Estados Unidos
How to Get Legal Help/Como Obtener Ayuda Legal
Information in English and Spanish about how to get help from programs that offer free help to qualified people. This slide show has an audio track in Spanish.
Lea aquí para aprender cómo obtener ayuda gratis con problemas legales, ayuda de los programas para las personas de ingresos bajos.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Lawyer Referral and Information
(Separate Website)
Here is a link to the Lawyer Referral and Information page from the site of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Here are the individual numbers listed on that site:
Lawyer Referral Numbers
Baton Rouge:
(225)344-9926
Lafayette
(337)237-4700
Lake Charles:
(337)436-3308
New Orleans
(504)561-8828
Shreveport:
(318)222-0720
By: Louisiana State Bar Association
Questions and Answers about SNAP (formerly Food Stamps)
(Separate Website)
Printable brochure
By: US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
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Learn how to use this site: click here to hear and see a slide show. En Espanol: oprima aqui.
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