BATON ROUGE, La. —

The Louisiana Department of Health has announced the distribution schedule for state-funded emergency assistance to SNAP benefit households, which include the elderly, people with disabilities, and children.

Starting Nov. 1, 25% of the SNAP household benefit allotment will be provided as state-funded emergency assistance on the assigned date that SNAP benefits are normally issued. Advertisement

According to the LDH, households consisting only of able-bodied adults will not receive state-funded emergency assistance.

Any unused SNAP benefits from the previous months will remain on all recipients' EBT cards and can be used as usual.

An additional 25% of the benefit amount will be provided to each household every seven days for November, as long as the government shutd

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