SNAP Updates - 2020 Hurricane Season

SNAP Replacement Benefits - Hurricane Delta
SNAP Recipients in 25 parishes impacted by Hurricane Delta will receive automatic replacement benefits due to widespread power outages: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Morehouse, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Vernon, West Feliciana and Winn Recipients in those parishes will receive 45% of their regular monthly allotment as replacements. The benefits will be automatically loaded onto recipients’ SNAP EBT cards on October 24.

SNAP Replacement Benefits - Hurricane Delta

SNAP Recipients in 25 parishes impacted by Hurricane Delta will receive automatic replacement benefits due to widespread power outages:

Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Morehouse, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Vernon, West Feliciana and Winn

Recipients in those parishes will receive 45% of their regular monthly allotment as replacements.
The benefits will be automatically loaded onto recipients’ SNAP EBT cards on October 24.

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If automatic SNAP replacements are not authorized for your parish, you can apply for replacement benefits.

Two Ways to Apply

Online

SNAP 38 Online Form
NOTE: The deadline to apply for SNAP replacements for Hurricane Delta has been extended. The new deadline is November 9, 2020.

Mail or Fax

Download a SNAP 38 Form

— English
— Spanish
— Vietnamese
Submit completed form

— By mail: to DPC, P. O. Box 260031, Baton Rouge, LA 70826-9918
— By fax: (225) 663-3164
— In person: At your local DCFS office

Please Note:

DCFS receives power outage information from utility companies and the Public Service Commission. The information is not always complete. You may be contacted and asked to provide information to verify the duration of your power outage.

If replacements are warranted, DCFS expects to issue benefits to your account within 10 days. You will not receive correspondence from DCFS about this request.

SNAP Updates

SNAP Benefits Early Issuance — November 2020

Because of lingering effects from Hurricane Laura, DCFS will issue regular SNAP benefits early in October. SNAP recipients will receive their benefits on Sunday, November 1.

Supplemental SNAP Benefits — October 2020

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, DCFS received federal approval for supplemental SNAP benefits for October to bring families to the maximum benefit for their household if they are not already receiving the max amount. Emergency allotments issuance date: Friday, October 16, 2020.

All Recertifications Extended 3 Months

All SNAP recertifications (redeterminations and simplified reports) have been extended for 3 months to allow staff to focus on DSNAP and new SNAP applications. (That means, for example, if you had a redet or simplified report due in September, it will now be due in December. If you had a redet or simplified report due in October, it will now be due in January. And so on.)

Purchase Hot Foods with SNAP Benefits

SNAP recipients can use their benefits to purchase “hot” or prepared foods, following a waiver approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).

Dial 211 for Food Assistance
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Dial 211 for Food Assistance

211 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community.

It's single access point for details about food pantries and other food assistance sources near you.

Learn more about the 211 Louisiana Statewide Network