Lafayette Chicken Salad Chick offers free kids'’ meals as Louisiana faces SNAP benefit suspension

Lafayette’s Chicken Salad Chick offers free kids’ meals to help families affected by the SNAP benefits pause and ensure no child goes hungry.

Louisiana lawmakers find possible solution to fund SNAP through November

The resolution would have the federal government pay back the funds to the health department once the government reopens, according to Sen. Cameron Henry.
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Terrebonne food bank calls for help as SNAP cancellations begin this Saturday nationwide

Terrebonne's local food bank is expecting to see a 30% increase in patrons with the looming cancellation of SNAP benefits.

Louisiana lawmakers want to tap LDH funds to assist SNAP recipients in November

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency, with more than 800,000 residents who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at risk of losing their assistance starting Saturday (Nov. 1).

SNAP benefits funding runs dry, leaving Louisiana families without November assistance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced there will be no money to fund the SNAP food stamp program next month.
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