Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part III - Economic Stability
Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Chapter 17 - Administration
Subchapter C - Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP)
Section III-1713 - Emergency Food Assistance Program for Disaster Victims

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1713

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Under the authority of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and 7 CFR Part 280, the Department of Children and Family Services does hereby establish an Emergency Food Assistance Program for Victims of Disaster.

B. This program provides emergency Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) benefits to households in an area which has been included in a disaster declaration. The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), or his designee, determines the areas to be included in such a declaration, the temporary eligibility standards, grant amounts, and duration of the program.

C. In order for a parish or community to be eligible for inclusion in a DSNAP declaration, the following criteria must be met.

1. Normal commercial channels for food distribution were disrupted by the disaster.

2. Normal food distribution channels were restored.

3. The normal, ongoing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is unable to expeditiously handle the volume of households affected by the disaster.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 7 CFR 280 and Section 5 (h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, P.L. 110-246.

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