Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part III - Economic Stability
Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households
Subchapter I - Income and Deductions
Section III-1969 - Standard Telephone Allowance
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Effective May 1, 2002, all SNAP households whose only utility cost is a telephone shall use a mandatory standard telephone allowance of $24. Each October 1 thereafter, the mandatory standard telephone allowance shall be adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of basic telephone services.
B. The Office of Family Security will conduct an annual statewide survey of telephone companies to determine the average subject to approval by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The standard allowance developed shall also be submitted to USDA FNS for approval.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 7 CFR 273.9(d)(6).
