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As Extra SNAP Benefits End, Recipients Encouraged to Update Info, Assess Options
March 01, 2023
03.01.2023 - March is the first month in three years that Louisiana Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will receive their regular benefit amount without the pandemic-related extra benefits they have received since March 2020.
SNAP COVID Extra Benefits Are Ending
February 16, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will discontinue issuing COVID Emergency Allotments to Louisiana recipients in February 2023. Households receiving SNAP benefits will return to non-pandemic SNAP benefit allotment amounts beginning March 2023. Learn what you can do now.
USDA FNS Announces February is the Final Month of SNAP COVID Emergency Allotments
January 10, 2023
01.10.23 - The United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) has announced February 2023 is the final month of the temporary extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as emergency allotments, put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.