Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com
Disaster food stamps, also known as D-SNAP, will soon be available to residents in 25 parishes hit hard by Hurricane Ida. Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Assistant Secretary Shavana Howard says DSNAP helps eligible households buy groceries due to lost income or damages related to Ida.
“It is a means-based program which means we look at your net income, all of your available resources and we look at your expenses that are disaster-related to determine if you are eligible,” said Howard.
Howard says people who currently do receive food stamps can be eligible for DSNAP. She says the virtual application process for residents in select parishes will begin Monday.
“There could be a lot of people who might be eligible depending on the resources they have available and or the expenses they incurred because of the disaster,” said Howard.
Howard says residents who are interested should pre-register and then starting on Monday D-C-F-S agents will begin interviewing applicants to see if they are eligible. She says residents who live in the hardest-hit parishes like Lafourche, St. Charles, and Terrebonne will go through the interview process during the first full week of October.
“What we need in order to operate DSNAP is to make sure their power, connectivity, that the mail is operating in those areas and grocery stores open,” said Howard.
For a schedule of when applicants will be interviewed based on their last name and the parish, they live in go to dcfs.la.gov/dsnap.
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