Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The definition of a household includes an individual or a group of individuals who live together and customarily purchase food and prepare meals together for home consumption. B. Separate household status may not be granted to the following individuals or groups of individuals…

A. Effective February 1, 1989 foster children are to be considered "boarders" and must be certified under the provisions governing boarder status in Section C-140 and E-210 of the FAM-4. The provision under E-211.1 which prohibits granting boarder status to children under 18 year…

A. Effective August 1, 1986, the definition of elderly and disabled member has been expanded to read as follows. A member of a household who: 1. is 60 years of age or older; 2. receives Supplemental Security Income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability…

A. Eligible households that apply after the fifteenth of the month under the expedited processing standards shall be certified the initial month with prorated benefits and for the subsequent month with full benefits.

A. Expedited service is defined as the providing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits no later than seven calendar days from the application date. B. Households entitled to receive benefits under the SNAP Program's expedited service procedure are defined a…

A. Two provisions of the Drought Relief Act changed SNAP’s procedures pertaining to the determination of eligibility and benefit levels for migrant or seasonal farmworkers. This is effective for applications received as of September 1, 1988 or allotments issued for the month of S…

A. The definition of "homeless SNAP household" is being replaced by the definition of a "homeless individual." B. Homeless Individual―individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or an individual whose primary nighttime residence is: 1. a supervised shelter design…

A. A homeless meal provider is a public or private nonprofit establishment, (e.g., soup kitchen, temporary shelter) approved by the department, that feeds homeless SNAP households. To be eligible to accept SNAP benefits, a meal provider must also be authorized by Food and Nutriti…

A. Effective August 1, 1986, one adult member in all applicant households must certify in writing under penalty of perjury, the truth of the information contained in the application for the household's allotment.

A. Effective May 1, 1989 residents of public institutions who apply for SSI prior to their release from an institution under the Social Security Administration's Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized (42 U.S.C. 1383) shall be permitted to apply for SNAP benefits at the sam…

A. Effective April 1, 1987, in addition to federally required verification, the department may mandate verification of any other factor which affects household eligibility or allotment level, including household size.

A. Effective February 1, 1985, use or disclosure of information obtained from SNAP applicant households, exclusively for SNAP, shall be restricted to the following persons: 1. persons directly connected with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of the Food and Nutr…

A. The Office of Family Support shall require verification of residency requirements, the identity of the person making application and continuing shelter charges. B. The Office of Family Support may, with prior food and nutrition service approval, require additional verification…

A. In addition to U.S. citizens, the following qualified aliens are eligible for benefits: 1. an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; 2. an alien who is granted asylum under Section 208 of such Act; 3. a refugee who is …

A. The following aliens may be eligible for an indefinite period of time even though they are not qualified aliens. 1. Individuals who are lawfully residing in the United States and were members of a Hmong or Highland Laotians tribe at the time the tribe rendered assistance to th…

A. The following qualified aliens are eligible for benefits: 1. refugees admitted under §207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); 2. asylees admitted under §208 of the INA; and 3. an alien whose deportation is withheld under §243(h) of such ACT (as in effect immediately …

A. An individual enrolled at least half-time (as defined by the institution) in an institution of higher education is considered a student. A student is ineligible to receive SNAP benefits unless the individual meets at least one of the following conditions: 1. under age 18 or ov…

A. Each household member who is not exempt from work registration shall be registered for employment before certification and recertification as a condition of eligibility. At the time of application, the state agency shall explain to the applicant the consequences of violation o…

A. Exemptions from Work Registration. A parent or other household member who is responsible for the care of a dependent child under the age of 6 is exempt from work registration. B. Job Search. The Office of Family Support has opted not to impose job search at the time of applica…

A. Individuals are ineligible to continue to receive SNAP benefits if, during the current 36-month fixed clock period they received SNAP benefits for at least 3 months (consecutive or otherwise) while that individual did not either: 1. work (including paid or unpaid) an average o…

A. Persons losing exemption status due to any change in circumstances that are subject to the reporting requirements shall register for employment when the change is reported. 1. A person age 16 or 17 who is not head of household or who is attending school or enrolled in an emplo…

A. Effective June 1, 1983, households in which all members receive Family Independence Temporary Assistance (FITAP) and whose income meets the gross income eligibility standards will be considered to have satisfied SNAP’s resource test. However, the households must continue to me…

A. The following resources shall be countable resources: 1. cash on hand; 2. money in checking or savings accounts; 3. certificates of deposit; 4. stocks; and 5. bonds.

A. All resources other than those listed in Section 1947 of this Title shall be excluded from countable resources. B. All of the resources of individuals who are included in a household that is categorically eligible are excluded.

A. For SNAP purposes, a striker is defined as anyone involved in a strike or concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by…

A. The income eligibility standards for SNAP shall be as follows: 1. Gross Income. (All households except those specified in Paragraph 2 below.) The income eligibility standards for the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands sh…

A. For households containing a member age 60 or over or who receives SSI under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability and blindness payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, income eligibility shall be based on net income. B. For all othe…

A. Effective April 1, 1982, the Thrifty Food Plan amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest dollar increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the cost of food, for the 15 months ending on December 31, 1981. B. Effective July 1, 198…

A. Effective October 1, 2002, the standard deduction shall be set at 8.31 percent of the poverty level based on household size of up to six persons. The standard deduction will be adjusted in accordance with directives from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nu…

A. Effective April 1, 2023, elderly/disabled households with verified medical expenses of $35.01 or more may receive a Standard Medical Deduction.

A. Households which incur heating or cooling costs separate and apart from their rent or mortgage use a mandatory single Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) in the determination of shelter costs and deductions. To be qualified, the household must be billed on a regular basis for hea…

A. Households which do not incur heating or cooling costs separate and apart from their rent or mortgage use a mandatory single Basic Utility Allowance (BUA). To be eligible, a household must be billed on a regular basis for utility costs. B. Effective February 1, 2005, household…

A. Effective October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, the annualized standard utility allowance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall be adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of utilities. B. The department will conduct an annual statewide survey of util…

A. Homeless households in which all members are homeless individuals that are not receiving free shelter throughout the month and do not claim an excess shelter deduction shall be allowed the standard homeless shelter deduction. The value of the deduction is indexed based on infl…

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 telephon…

A. Effective March 27, 1986, if the cost of producing self-employment income exceeds the income derived from self-employment as a farmer, such losses will be offset against other countable income in a household. To be considered a self-employed farmer, the farmer must receive or …

A. Effective April 1, 1987, assistance payable for living expenses by Public Assistance (PA) or local General Assistance (GA) Programs, or other basic assistance programs comparable to GA as determined by the secretary of USDA shall be with certain exceptions, considered income t…

A. Exclude EITC as resources for 12 months from receipt.

A. Effective immediately, cash charitable contributions based on need, which are received from private nonprofit charitable organizations, not in excess of $300 total per federal fiscal year quarter, shall be excluded as SNAP household income. B. Affected households are entitled …

A. Effective November 27, 1996, an increase in SNAP benefits is prohibited when a household's benefit from another federal, state or local means-tested assistance program is decreased (reduced, suspended or terminated) due to failure to comply with a requirement of the program th…

A. Earnings to individuals who are participating in on-the-job training programs under the Workforce Investment Act (formerly the Job Training Partnership Act) shall be counted as income. This provision does not apply to household members under 19 years of age who are under the p…

A. In addition to those income exclusions previously adopted and codified in Chapter 19, Certification of Eligible Households, the following income types will be excluded from countable income for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): 1. payments or allowances to …

A. Legally obligated child support payments to, or for, an individual living outside of the household must be included in the deductions from the total monthly income when a budget for SNAP eligibility is determined. Households that fail or refuse to obtain necessary verification…

A. In determining eligibility and benefit levels, the household is allowed deductions for certain costs. 1. The earned income deduction is 20 percent of total countable gross earnings. The earned income deduction is not allowed on any portion of income earned under a work supplem…

A. Effective March 1, 1983, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's State Manual has been revised to reflect these mandated changes. 1. Verification shall be required, prior to certification or recertification of the household, of all factors of eligibility which are dete…

A. Households Considered Categorically Eligible 1. Households in which all members are recipients of benefits from the FITAP, STEP, KCSP, and/or SSI, shall be considered categorically eligible for SNAP. 2. Recipient includes an individual determined eligible for TANF or SSI benef…

A. Fleeing felons and probation/parole violators are ineligible for benefits. B. An individual convicted as an adult of certain crimes after February 7, 2014, and not in compliance with the terms of their sentence is ineligible for benefits. These crimes include: 1. aggravated se…

A. Effective 10/1/96 by ER Initial month means either the first month for which an allotment is issued to a household, or the first month for which an allotment is issued to a household following any period during which the household was not certified for participation in SNAP. B…

A. Replacement issuances shall be provided only if a household timely reports a loss (food purchased with SNAP benefits has been destroyed in a household misfortune) and executes the proper affidavit. Replacement issuances shall be provided in the amount of the loss to the househ…

A. The full amount of income and resources of an alien's sponsor and the sponsor's spouse are counted in determining the eligibility and allotment level of a sponsored alien until the alien becomes a citizen or has worked 40 qualifying quarters of Social Security coverage. These …