Disaster food stamp centers set to close
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The state Department of Social Services ended most of the disaster food stamp operations around the state Monday.
The department started administering the federal Disaster Food Stamp Program on Sept. 9 after Hurricane Gustav damaged homes, businesses and left thousands without power.
The program was later extended to additional parishes affected by Hurricane Ike.
“This has been one of the largest disaster food stamp operations in U.S. history,” DSS interim Secretary Kristy Nichols said in a news release.
The agency has processed more than 590,000 applications, providing more than $195 million in benefits to 565,377 households.
Disaster food stamp benefits will still be given in eight parishes, mostly in the western part of the state, that were declared eligible for benefits Sept. 19.
Nichols said the agency is still petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program, for a second month of benefits for those affected by both Gustav and Ike.
The department started administering the federal Disaster Food Stamp Program on Sept. 9 after Hurricane Gustav damaged homes, businesses and left thousands without power.
The program was later extended to additional parishes affected by Hurricane Ike.
“This has been one of the largest disaster food stamp operations in U.S. history,” DSS interim Secretary Kristy Nichols said in a news release.
The agency has processed more than 590,000 applications, providing more than $195 million in benefits to 565,377 households.
Disaster food stamp benefits will still be given in eight parishes, mostly in the western part of the state, that were declared eligible for benefits Sept. 19.
Nichols said the agency is still petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program, for a second month of benefits for those affected by both Gustav and Ike.
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