Health department assumes responsibility of food stamps, disability services

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Oversight of key welfare programs moves from Family Services to Health Department and Workforce Commission .

“One Door” system consolidates benefits and job training under a single case management model.

Reform aims to reduce redundancy among agencies and improve participant employment outcomes.

Programs affected include SNAP, TANF, Disability Determination Services, and Child Support Enforcement employment services.

Major changes to Louisiana’s welfare and workforce programs officially took effect Wednesday, shifting oversight of key public assistance benefits from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

The transition is part of a sweeping overhaul lawmakers approved earlie