BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Department of Health has announced the distribution schedule for state-funded emergency assistance to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households that include the elderly, disabled or children.

The department is also announcing SNAP staff furloughs.

Households consisting only of able-bodied adults will not receive state-funded emergency assistance, officials said. Any unused SNAP benefits from previous months will remain on all recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards and can be utilized as usual.

Every SNAP-eligible household has a set day of the month when benefits are issued. Starting Nov. 1, 25% of the SNAP household benefit allotment will be provided as state-funded emergency assistance on the assigned date that S

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