NEW ORLEANS —
Some Louisiana residents' short-term benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were rolled back after the White House announced it would fund some benefits following a judge's order.
According to the Louisiana Department of Health, after the United States Department of Agriculture guidance was released Tuesday, the agency suspended the state-funded program so the health department could pay federal benefits for the entire state, not just the most-needy groups identified through the solution created by state leaders last week. Advertisement
Those benefits were for older adults and people with disabilities.
SNAP users in Louisiana have been reporting that their benefits are disappearing from their cards.
According to the LDH, some of the state-funded

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