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SNAP benefits to increase for six months due to COVID-19, beginning Jan. 8 FIle photo of a SNAP benefits sign (Source: Telemundo60) By WAFB Staff | January 7, 2021 at 9:28 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:24 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits officials with the Department say you will see an increase in your SNAP benefits for the first six months of 2021.
Recently enacted federal legislation may also make more Louisianans eligible for SNAP by excluding both federal unemployment benefits and stimulus checks from consideration as income. It would also expand student eligibility.
President Donald Trump signed a bill on Dec. 27, 2020, that increases SNAP maximum allotments by nearly 15% from January through June 2021, in response to the continuing coronavirus pandemic.