NOTE: The application period for DSNAP benefits in the following parishes has ended and residents are no longer eligible to apply - Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. Mary, St. James, St. John, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington and West Feliciana.
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) released federal guidelines in use for the state's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) following Hurricane Isaac.
The formula adds together monthly household income, as well as liquid resources like checking and savings accounts. It then subtracts unreimbursed disaster-related expenses to arrive at an adjusted gross monthly income. The upper limit of adjusted gross monthly income differs based on family size.
|
Household Size |
Disaster Gross Monthly Income Limit |
|
1 |
$1,503 |
|
2 |
$1,815 |
|
3 |
$2,126 |
|
4 |
$2,449 |
|
5 |
$2,787 |
|
6 |
$3,124 |
Unreimbursed disaster-related expenses might include evacuation costs such as a hotel stay, purchase of a generator, cost of rebuilding a fence, or repairs to a home. Federal guidelines state that the expense must be paid within the benefit period, which for Hurricane Isaac is August 26 through September 25, 2012.
