Living Adjustments of Federal Cost Affects SNAP Benefits and Other DCFS Benefits
Benefits under FITAP or Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program, SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and KCSP or Kinship Care Subsidy. SNAP is also known as food stamps.
According to a published post by The Daily News, Those programs mentioned above will be deducted for many Louisiana residents in the year 2023, because of the federal cost-of-living adjustment or COLA to veteran benefits and Social Security.
The cost-of-living-adjustment enumerated by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics according to the fluctuations in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
Federal Cost of Living Adjustment Will Affect SNAP and Other Benefits Received Through DCFS
Because of the increase in the cost-of-living-adjustment, about 145,330 households, or 34% of all SNAP house owners or families in Louisiana will go through an average reduction of about $47.15 in the monthly profit, starting in January.
The last SNAP recipients got an emergency quota, which got them the highest benefit amount for their family household size. Benefit reductions for these house owners or family may not be clear until the emergency quota expire once the Public Health Emergency comes to an end.
For those homeowners or family that is facing a reduction in profit or benefit or the closure of a case, Louisiana 211 can give information on how to get more assistance. For more information on SNAP type, www.dcfs.la.gov/SNAP.
