DCFS Offices Instituting Remote Work Starting Today
Call Lines, Services Still Available, including Food Assistance Application Online BATON ROUGE – Due to community spread of the novel coronavirus in New Orleans, and in response…
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Waiver Granted for Some Louisiana Parishes as New Federal Rule Brings Work Requirements for Some SNAP Recipients Beginning April 1
Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Need to Know Their Options for Retaining Benefits BATON ROUGE – A new rule that takes effect April 1 will require some…
Read MoreSouthern University Law Center, DCFS enter poverty innovation project
During its February meeting, the Southern University Board of Supervisors approved a partnership with the Southern University Law Center (SULC) and the Department of Children and…
Read MoreFederal Cost of Living Adjustment Will Affect SNAP and Other Benefits Received Through DCFS
Cost Neutrality Requirement for LaCAP Also Means Change in Benefits for a Few SNAP Recipients BATON ROUGE – A federal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security…
Read MoreDCFS Secretary Recognized as Angels in Adoption Honoree at National Event in Washington, D.C.
BATON ROUGE – Secretary Marketa Garner Walters of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is being honored today (Nov. 14, 2019) in Washington, D.C.,…
Read MoreDCFS Receives National Award for Excellence in Adoptions
VP Pence Acknowledges Louisiana’s Record Adoptions from Foster Care WASHINGTON D.C. – The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Louisiana Department of…
Read More893 Louisiana Children Adopted from Foster Care Last Year, the Second Highest on Record
Teen adoptions rise 22 percent BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) held its 21st Annual Adoption Celebration at the Governor’s…
Read MoreSNAP Recipients May Apply for Replacement Benefits for Food Lost Due to T.S. Olga
Replacement benefits are not automatic; recipients must apply before deadline BATON ROUGE – Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may be eligible for replacement…
Read MoreHow Some States are Helping Foster Kids Build Lives – Good Morning America
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/Family/video/states-helping-foster-kids-build-lives-66365201
Read MoreMore Participation, More Money to Children in 2nd Year of ‘On the Road Again’ Child Support Project
BATON ROUGE – Collections during the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) second annual “On the Road Again” child support project increased by 85%…
Read MoreLouisiana to Receive National Award for Work in Adoption
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Read MoreFederal Adjustments Impact SNAP Benefits
Changes based on cost of living BATON ROUGE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new cost-of-living adjustments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that…
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