Harahan LA Welfare Programs and Statistics
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Popular Benefits in Harahan, Louisiana
Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit
The Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) provides cash assistance to families with children when the financial resources of the family are insufficient to meet subsistence needs. The overall goal of FITAP is to decrease the long-t...
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Child Care benefit
Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit
LaCHIP is a health insurance program designed to bring quality health care to currently uninsured children and youth up to the age of 19 in Louisiana. Children can qualify for coverage under LaCHIP using higher income standards. LaCHIP provides Medic...
Louisiana Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit
Energy costs significantly influence the affordability of housing for everyone, often impacting the basic subsistence requirements of a household. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides eligible households with assistance in ...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit
The Louisiana Medicaid Program is a federally funded program, which provides health coverage to Louisiana residents, within certain groups, based on income and resource limits set by Congress. Medicaid provides a complete package of medical coverage ...
Louisiana School Breakfast and Lunch Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs offer meal reimbursement on an income-based sliding scale for public and non-public school students. Schools approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or residential childcare facilit...
Louisiana Special Milk Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Special Milk Program (SMP) for children is designed to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children who are enrolled in an eligible facility which does not participate in any other meal service program. Any school or nonprofit child care insti...
Louisiana Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and chil...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Louisiana Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was designed to provide children of needy families with nutritious meals during the summer months when school is out. The SFSP provides free meals to all children 18 years of age and under, and persons...
Louisiana Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits that help low-income households buy the food they need for good health. The goal of the program is to promote the general welfare and to safeguard the health and well bein...
Louisiana Unemployment Insurance
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit
Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Louisiana's eligibility requirements....
Louisiana Weatherization Assistance Program
Energy Assistance benefit
The Weatherization Assistance Program is the nation's largest residential energy efficiency program. Its mission is to insulate the dwellings of low-income persons, particularly the elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, high res...