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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
Disease Intervention Specialists
Regional DIS:
Region 1: Contact Danielle Raphael, MPH at Danielle.Raphael2@la.gov or (504) 616-0238
Region 2: Contact Yuliana Lopez at Yuliana.Lopez@la.gov or (504) 638-8346
Region 3: Contact Taylor Reisz, MPH at Taylor.Reisz@la.gov or (504) 616-4320
Region 4: Contact Grace Patterson, MPH, PhD at Grace.Patterson@la.gov or (504) 722-6491
Region 5: Vacant, Contact Veronica Waterman, MPH at Veronica.Stewart@la.gov or (504) 644-1798
Region 6: Vacant, Contact Leslie Arceneaux, MPH at Leslie.Arceneaux@la.gov or (318) 484-2162
Region 7: Contact Chijindu Eke, MPH at Chijindu Eke@la.gov or (504) 616-8680
Region 8: Vacant, Contact Taylor Reisz, MPH, at Taylor.Reisz@la.gov or (504) 616-4320
Region 9: Contact Maria J. Ribando, MPH at Maria.Ribando@la.gov or (225) 733-9453
Enteric Diseases Interviewers:
Amaris Baker:
Amaris.Baker@la.gov or (504) 568-8315
Julie Hohensee:
Julie.Hohensee@la.gov or (504) 568-8147
Tess Rodenberger: