Disaster food stamp assistance is not needed for Cristobal, but the Department of Children and Family Services is still asking the public to pre-register for what is known as DSNAP assistance. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says D-SNAP helps people who have lost food as a result of a disaster.
“It is not tied to income the way that SNAP is, it still has an income eligability but it is different than the normal SNAP process,” said Walters.
Walters says low to moderate-income households who are currently not on food stamps will qualify for DSNAP if they’ve lost income or suffered damages from a significant weather event
“That lose their power for 24 hours, so they lose their food. Their electricity goes out, their home is underwayer,” said Walters.
Walters says go to www.dcfs.la.gov/dsnap to register. She says it does not take long to register and registering makes the process much easier and smoother for people to get assistance after a storm causes significant damage.
“Should the disaster happen and D-SNAP get triggered then we will begin educating the public on how we will respond,” said Walters.
Due to technology upgrades in February, households who have registered for DSNAP before must register again.
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