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Resource Category Food Assistance
Food pantries, SNAP, WIC and meal programs
FITAP and Kinship Care Subsidy Program (Louisiana Department of Health)
FITAP (Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program) provides temporary monthly cash assistance to very low-income families with children. The Kinship Care Subsidy Program provides a monthly cash payment to relatives raising a child. Both programs moved from DCFS to the Louisiana…
Council on Aging St. Tammany (COAST)
COAST is the designated Council on Aging and Area Agency on Aging for St. Tammany Parish. It provides congregate and home-delivered meals, homemaker assistance, legal aid, nutrition counseling, caregiver support, health and wellness programs, and transportation through STAR Transit. Activity…
Community Christian Concern
A nonprofit assistance agency serving eastern St. Tammany Parish with emergency needs help, a food pantry, advocacy, a community garden, and Janet’s Korner thrift store. It operates a housing program for homeless men, which it describes as the only such…
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) – Senior Food Boxes
Monthly boxes of USDA commodity foods for low-income seniors. Louisiana operates CSFP distribution in every parish through food banks and local distribution sites. Certification forms are available at local food banks and distribution sites.
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans – Northshore
Catholic Charities operates Parish and Community Ministries on the Northshore, including its Food for Families / Food for Seniors program, along with case management, counseling in Slidell and Covington, and adult education. Services are provided across the eight civil parishes…