LAC 67:III.403. Cash Benefits [Formerly §402]

A. Cash benefits and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits shall be available through EBT in staggered cycles to on-going households beginning on the first day of each month. The last digit of the Social Security number determines the date that benefits are issued. Cash benefits will be available within the first five days of each month. SNAP benefits will be available within the first 23 days of each month. SNAP cases that contain elderly or disabled persons will have benefits available during the first four days of each month. Other issuance authorizations will be posted to the EBT account the day after they are authorized except in emergency circumstances in which case benefits will be available on the same day. B. Benefits are delivered in this manner for households certified on an on-going basis. Benefits can accumulate but are accounted for according to the month of availability and will be withdrawn on a first-in-first-out basis. Each month’s benefits with no activity by the client for a period of 274 days from the date of availability will be expunged and will not be available to the household after expungement. FITAP benefits which have been expunged may be reauthorized for availability if the recipient has good cause for not having accessed them during the original availability period.