Louisiana Food Stamps Program Seeing Shattered Stereotypes

The number of families depending on food stamps benefits has increased exponentially, and officials say the spike is attributed to the recession that gripped the country in 2007.

Nearly 380,835 people receive Louisiana Food Stamps, these families depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to help provide food for their families on a monthly basis.

There is a stereotype of the average food stamp receipient, and that stereotype has been shattered because people from all walks of life are applying for Louisiana food stamps, so the stereotype simply does not hold water any longer.

More and more, the faces and situations of SNAP recipients are changing throughout the country. Today, the common list of food stamp recipients include:

• College Students Who Can't Meet Their Expenses and Eat at the Same Time
• Young Adults who are Under-employed
• Families Who Cannot Afford to Pay their Bills & Health Insurance at the Same Time
• Senior Citizens Who Cannot Afford toPay for their Medications and Food at the Same Time

Workers at Louisiana food stamp offices state that every day they are hearing heartbreaking stories of people who cannot buy basic toilitries, such as shampoo and hand soap, because the expense might be taking food out of the mouths of their children.