If you lost food that you bought with your SNAP benefits because of a flood, fire, power outage, or other disaster, we may be able to replace your SNAP benefits. That is the message stated on a Louisiana  Department of Health (LDH) form regarding food lost in a household misfortune.

To request replacement of SNAP benefits, you must:

1. Report the loss within 10 days of the food loss.
2. Complete the form and submit it to LDH within 10 days after you reported the loss of food.
3. Provide the dollar ($) amount of the food loss. 

To get the form required to submit your loss click here or go to https://ldh.la.gov/assets/SNAP/SNAP38_ENG.pdf