OPENED IN EIGHT PARISHES.
WDSU REPORTER KELSEY DAVIS WENT
TO THE TAN
GIPAHOA PARISH SITE.
SHE EXPLAINS WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN
ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY
FOOD STAMPS.
KELSEY: THIS HAS AFFECTED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
LOUISIANA.
THE SNAP ASKS THAT EVERYONE BE
PATIENT.
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY -- CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES OFFICIALS
SAY THE EMERGENCY FOOD STANDS
ARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT
NORMALLY RECEIVE STAMPS.
REGIONAL DSNAP COORDINATOR TERRY
TAYLOR SAYS REGULAR STAMP
RECIPIENTS AFFECTED BY THE
FLOODING DO NOT HAVE TO VISI
THESE SITES.
SHE SAYS THEY WILL BE BUMPED UP
TO THEIR MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT.
PEOPLE APPLYING FOR EMERGENCY
STAMPS NEED TO GO TO THE DSNAP
SITE WITH PROOF OF IDENTITY AND
PROOF OF RESIDENCY AS OF AUGUST
10.
TAYLOR SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO COME
ON THEIR ASSIGNED DAY, BASED ON
THE FIRST LETTER OF YOUR LAST
NAME, WITH PATIENCE.
SHE SAYS HER STAFF SAW ROUGH
THREE DOZEN PEOPLE AT SITES
DAILY FOLLOWING THE MARCH
FLOODS, AND THEY ARE EXPECTING
LARGE CROWDS THIS TIME, TOO.
TAYLOR ALSO WANTS HANDICAP AND
ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN
NAME SOMEONE AS THEIR AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE TO WAIT IN THERE.
-- THEIR PLACE.
CRACKS SEND SOMEONE WHO CAN BE
BETTER ABLE TO WAIT.
THE RESIDENCE NEED TO BE
IDENTIFIED AND THE CLIENT NEED
TO BE VERIFIED.
WE WILL INTERVIEW THE AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE.
CUT -- CASEY: THE DISTRIBUTION
LOCATION IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 6
P.M.TO FIND OUT WHICH
