Governor Jeff Landry says Louisiana’s version of DOGE has netted about a billion dollars in savings for the state’s government and ultimately taxpayers.
“We have found hundreds of millions of dollars in savings within Louisiana state government,” Landry said.
In December 2024, Landry signed an executive order creating the state’s Fiscal Responsibility Program.
The exact amount of savings announced on Thursday is $999.5 million.
“We will achieve a billion in annual cost savings and efficiencies. That’s savings across only 17 departments. That’s just the governor’s cabinet. We have done so without any reduction in services,” said Angele Davis, who was among those tapped to work on La. DOGE.
According to documents provided by the Landry administration, annual savings related to Medicaid eligibility is $285 million and $14.9 million for SNAP.
“These efforts include temporary pay initiatives aimed at reducing the payment error rate across SNAP, adding Equifax feeds to provide real-time income and household information, collaboration between Medicaid and SNAP eligibility workers,” said Bruce Greenstein, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
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