Exhibit 99.1

HOME FEDERAL BANCORP, INC. OF LOUISIANA DECLARES

QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

Shreveport, La., October 13, 2010 -- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (the "Company") (OTCBB: HFBL) announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on October 13, 2010, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.06 per share on the common stock of the Company payable on November 8, 2010, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on October 25, 2010.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is the "mid-tier" holding company for Home Federal Bank, a federally-chartered, FDIC-insured savings association headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Home Federal Bank operates from its main office, two branch offices and one agency office in Shreveport, Louisiana.  The Company's website is http://www.hfbla.com/.

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Contact:

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, Shreveport

Daniel R. Herndon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Clyde D. Patterson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(318) 222-1145