Exhibit 99.1

HOME FEDERAL BANCORP, INC. OF LOUISIANA DECLARES

QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

Shreveport, La., July 13, 2011 -- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (the "Company") (Nasdaq Capital Market: HFBL) announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on July 13, 2011, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.06 per share on the common stock of the Company payable on August 8, 2011 to the shareholders of record at the close of business on July 25, 2011.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is the holding company for Home Federal Bank, a federally-chartered, FDIC-insured savings association headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Home Federal Bank operates from its four full-service banking offices and one agency office in Caddo and Bossier Parishes, 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

                 James R. Barlow, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

                  (318) 222-1145