Recipients of the CalFresh food program will see a significant jump in payments starting Friday — just as some of California’s major coronavirus-related benefit programs end. CalFresh benefits will go ...

Across California, only one in five eligible college students receive CalFresh due to complicated requirements and an arduous application process. With two-thirds of students experiencing food ...

Economic shifts at the federal level are set to redefine social welfare landscapes across the West Coast in the coming fiscal ...

Below is a press release from the San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services regarding possible delays in CalFresh benefits for eligible recipients. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – The ...

A day after a KCRA 3 investigation found that the state's CalFresh and CalWorks programs are losing millions of dollars a month to organized crime, the Department of Social Services – which oversees ...

The California Food Stamps program is known as CalFresh and is designed to help low-income families and individuals obtain resources to purchase healthy and nutritious food for their households.

CalFresh, a federally funded food assistance program, is a largely untapped resource for California college students, a recent UCLA study found. Researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy ...

If a new member joins your household after your CalFresh application has been submitted but before aid has been granted, the new member will be included in your household effective the date of your ...

When Jessica Rangel first moved to Berkeley, she knew she would need help to survive the costly Bay Area. Rent and food were expensive, and her budget as a master’s student at UC Berkeley only ...

Few college students participate in the state’s CalFresh food program despite being eligible, according to a report published Tuesday by the University of California’s California Policy Lab. The ...