About CalFresh
CalFresh provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. If approved, a monthly dollar amount is placed on a debit-like card to help you add to your monthly food budget.
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CalFresh Fact Sheet
CalFresh Notices:
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Notice to All Calfresh Recipients
CalFresh Reporting Reminders
Replace CalFresh lost or damaged food.
If food that you bought with CalFresh was damaged or lost in an emergency, you may be able to get extra benefits to replace it.
Request the replacement up to 10 days after one of these things happened:
- Damaged in a fire, flood or other natural disaster, or
- Power outage or fridge or freezer stopped working, or
- Went bad after utilities got shut off, or
- Food bought with CalFresh was lost in another way.
To file a claim, contact your County Worker directly or call our Service Center at 1 800-223-8383. Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Amounts Increased for Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program and Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program and Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Programs benefits amounts have been increased to more accurately mitigate the loss of CalFresh benefits for households impacted by the 2019 Expansion of CalFresh to SSI recipients. Please see the charts below for new benefit amounts.
Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program Table - Effective 10/1/2021
| New Household Size |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 1 |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 2 |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 3 + |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $124 | ||
| 2 | $124 | $233 | |
| 3 | $166 | $233 | $287 |
| 4 | $192 | $259 | $287 |
| 5 | $211 | $284 | $321 |
| 6 | $235 | $302 | $354 |
| 7 | $259 | $319 | $387 |
| 8 | $254 | $350 | $425 |
| 9 | $238 | $370 | $439 |
| 10 | $212 | $390 | $453 |
| 11 | $194 | $395 | $475 |
| 12 + | $148 | $395 | $493 |
Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Program Table - Effective 10/1/2021
| New Household Size |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 1 |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 2 |
(Previously Excluded SSI Recipients) 3 + |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $192 | ||
| 2 | $192 | $192 | |
| 3 | $221 | $192 | $192 |
| 4 | $250 | $301 | $192 |
| 5 | $320 | $348 | $352 |
| 6 | $390 | $395 | $400 |
| 7 | $431 | $451 | $480 |
| 8 | $431 | $477 | $522 |
| 9 | $431 | $477 | $523 |
| 10 | $431 | $477 | $523 |
| 11 | $431 | $477 | $523 |
| 12 + | $431 | $477 | $523 |
You may be eligible for the state Utility Assistance Subsidy (SUAS) payment
Need to turn in verifications?
Submit your verifications for CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CalWORKS, General Assistance, and/or CAPI. Submit Verifications
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1-800-223-8383