California's new initiative, the Sacramento Family First program, offers a monthly direct payment of $725, ensuring financial stability without affecting existing benefits like CalFresh and CalWORKs.

Click here to read the report. According to the data compiled from fall 2019, 16% of all California Community College students were likely eligible for CalFresh benefits, but among those who were ...

A new report estimates that hundreds of thousands of California students qualify for the state’s food program but don’t access the benefits. Many California community college students and University ...

SNAP California: How To Stretch Your CalFresh Benefits June 16, 2025 — 06:01 am EDT Written by Caitlyn Moorhead for GOBankingRates -> ...

The recently-passed federal spending bill made major cuts to SNAP, known as CalFresh in California, and now San Diego food ...

The report, “ Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among University of California and California Community College Students,” is the first to link together datasets that provide estimates on the ...

A family of four with a monthly income up to $2,755 per month may be eligible to receive up to $640 in food assistance through California’s Disaster CalFresh program.

Monica Velez [email protected] A majority of California college students who are eligible for CalFresh don’t receive benefits, a study from the California Policy Lab found.

Monica Velez [email protected] A majority of California college students who are eligible for CalFresh don’t receive benefits, a study from the California Policy Lab found.

How do I apply and receive benefits? To learn if a student is eligible, they must go through a prescreening process. This could be through their university’s online application or by speaking ...