There are many different names for the federal nutrition assistance program called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. You may know it as SNAP, the acronym most commonly used to refer to it. Here in California, it’s called CalFresh. But many people call it food stamps or EBT. Whatever you choose to call this program, [...]
CalFresh Awareness Month is every May and is the official month dedicated to increasing public awareness of CalFresh. Known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), we call it CalFresh here in California. You might have also heard of the program by its former name, Food Stamps. CalFresh aims to help low-income individuals and families [...]
Summer EBT, known in California as "SUN Bucks," is a new food program to help families with school-age children buy groceries during the summer. SUN Bucks will give families $40 per month for each eligible child for June, July, and August 2024 ($120 total). According to the USDA, more than 30 million children across America [...]
Life in San Diego has many amazing benefits, but the rising cost of living can make buying healthy food difficult. Food stamps, known locally as CalFresh, can help boost the grocery budget of eligible families and individuals. What Are Food Stamps? The federal government launched the original food stamps program in 1939 as part of [...]
According to the California Department of Social Services, nearly 400,000 people in San Diego County receive CalFresh benefits. CalFresh is California’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Each of these 400,000 individuals relies on the Calfresh benefits program to put nutritious food on the table. Formerly, CalFresh benefits were commonly known as [...]
This month, emergency allotments are coming to an end. SNAP (known as CalFresh in California) emergency allotments were a temporary strategy authorized by Congress to provide additional assistance to low-income individuals and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, because of Congressional action, they’re ending. CalFresh recipients will no longer receive pandemic-era boosts after this month’s [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month, also referred to as Latinx Heritage Month, is a time to celebrate the culture and contributions of our Hispanic and Latinx neighbors. In San Diego, over 30 percent of the population identifies as Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2020 US Census. As a result, our city benefits from the vibrant infusion [...]
May is CalFresh Awareness Month! This is a guest post from Sienna Rohrer, Feeding San Diego’s CalFresh Manager. Launching a New Form of Outreach In January of this year, Feeding San Diego’s CalFresh team of four arrived at The Shoppes at Carlsbad, ready to pilot a designated “CalFresh Assistance” parking area at a Together Tour [...]
Before she was a CalFresh specialist at Feeding San Diego, Lourdes Gonzalez waited in line for food. Although it was over a decade ago, she remembers her firsthand experience with hunger like it was yesterday. Her husband lost his job, and she had just given birth to their third child. “It was difficult with three [...]
This is a guest post from Sienna Rohrer, Feeding San Diego’s CalFresh Manager On the afternoon of Sunday, August 15, I was browsing social media when a news notification flashed across the top of my screen: “Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps.” Although I spend much of my time living in [...]
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