calfresh

CalFresh, California’s largest food assistance program, helps provide low-income families and individuals who meet federal income eligibility rules with monthly food benefits.

State authorities approved an extra compensation for low-income families in Riverside County, effective Sunday, March 7, 2021.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to send a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture supporting California’s request to extend a program that has made it easier for senior and disabled people to receive food benefits.

Nearly triple the number of Los Angeles County residents applied for CalFresh food benefits this April versus last and the county is launching a digital campaign to encourage even more residents to sign up, officials said Tuesday. “There are thousands of county residents who have never depended on public benefits to put food on the table before. They are facing…