President Donald Trump’s recent sweeping budget bill — referred to as the "big beautiful bill" — included major cuts to the federal food assistance program, SNAP. In the days following the passing of ...

Sacramento County's 211 helpline is bracing for an unprecedented wave of calls as approximately 270,000 county residents face delayed CalFresh benefits due to the federal government shutdown. With the ...

With CalFresh benefits delayed in November due to the ongoing government shutdown, FIND Food Bank expects a surge in demand and is requesting National Guard assistance to ensure Coachella Valley ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - In California, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is called CalFresh, and run by the Department of Social Services. SNAP provides monthly food benefits to ...

With the federal government still shut down, CalFresh recipients will now officially see their November benefits delayed, according to the California Department of Social Services. The deadline for ...

Monterey County is ramping up outreach to inform residents about upcoming changes to Medi-Cal and SNAP (food stamps) resulting from HR-1, the Big Beautiful Bill, and the state budget approved earlier ...

Californians who rely on CalFresh — the state’s version of SNAP, formerly known as food stamps — are seeing delays in their benefits because of the federal government shutdown. That’s leaving many ...

As the government shutdown continues, CalFresh recipients in Santa Cruz County may experience interruptions to their benefits in November, affecting about 30,000 people who rely on monthly food stamp ...

The ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government has sparked a looming crisis that directly impacts California's food security. At the heart of this uncertainty is the CalFresh program, which ...

CalFresh food benefits are now being loaded onto users’ EBT cards, after being delayed for days by the Trump administration amid an ongoing federal shutdown, San Diego County said Friday. CalFresh ...

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 12:30 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that CalFresh benefits could be suspended next month due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The shutdown – which ...