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 ...

A USDA proposal would require grocers participating in CalFresh to more than double the number of staple goods they carry, and a larger number of those staples must be perishable items. Getty Images ...

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 ...

SHUTDOWN AND THE IMPACTS ARE BEING FELT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DEPEND ON A FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ...

Kimberly Saavedra, a graduate student in social welfare, said her family felt the impact of pauses to CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Reduced ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Hundreds of thousands of families in San Diego County who rely on SNAP benefits may be impacted soon if the federal shutdown continues. Starting Tuesday, the County of San ...

Every day more than 5 million Californians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known here as CalFresh, to keep food on the table. It is our state’s largest anti-hunger ...

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, Santa Cruz County said Friday. “It is our ...

It’s only been a month since the federal government shutdown caused the 5.5 million Californians who use CalFresh — the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to see their ...