California’s Department of Social Services has begun sending out May’s CalFresh benefits across the state. Check out when payments are arriving.

Few college students participate in the state’s CalFresh food program despite being eligible, according to a report published Tuesday by the University of California’s California Policy Lab. The ...

Starting June 1, 2026, it will get a lot simpler for many California college students to qualify for CalFresh, the state’s ...

CalFresh, California's version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), supports over 5 million residents ...

Food assistance and basic needs programs across California’s colleges and universities braced for an influx of students on Monday in anticipation of delays to federal food benefits despite a partial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A majority of California college students who are eligible for CalFresh don’t receive benefits, a study from the California Policy ...

The research finds that community college students who had CalFresh benefits throughout their first year were more likely to ...

During the pandemic, more California students have been able to use CalFresh food benefits, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) also known as “food ...

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 ...

Some Californians may lose CalFresh food assistance due to multiple changes affecting eligibility for the program — one of which could impact hundreds of thousands in the state. Asylees, refugees and ...