CalFresh / SNAP
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ebtEDGE application
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has provided information about the new ebtEDGE mobile and web-based application. The ebtEDGE application will allow people who receive CalWORKs and/or CalFresh benefits with an electronic benefits transfer card to manage their…
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New NA Back 9 form
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a revised version of the NA Back 9 form, which is the form on the back of every Notice of Action for a CDSS administered program about hearing rights…
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CalFresh benefits in case of government shutdown
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has commited to pay CalFresh benefits in advance for October, 2023. This means benefits for October, 2023 will be committed to be paid in September, 2023. As a result, CalFresh benefits…
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CalFresh mass replacement for Northern California power outages
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved mass replacement of CalFresh benefits for area impacted by public outages in Northern California in August, 2023. Based on USDA’s approval, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will…
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Increase in CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment
Effective October 1, 2023, the CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) will increase by 3.6%. In addition, the 10% MAP increase that was scheduled to end on September 30, 2023 will continue. The 3.6% increase in the MAP may…
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CalFresh waivers of 10-day requirement to report food loss
CalFresh recipients who lose food because of a power outage have 10 days to ask for replacement of the food they purchased. The Food and Nutrition Service has approved a waiver of the 10-day time frame to request…
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Change to CalFresh treatment of Guaranteed Income
Effective immediately, Guarantee Income (GI) payments that have any amount of non-government funding and are exempt from being considered as income for CalWORKs are also not counted as income for CalFresh. This means that CalFresh GI exemptions are…
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CalFresh Employment and Training Screening and Referral Requirement
Counties are responsible for screening and referral of CalFresh applicants and recipients to the CalFresh Employment and Training program as part of the certification process. California Department of Social Services criteria for referral includes all CalFresh applicants and…
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CalFresh Transitional Nutrition Benefit recertifications are starting November 2023
The Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) program provides food benefits for households that became ineligible for CalFresh because of the addition of a household member who was previously excluded from the CalFresh household because they received Supplemental Security Income…
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Eligibility Disqualifications for Certain Convicted Felons and New Attestation Requirements
The California Department of Social Services has issued guidance regarding a federal regulation change to CalFresh eligibility that imposes new disqualifications for certain convicted felons. These new disqualifications do not change the rules regarding fleeing felons and probation…