CalFresh,  formerly known as Food Stamps and federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), can add to your 食物 budget to put healthy and nutritious 食物 on the table. The program issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used to buy most 食物s at many markets and 食物 stores.  CalFresh benefits come on a plastic card, called the Golden State Advantage Card, which you can use just like a bank card at most 食物 stores. 

This is a federally funded program available to eligible permanent residents or citizens.  Parents with children who are citizens can apply on their child's behalf.

To be eligible to apply for Calfresh 作为一个 学生:

这个学生必须是 年龄在18到49岁之间, 至少选修6门课程, have no meal plan (or have a meal plan that provides ten or less of your meals/week), 也一定要遇见任何 一个 下列的:

• 新! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, student with Zero EFC are now eligible.
• Working and getting paid for an average of 20 hours per week OR a total of 80 hours a month
• Approved (awarded or accepted) for federal or state work study, 预计工作, and has not refused a work assignment (can still be eligible even if a work study job has not begun or is not currently available) 
• 学生 attending community college, receiving Cal Grant A and falling within the following qualifications: unmarried; AND 25 years of age or younger; AND household income less than $50,000
• 科罗拉多州立大学或加州大学的学生, 接收Cal Grant A或B, and falling within the following qualifications: unmarried; AND 25 years of age or younger; AND household income less than $50,000 
• Be enrolled in a state funded program that increases employability (EOP, bgi的, WIOA, 需求方, 情景应用程序, 护理, 美国麦克奈尔, 朋地项目, 或台面) 
• Be enrolled in a program that increases employability for current and former foster youth (Guardian Scholars, FYSI, CAFYES, 查(等), 或延长寄养服务) 
• Be exerting parental control over a dependent household member under the age of 6 OR between the age of 6 and 12 with no adequate childcare (as determined by the county on a case‐by‐case basis)
• Be a single parent of a dependent household member under the age of 12 AND enrolled full‐time (6 units)

• Participating in the CalFresh 就业 and Training Program (CFET) or be a recipient of CalWORKs or JOBS

其他需要考虑的事情: 

• Unpaid internships or volunteer work do not count towards the work requirement 
• 学生 who live with their parents must be 22 years of age or older to apply 作为一个n individual household
• International, DACA, and DREAM students may not be eligible, even with a work VISA/SSN
• 6月1日生效, 2019 individuals receiving SSI/SSP are eligibility for CalFresh, provided all other eligibility criteria are met.
• Newly eligible CalFresh households (all household members are SSI/SSP recipients) are eligible as of the implementations date.
• For existing CalFresh households (contain an excluded SSI/SSP recipient), implementation will occur on a rolling basis at: Eligibility Status Report (SAR 7), 在每年的重新认证, 或者是自愿要求的.

The amount of the benefit is based on the size of your household, your income, and your bills.

Household = a person living alone or a group of people living together (they do not have to be related) who buy 食物 and make meals together.

*最低金额为每月16美元

我如何申请?

学生 can apply online by visiting the CalFresh website at http://www.getcalfresh.org/en.

申请时需要哪些资料?

查看我们的 CalFresh应用清单 to gather your documents before completing a CalFresh application.

Need assistance with your application?

If you need assistance completing your application, we offer both in-person and online help through our weekly zoom workshops.  You can also stop by the 基本需要办事处 during regular office hours.

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