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CalFresh, school meals and state supplements central to California's hunger response; agencies push to improve access
Summary
Department of Social Services and researchers described higher participation, estimated impacts on poverty and continued implementation steps for CalFresh, Sunbucks (summer EBT), CFAP and other programs while flagging language, call-center and federal-policy risks.
At a joint oversight hearing of the California State Assembly's Human Services and Agriculture committees, Alexis Fernandez Garcia, deputy director of the Family Engagement and Empowerment Division at the California Department of Social Services, outlined the state's role operating CalFresh (the state's SNAP program), Sunbucks (summer EBT) and other food-assistance programs and described recent participation gains.
"CalFresh is California's version of SNAP," Alexis Fernandez Garcia said, noting the program serves millions of Californians and that recent federal participation estimates rose markedly. She described work to close participation gaps and to use data-driven outreach to reach non-English-speaking…
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