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State outlines CFAP expansion and pilots; minimum-nutrition pilot set to begin January 2026
Summary
CDSS detailed timelines and parameters for the California Food Assistance Program expansion and three state pilots — fruit & vegetable incentive, drinking water benefit and a minimum nutrition benefit for older adults and people with disabilities — and described automation and outreach milestones tied to BenefitsCal and CalSAWS.
State officials told the Senate Committee on Human Services they are on track to implement a set of state-funded supplements and pilots that aim to extend food assistance beyond federal CalFresh, while automation work paused and will resume next year to meet a 2027 CFAP expansion effective date.
Alexis Fernandez Garcia, deputy director at the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), said the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides state-funded food benefits to noncitizens ineligible for federal CalFresh, was expanded by the 2022 budget and will be further expanded to serve all Californians age 55 and older regardless of immigration status on Oct. 1, 2027. "We released general policy guidance in 2023, and we are on track to publish all the remaining guidance, by the end of this year,…
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