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UCCE warns CalFresh Healthy Living program will end Sept. 30 after funding cut; county explores school-farm and partner support
Summary
Kathleen Carter, nutrition educator for CalFresh Healthy Living at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Amador County, told the Board of Supervisors that federal and state funding for the program has been cut and that local programming must end Sept. 30.
Kathleen Carter, nutrition educator for CalFresh Healthy Living at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Amador County, told the Board of Supervisors that federal and state funding for the program has been cut and that local programming must end Sept. 30.
"As of 07/04/2025, the big beautiful bill passed, which completely defunded the CalFresh Healthy Living program in California," Carter said. She told the board she has worked in Amador for three years and during that time the program taught 958 residents directly and distributed indirect education — newsletters, tastings and media — to roughly 86,000 contacts across the county.
The UCCE presentation summarized where the SNAP-Ed funding comes from and how it is…
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