{"id":18063,"date":"2023-05-10T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T17:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=18063"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T17:33:31","slug":"calfresh-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/calfresh-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"May, San Mateo County CalFresh Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: California Government Department of Social Services<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday declared May as CalFresh Awareness Month to highlight the need for eligible residents to sign up for monthly food assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one in San Mateo County should face the threat of hunger,\u201d said Supervisor Warren Slocum. \u201cCalFresh is a tremendous program that we don\u2019t talk about enough. CalFresh truly provides a lifeline for individuals and families affected by inflation, high housing costs, and many other bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CalFresh is California's version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. The program provides monthly food assistance to qualified San Mateo County residents at risk of hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of March 2023, a total of 30,960 San Mateo County residents are enrolled to receive CalFresh. That's an increase of more than 8,000 recipients since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, according to the County Human Services Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccess to healthy, nutritious food is critical to the well-being of our community,\u201d said Navjeet Singh, Director of Economic Self-Sufficiency for the Human Services Agency. \u201cWe are committed to doing our part to ensure that everyone who is eligible for CalFresh benefits receives them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The county and its partners are programming a series of events<\/a> until May to provide residents with information about CalFresh and how to determine the eligibility<\/a>, which is based on income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits are provided in a Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Card<\/a>\u2012, which works like a debit card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those with questions about the program can call the Human Services Agency Service Center, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1-800-223-8383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to know how to request Calfresh click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Mateo declar\u00f3 este martes a mayo como el Mes de Concientizaci\u00f3n sobre CalFresh para resaltar la necesidad de que los residentes elegibles se inscriban para recibir asistencia alimentaria mensual. \u00abNadie en el condado de San Mateo deber\u00eda enfrentar la amenaza del hambre\u00bb, se\u00f1al\u00f3 el supervisor Warren Slocum. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-peninsula"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18065,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063\/revisions\/18065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}