Calfresh/SNAP

Throughout this challenging budget year, we have been fortunate to work alongside our member food banks, anti-hunger partners, and advocates across California to uplift many of the priorities included in the final State budget.

Yesterday, the Assembly and Senate released their Joint Legislative Budget Plan, an important milestone in the state budget process, and an […]

CAFB and GRACE / End Child Poverty Urge California Members to reject cuts and Instead Strengthen SNAP This week, House […]

Today, the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations package was passed, which thankfully ensures full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition […]

Yesterday, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2024-25 state budget. At a time when hunger is on the rise and similar to devastating pre-pandemic levels, we are very grateful for proposals to protect progress made to strengthen anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs that are critical for millions of Californians. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, what started as a health crisis quickly became an economic and hunger catastrophe. With […]

We’re excited to announce the California Association of Food Banks (CAFB) is partnering with L.A. Care Health Plan to identify and […]

The expansion of CalFresh benefits to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2019 was the biggest increase in program eligibility […]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau released data showing record-high jumps in poverty between 2021 and 2022. Poverty in […]

On Saturday, a proposed agreement was announced on the federal debt ceiling. While we appreciate the effort to improve the […]