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It includes the governors of Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina, plus the U.S. territory of Guam.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/calfresh-at-risk-if-shutdown-continues\">\u003cstrong>Food Safety Net For Millions Of SoCal Residents Is At Risk If Shutdown Continues\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>People with low incomes who rely on California’s largest food program will likely be affected starting next month if the federal shutdown continues, officials are warning. It’s one of several safety net programs facing a funding cliff if the shutdown — which has shown no sign of ending — drags on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well over 1 million people in L.A. County get food benefits from CalFresh — the state’s implementation of the federally funded SNAP program. It provides monthly food benefits to low-income people through debit cards that can be used at grocery stores and farmer’s markets that accept them. Those benefits are secured for October. But if Congress doesn’t reach a deal, funding for those benefits will be disrupted starting next month, according to the county. Federal authorities \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/food-stamps-trump-administration-warning-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>told states last week\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that there’s not enough money to pay full SNAP benefits for November if the shutdown continues, and to not load money onto recipients’ cards for November until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Should the shutdown continue, our beneficiaries will definitely be impacted starting November…that impacts over 1.6 million individuals that we have on CalFresh,” said Michael Sylvester, who oversees administrative operations for the L.A. County department that administers the food program. If Congress doesn’t strike a deal by the end of this week to extend funding, Sylvester said officials are preparing public messages to alert CalFresh recipients of the anticipated effects and “start to refer them to other resources, such as food banks.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, 18 other Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048504/bonta-announces-33rd-trump-lawsuit-on-kqed-this-one-targets-health-care-cuts\">suing the Trump administration\u003c/a> to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture from collecting sensitive information about people who receive federal food vouchers, known as SNAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration told states to provide the data by July 30 or risk losing federal funding to administer the program. California receives $1.3 billion annually to distribute about $12 billion a year to 5 million residents who rely on the food vouchers, called CalFresh in California. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=55416\">13% of the state’s population receives the aid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose of what the Trump administration is doing here is to target immigrant communities,” said Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel, during a press conference today. She said Trump’s actions “send a chilling effect to American citizens, and to tell them that if they apply for programs that they are perfectly entitled to under law, their most personal and sensitive data is going to be shared with all kinds of people, and it’s going to have the impact, and I think it already is, of scaring people away from seeking these increased incredibly important programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents without lawful legal status in the U.S. are not eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11951830/california-braces-for-food-stamp-restrictions-under-debt-ceiling-deal\">SNAP benefits\u003c/a>. However, during Trump’s first term, he proposed eliminating benefits even for “mixed-status” families where at least one person in a household lacks legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another example of policies that put California at odds with the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on immigrants living in the U.S., the state has tried to expand \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044713/food-stamps-at-risk-in-trump-budget-bill-bay-area-food-banks-warn\">food benefits\u003c/a> to some immigrants without legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11792620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11792620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/12/ap_17271692702067-ea1b97e98e157d598fa245d9c752f917e6c25c57-e1576950264238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Trump administration rule makes it harder for states to waive the requirement that adults work at least 20 hours a week in order to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — benefits. Some low-income college students could be affected. \u003ccite>(Danny Moloshok/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, California became the first state in the nation to offer about $165 a month in \u003ca href=\"https://nourishca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3.3-2025-Budget-Sign-on-Food4All.pdf\">food benefits to about 35,000 immigrants, mostly to recent green card holders\u003c/a>. That expansion was part of the California Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, a state-funded version of food stamps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for that effort argued that many farmworkers toil in fields for decades at low wages, providing food to the rest of the nation, and then are unable to buy enough to eat, especially when they become senior citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why states are suing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys general who are filing the suit argue that the Trump administration’s policy is “arbitrary and capricious,” violates the 10th Amendment that protects states’ rights as well as various privacy laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a number of different cases recently where there’s this Spending Clause violation, where new conditions that Congress never put on the funding are being added by the executive branch after the fact,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “They can’t do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and blue foulard tie speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suit will be filed today in the federal Northern District of California. It is the 35th time in 27 weeks that California has sued the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SNAP applicants provide their private information on the understanding, backed by long-standing state and federal laws, that their information will not be used for unrelated purposes,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has tried to tap several state databases to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-ice-data-surveillance\">quickly amass troves of sensitive personal information\u003c/a> about hundreds of millions of people. Using that information is part of Trump’s effort to fulfill his campaign promise of carrying out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His administration says collecting the data is aimed at preventing waste and fraud. Trump issued an executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/data-sharing-guidance\">in March\u003c/a> that ordered his administration to have “unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding.” In May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration\">NPR reported\u003c/a> that the administration sought Social Security numbers, addresses and, for one state, citizenship data, for SNAP recipients. The orders came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and DOGE, the previously Elon Musk-led White House office that sought to slash government spending and was met with numerous lawsuits.[aside postID=news_12049973 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GavinNewsomAPJuly2025.jpg']Bonta said the Department of Agriculture “has never once asked states to turn over private and sensitive data on such a massive scale.” Now, it seeks five years of data about recipients, according to the attorneys general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-illegally-sharing-californians%E2%80%99\">has already sued\u003c/a> Trump for his administration’s efforts to collect personal data from people who rely on government services. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement, obtained access to people’s data held by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency, including private medical information and other personal details about Medicaid recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nessel added that California and New York, the states leading the suit, contribute more in taxes to the federal government than they receive in federal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s our money,” Nessel said. “We paid tax dollars to the federal government, then the federal government, you know, routes that money back to us in the form of these essential programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added: “And so when you cut off programming like SNAP, it just goes into the pockets of Trump’s friends and billionaires, but we already paid for this stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/07/food-program-california/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents without lawful legal status in the U.S. are not eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11951830/california-braces-for-food-stamp-restrictions-under-debt-ceiling-deal\">SNAP benefits\u003c/a>. However, during Trump’s first term, he proposed eliminating benefits even for “mixed-status” families where at least one person in a household lacks legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another example of policies that put California at odds with the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on immigrants living in the U.S., the state has tried to expand \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044713/food-stamps-at-risk-in-trump-budget-bill-bay-area-food-banks-warn\">food benefits\u003c/a> to some immigrants without legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11792620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11792620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/12/ap_17271692702067-ea1b97e98e157d598fa245d9c752f917e6c25c57-e1576950264238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Trump administration rule makes it harder for states to waive the requirement that adults work at least 20 hours a week in order to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — benefits. Some low-income college students could be affected. \u003ccite>(Danny Moloshok/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, California became the first state in the nation to offer about $165 a month in \u003ca href=\"https://nourishca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3.3-2025-Budget-Sign-on-Food4All.pdf\">food benefits to about 35,000 immigrants, mostly to recent green card holders\u003c/a>. That expansion was part of the California Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, a state-funded version of food stamps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for that effort argued that many farmworkers toil in fields for decades at low wages, providing food to the rest of the nation, and then are unable to buy enough to eat, especially when they become senior citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why states are suing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys general who are filing the suit argue that the Trump administration’s policy is “arbitrary and capricious,” violates the 10th Amendment that protects states’ rights as well as various privacy laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a number of different cases recently where there’s this Spending Clause violation, where new conditions that Congress never put on the funding are being added by the executive branch after the fact,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “They can’t do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and blue foulard tie speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suit will be filed today in the federal Northern District of California. It is the 35th time in 27 weeks that California has sued the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SNAP applicants provide their private information on the understanding, backed by long-standing state and federal laws, that their information will not be used for unrelated purposes,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has tried to tap several state databases to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-ice-data-surveillance\">quickly amass troves of sensitive personal information\u003c/a> about hundreds of millions of people. Using that information is part of Trump’s effort to fulfill his campaign promise of carrying out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His administration says collecting the data is aimed at preventing waste and fraud. Trump issued an executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/data-sharing-guidance\">in March\u003c/a> that ordered his administration to have “unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding.” In May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration\">NPR reported\u003c/a> that the administration sought Social Security numbers, addresses and, for one state, citizenship data, for SNAP recipients. The orders came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and DOGE, the previously Elon Musk-led White House office that sought to slash government spending and was met with numerous lawsuits.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>BAKERSFIELD — In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bakersfield\">Bakersfield\u003c/a> resident Elizabeth Ramirez’s mother broke three bones in a fall, leaving Ramirez with a new set of responsibilities: cooking and cleaning for her mom, bathing her and driving her to appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I was caregiving for her on top of my kids,” Ramirez said. “It was just a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a few years of juggling, Ramirez became a registered care provider for her mother through the state’s In-Home Supportive Services, a program provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032878/gop-cuts-to-medicaid-snap-would-shrink-californias-economy-by-17-billion-and-kill-nearly-140000-jobs-new-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through Medi-Cal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the work I put into making sure she’s safe and healthy, I get paid for it now,” Ramirez said. “It’s such a good support system that keeps people from drowning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No congressional seat in California relies more on Medi-Cal than the 22nd District, which follows Interstate 5 and Highway 99 as they stretch southeast from Avenal and Delano, through almond and pistachio orchards, to Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of residents are enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, which provides health care to low-income residents, people with disabilities and those living in nursing homes or need of a personal caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11933948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11933948 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773.jpg\" alt=\"oil pumps in a field\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil wells are seen at an oil facility by Interstate 5 near Bakersfield. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 22nd District is also experiencing an intense political shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2020, voters here supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the presidential election by a 55%-42% margin. In November, Trump won the 22nd District, 52%-46% over Kamala Harris. The 19-point shift between 2020 and 2024 was the largest in California, securing incumbent Rep. David Valadao a comfortable victory that helped the GOP maintain control of the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connie Conway, the chair of the Republican Party of Tulare County, said Trump drew support from new voters — enough to start a young Republicans chapter in the county — and disaffected Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say this to people all the time, and I know because I’m a lifelong Central Valley girl, ‘We’re pretty conservative no matter what your party registration is,” Conway said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, Trump made his largest gains in districts like the 22nd — inland, working class, majority-Latino and, according to a KQED analysis, heavily reliant on Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not known for our excess wealth, at least in our part of the Central Valley. We’re just hard-working people that share a lot of the same values: family, faith,” Conway said. “I think in this past election, that really resonated with a lot of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GOP Gains and Medi-Cal Enrollment\" aria-label=\"Scatter Plot\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-svLzI\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/svLzI/6/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"576\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Republicans in Congress are moving ahead with plans to slash the health care program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Republicans passed a budget resolution in February that set a goal of $2 trillion in spending cuts. It was the first step toward passing a budget that party leaders hope will include over $4.5 trillion in new spending and tax cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top Republicans ruled out reductions to Social Security, Medicare and defense, leaving Medicaid as the most expensive program on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The path to achieving the centerpiece of Trump’s legislative agenda could go straight through the pocketbooks of the voters who powered GOP progress in 2024. Cuts to Medicaid, which has enjoyed bipartisan support, could imperil representatives like Valadao and give \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032994/democrats-focus-their-message-on-gop-cuts-to-medicaid\">new life to Democrats\u003c/a> looking for ways to reverse their decline in California’s working class communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033446 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to say that there is an opportunity, since nothing good will come out of this budget, but the opportunity to clarify and define what we as a party are doing in this term of Trump is going to be critical,” said Orrin Evans, a Democratic strategist who has worked on multiple House campaigns in the state. “We have to be united in standing against this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED cross-referenced district-by-district Medicaid enrollment numbers from the UC Berkeley Labor Center with presidential vote totals from the 2020 and 2024 elections in each of the state’s 52 congressional districts, compiled by the California Target Book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 13 seats with the largest shift toward Trump in 2024 — the top quartile of districts — eight were among the top quartile in Medi-Cal reliance. Twelve of the 13 had Medi-Cal populations above the state average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Valadao voted for the budget resolution, he has expressed concerns for his constituents who benefit from Medi-Cal and said he would not vote for a final budget bill “that risks leaving them behind.” It’s unclear how the party would offset the costs of tax cuts without targeting Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doing so could bring political risk for California Republicans beyond just vulnerable incumbents like Valadao. The GOP made \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025617/confronting-trump-gotten-harder-california-legislature\">significant inroads\u003c/a> in communities still represented by Democrats in Congress — in the Central Valley, Inland Empire and along the state’s southern border — which fueled Republican gains further down the ballot in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shifts reflect the acceleration of a yearslong \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011642/how-the-diploma-divide-is-reshaping-politics-in-a-key-california-house-race\">political realignment\u003c/a> along \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908312/how-the-diploma-divide-polarizes-the-u-s-electorate\">educational lines\u003c/a>. During the Trump era, Democrats have gained ground in highly-educated suburban areas, such as coastal Orange and San Diego counties, and lost support in more working-class counties further inland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12010091 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1255046550-1-scaled-e1743452454384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Rep. David Valadao of California’s 22nd Congressional District, pictured in 2022. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In November, Republicans scored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016328/special-session-to-trump-proof-california-opens-in-sacramento\">two shocking victories\u003c/a> in state Assembly districts long held by Democrats in Imperial and Riverside counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s Bakersfield seat fits the profile of these areas in political transition. According to estimates from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey, nearly 60% of the citizen voting-age population is Latino, the most of any district in California. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10 residents over age 24 hold a college degree, the lowest share of any district in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That particular district, President Trump did far better than other Republican candidates had done at the top of the ticket,” said Tal Eslick, Valadao’s former chief of staff, on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030830/could-gop-spending-cuts-cost-republicans-the-house\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “So I think this is an example of a district that’s changing, especially among, I would say, Hispanic males.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eslick and Conway attributed the GOP’s 2024 turnaround in the area to a mix of economic concerns, such as the cost of living, and social issues, including the debate over transgender rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can imagine a 70-year-old Hispanic female from Corcoran, I don’t think the trans issues or other issues like that resonated with her,” Eslick said. “I think [Democrats] lost many of those folks, and those folks went towards President Trump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s exactly in these areas of the state that the health care coverage provided by Medi-Cal is a lifeline for residents, said Scott Graves, budget director at the California Budget & Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the more rural areas of the state, in farming communities, they’re doing some pretty backbreaking jobs,” Graves said. “They’re not getting very well compensated for it, and they’re very unlikely to be offered a health coverage plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government covers roughly half of most Medicaid costs in California, splitting the expense with the state government. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expanded to cover Californians making up to 138% of the federal poverty level ($21,597 for a single adult in 2025), with the federal government covering 90% of the new costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032710 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Ramirez outside the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield, where Rep. Ro Khanna held a town hall meeting on March 23, 2025, the first of three town hall events Khanna was set to hold in Republican-held congressional districts across the state. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Medi-Cal dollars are inextricably woven into the local economy in this part of the state. Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia is the largest hospital in Tulare County. It’s also the county’s largest employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hospital receives more than 30% of its revenue through Medi-Cal, according to Gary Herbst, Kaweah’s CEO, compared to less than 20% from private insurance. When Herbst first arrived at Kaweah in 1992, that ratio was reversed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herbst has begun planning for various scenarios of cuts to Medicaid. If the federal government were to lower its cost-sharing to 45% for both traditional and expansion Medi-Cal enrollees, the loss for Kaweah would be around $60 million a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were to lose 50, 60 million dollars a year in Medi-Cal funding, then where would I cut? How many hundreds of people would I have to lay off? How many services would I have to close?” he said. “We’ve never faced losses of this magnitude.”[aside postID=news_12022068 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-536950177-1020x680.jpg']Doctors and nurses at Kaweah would still be required to provide emergency services to anyone who shows up at the hospital, regardless of their ability to pay. So the cuts could potentially come to services such as colonoscopy screenings, surgeries for hip and knee replacements or primary care visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not possible to cover a $50- to $60-million reduction in funding and say, ‘Oh, we’re just going to stop providing services to Medi-Cal patients,’” Herbst said. “We would literally be forced to close an entire service, probably multiple services, so it would affect all patients that are receiving those services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The consequences appeared to be on Valadao’s mind when he spoke on the House floor before voting to advance the GOP budget framework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard from countless constituents who tell me the only way they can afford health care is through programs like Medicaid, and I will not support a final reconciliation bill that risks leaving them behind,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao said Congress is faced with “a historic opportunity to advance the key priorities of this administration.” By cutting spending, Congress would be able to extend crucial provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, such as the doubling of the standard deduction and the child tax credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Valadao spoke, Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader, said California’s 22nd District “is going to have a very loud voice as this process moves forward.” He said Medicaid could be strengthened by weeding out “waste, fraud and abuse,” without providing details on where that exists in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11930872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a blue suit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington in 2021. \u003ccite>(Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao declined an interview for this story. Longtime allies such as Eslick and Conway were skeptical that Republicans in Congress would actually carry out large cuts to Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t see a scenario in which Republicans, or for that matter any politician, go after an entitlement program that is pretty popular and obviously a key issue for a large swath of people,” Eslick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems impossible for Republicans to achieve their ambitious goals for cutting spending without touching Medicaid. The budget plan passed by the House called for $880 billion in cuts over the next 10 years from programs overseen by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Just $581 billion of spending \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-03/61235-Boyle-Pallone.pdf\">under the committee’s\u003c/a> jurisdiction is for programs other than Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office.[aside postID=news_12032718 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-21-KQED-5-1020x680.jpg']Valadao is a political survivor, one of just two Republicans left in the House who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, but he’s not immune to the high-stakes politics of health care. In 2017, he voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. A year later, he lost his campaign for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“David Valadao has a very clear choice: he can vote on behalf of his district or he can take another step towards a successful lobbying career which he will assume as soon as he is defeated,” said Evans, the Democratic strategist. “Voting for this draconian budget, there is no argument in how it would advance or help constituents in his district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another clue about Medicaid’s political potency lies in a little-noticed ballot measure passed in November by California voters. Proposition 35 extended a state tax on providers of health care plans and restricted the revenue to fund Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative passed overwhelmingly with 68% of the vote — outpacing other ballot measures with similar levels of bipartisan support — and it tallied 70% approval in those 13 seats that saw the largest shift toward Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dustin Corcoran, CEO of the California Medical Association, which represents physicians in the state, said Medicaid is often a blind spot for policymakers and elected officials, who typically receive health coverage on the private market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corcoran saw a different reality as he traveled the state as co-chair of the Proposition 35 campaign. One stop took him to the campus of the UC Merced, in the heart of the 13th Congressional District, which has the third-highest Medi-Cal population and fourth-largest shift toward Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asked this icebreaker: Who knows what Medicaid is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every hand went up,” Corcoran said. “Every single hand in the room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the work I put into making sure she’s safe and healthy, I get paid for it now,” Ramirez said. “It’s such a good support system that keeps people from drowning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No congressional seat in California relies more on Medi-Cal than the 22nd District, which follows Interstate 5 and Highway 99 as they stretch southeast from Avenal and Delano, through almond and pistachio orchards, to Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of residents are enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, which provides health care to low-income residents, people with disabilities and those living in nursing homes or need of a personal caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11933948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11933948 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773.jpg\" alt=\"oil pumps in a field\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/GettyImages-1245162773-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil wells are seen at an oil facility by Interstate 5 near Bakersfield. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 22nd District is also experiencing an intense political shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2020, voters here supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the presidential election by a 55%-42% margin. In November, Trump won the 22nd District, 52%-46% over Kamala Harris. The 19-point shift between 2020 and 2024 was the largest in California, securing incumbent Rep. David Valadao a comfortable victory that helped the GOP maintain control of the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connie Conway, the chair of the Republican Party of Tulare County, said Trump drew support from new voters — enough to start a young Republicans chapter in the county — and disaffected Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say this to people all the time, and I know because I’m a lifelong Central Valley girl, ‘We’re pretty conservative no matter what your party registration is,” Conway said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, Trump made his largest gains in districts like the 22nd — inland, working class, majority-Latino and, according to a KQED analysis, heavily reliant on Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not known for our excess wealth, at least in our part of the Central Valley. We’re just hard-working people that share a lot of the same values: family, faith,” Conway said. “I think in this past election, that really resonated with a lot of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GOP Gains and Medi-Cal Enrollment\" aria-label=\"Scatter Plot\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-svLzI\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/svLzI/6/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"576\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Republicans in Congress are moving ahead with plans to slash the health care program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Republicans passed a budget resolution in February that set a goal of $2 trillion in spending cuts. It was the first step toward passing a budget that party leaders hope will include over $4.5 trillion in new spending and tax cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top Republicans ruled out reductions to Social Security, Medicare and defense, leaving Medicaid as the most expensive program on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The path to achieving the centerpiece of Trump’s legislative agenda could go straight through the pocketbooks of the voters who powered GOP progress in 2024. Cuts to Medicaid, which has enjoyed bipartisan support, could imperil representatives like Valadao and give \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032994/democrats-focus-their-message-on-gop-cuts-to-medicaid\">new life to Democrats\u003c/a> looking for ways to reverse their decline in California’s working class communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to say that there is an opportunity, since nothing good will come out of this budget, but the opportunity to clarify and define what we as a party are doing in this term of Trump is going to be critical,” said Orrin Evans, a Democratic strategist who has worked on multiple House campaigns in the state. “We have to be united in standing against this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED cross-referenced district-by-district Medicaid enrollment numbers from the UC Berkeley Labor Center with presidential vote totals from the 2020 and 2024 elections in each of the state’s 52 congressional districts, compiled by the California Target Book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 13 seats with the largest shift toward Trump in 2024 — the top quartile of districts — eight were among the top quartile in Medi-Cal reliance. Twelve of the 13 had Medi-Cal populations above the state average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Valadao voted for the budget resolution, he has expressed concerns for his constituents who benefit from Medi-Cal and said he would not vote for a final budget bill “that risks leaving them behind.” It’s unclear how the party would offset the costs of tax cuts without targeting Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doing so could bring political risk for California Republicans beyond just vulnerable incumbents like Valadao. The GOP made \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025617/confronting-trump-gotten-harder-california-legislature\">significant inroads\u003c/a> in communities still represented by Democrats in Congress — in the Central Valley, Inland Empire and along the state’s southern border — which fueled Republican gains further down the ballot in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shifts reflect the acceleration of a yearslong \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011642/how-the-diploma-divide-is-reshaping-politics-in-a-key-california-house-race\">political realignment\u003c/a> along \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908312/how-the-diploma-divide-polarizes-the-u-s-electorate\">educational lines\u003c/a>. During the Trump era, Democrats have gained ground in highly-educated suburban areas, such as coastal Orange and San Diego counties, and lost support in more working-class counties further inland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12010091 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1255046550-1-scaled-e1743452454384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Rep. David Valadao of California’s 22nd Congressional District, pictured in 2022. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In November, Republicans scored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016328/special-session-to-trump-proof-california-opens-in-sacramento\">two shocking victories\u003c/a> in state Assembly districts long held by Democrats in Imperial and Riverside counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s Bakersfield seat fits the profile of these areas in political transition. According to estimates from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey, nearly 60% of the citizen voting-age population is Latino, the most of any district in California. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10 residents over age 24 hold a college degree, the lowest share of any district in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That particular district, President Trump did far better than other Republican candidates had done at the top of the ticket,” said Tal Eslick, Valadao’s former chief of staff, on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030830/could-gop-spending-cuts-cost-republicans-the-house\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “So I think this is an example of a district that’s changing, especially among, I would say, Hispanic males.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eslick and Conway attributed the GOP’s 2024 turnaround in the area to a mix of economic concerns, such as the cost of living, and social issues, including the debate over transgender rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can imagine a 70-year-old Hispanic female from Corcoran, I don’t think the trans issues or other issues like that resonated with her,” Eslick said. “I think [Democrats] lost many of those folks, and those folks went towards President Trump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s exactly in these areas of the state that the health care coverage provided by Medi-Cal is a lifeline for residents, said Scott Graves, budget director at the California Budget & Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the more rural areas of the state, in farming communities, they’re doing some pretty backbreaking jobs,” Graves said. “They’re not getting very well compensated for it, and they’re very unlikely to be offered a health coverage plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government covers roughly half of most Medicaid costs in California, splitting the expense with the state government. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expanded to cover Californians making up to 138% of the federal poverty level ($21,597 for a single adult in 2025), with the federal government covering 90% of the new costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032710 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-16-KQED-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Ramirez outside the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield, where Rep. Ro Khanna held a town hall meeting on March 23, 2025, the first of three town hall events Khanna was set to hold in Republican-held congressional districts across the state. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Medi-Cal dollars are inextricably woven into the local economy in this part of the state. Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia is the largest hospital in Tulare County. It’s also the county’s largest employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hospital receives more than 30% of its revenue through Medi-Cal, according to Gary Herbst, Kaweah’s CEO, compared to less than 20% from private insurance. When Herbst first arrived at Kaweah in 1992, that ratio was reversed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herbst has begun planning for various scenarios of cuts to Medicaid. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Doctors and nurses at Kaweah would still be required to provide emergency services to anyone who shows up at the hospital, regardless of their ability to pay. So the cuts could potentially come to services such as colonoscopy screenings, surgeries for hip and knee replacements or primary care visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not possible to cover a $50- to $60-million reduction in funding and say, ‘Oh, we’re just going to stop providing services to Medi-Cal patients,’” Herbst said. “We would literally be forced to close an entire service, probably multiple services, so it would affect all patients that are receiving those services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The consequences appeared to be on Valadao’s mind when he spoke on the House floor before voting to advance the GOP budget framework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard from countless constituents who tell me the only way they can afford health care is through programs like Medicaid, and I will not support a final reconciliation bill that risks leaving them behind,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao said Congress is faced with “a historic opportunity to advance the key priorities of this administration.” By cutting spending, Congress would be able to extend crucial provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, such as the doubling of the standard deduction and the child tax credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Valadao spoke, Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader, said California’s 22nd District “is going to have a very loud voice as this process moves forward.” He said Medicaid could be strengthened by weeding out “waste, fraud and abuse,” without providing details on where that exists in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11930872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a blue suit.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington in 2021. \u003ccite>(Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao declined an interview for this story. Longtime allies such as Eslick and Conway were skeptical that Republicans in Congress would actually carry out large cuts to Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t see a scenario in which Republicans, or for that matter any politician, go after an entitlement program that is pretty popular and obviously a key issue for a large swath of people,” Eslick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems impossible for Republicans to achieve their ambitious goals for cutting spending without touching Medicaid. The budget plan passed by the House called for $880 billion in cuts over the next 10 years from programs overseen by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Just $581 billion of spending \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-03/61235-Boyle-Pallone.pdf\">under the committee’s\u003c/a> jurisdiction is for programs other than Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Valadao is a political survivor, one of just two Republicans left in the House who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, but he’s not immune to the high-stakes politics of health care. In 2017, he voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. A year later, he lost his campaign for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“David Valadao has a very clear choice: he can vote on behalf of his district or he can take another step towards a successful lobbying career which he will assume as soon as he is defeated,” said Evans, the Democratic strategist. “Voting for this draconian budget, there is no argument in how it would advance or help constituents in his district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another clue about Medicaid’s political potency lies in a little-noticed ballot measure passed in November by California voters. Proposition 35 extended a state tax on providers of health care plans and restricted the revenue to fund Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative passed overwhelmingly with 68% of the vote — outpacing other ballot measures with similar levels of bipartisan support — and it tallied 70% approval in those 13 seats that saw the largest shift toward Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dustin Corcoran, CEO of the California Medical Association, which represents physicians in the state, said Medicaid is often a blind spot for policymakers and elected officials, who typically receive health coverage on the private market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corcoran saw a different reality as he traveled the state as co-chair of the Proposition 35 campaign. One stop took him to the campus of the UC Merced, in the heart of the 13th Congressional District, which has the third-highest Medi-Cal population and fourth-largest shift toward Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asked this icebreaker: Who knows what Medicaid is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every hand went up,” Corcoran said. “Every single hand in the room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Few college students participate in the state’s CalFresh food program despite being eligible, according to a report published Tuesday by the University of California’s \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Policy Lab\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, “\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/news/new-report-finds-the-majority-of-california-college-students-who-are-eligible-for-calfresh-benefits-dont-participate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among University of California and California Community College Students\u003c/a>,” is the first to link together datasets that provide estimates on the number of California college students who are eligible for CalFresh, the state’s food benefits program, in addition to their take-up rate — the share of students who are eligible and also participate in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report’s authors found that CalFresh eligibility and students’ subsequent enrollment in the program depended significantly on which institution of higher learning they attended, age, housing situation, and other factors. The school they were enrolled in was often connected to the level of outreach they received, informing them of the food benefits program and whether they received a certain financial aid grant that made them eligible for CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11978394,news_11974262\" label=\"Related Stories\"]“California, in the last few years, has been increasingly focused on this channel of potential support for college students. It’s one of the pieces that students can paste together to put together a financial package that allows them to go to college,” said Jesse Rothstein, report co-author, about the CalFresh program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh, once known as food stamps, is designed to provide money for groceries for California residents, making it a significant support program for low-income students. College students are typically eligible for CalFresh if they meet the regular rules that everyone, whether a student or not, must meet, in addition to at least one of more than a dozen exemptions. Understanding the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFresh/Students/CF6177.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long list of eligibility criteria\u003c/a> specific to students has long been seen as a significant barrier for students, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But because CalFresh is run by a different agency — it’s not part of the education system — I think it’s hard for students to navigate,” said Rothstein, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy and Economics at UC Berkeley and the faculty director of the California Policy Lab’s UC Berkeley site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UC’s California Policy Lab collected the data for the report from four institutions: California Community College Chancellor’s Office, University of California Office of the President, California Department of Social Services and California Student Aid Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In gathering data from these four agencies, the authors developed a database connecting college enrollment numbers, monthly CalFresh participation records, and annual federal financial aid (FAFSA) details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data points to differences in eligibility and take-up rates between students in the California community colleges and the UC campuses, as well as which students actually enroll to receive the benefits if they are eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the fall of 2019, the semester immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, provides one of the clearest examples. During that time, the data showed a significant discrepancy between students who were eligible for CalFresh versus those who applied to receive the food aid — and further disparities depending on whether students were enrolled in a community college or a UC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found that 19% of community college students, 31% of UC undergraduates and 6% of UC graduate students were likely eligible for CalFresh. Yet just 30% of eligible community college students, 22% of eligible UC undergraduates, and 29% of eligible UC graduate students actually enrolled to receive CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors suggest a few reasons for the discrepancies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, UC students are less likely to live at home with their parents, increasing their chances of being eligible for CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second, students in the community colleges are overall less likely to be eligible for CalFresh. This is because “the version of the Cal Grant given to UC students qualifies many of them for CalFresh eligibility, but the version given to CCC students does not,” per the report’s authors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, finally, the UC has increased outreach efforts to enroll more eligible students into basic needs programs like CalFresh. This would explain, the authors wrote, why the take-up rate among UC undergraduates has increased substantially since 2017, while the same rate among community college students has declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors note that they can only provide data estimates in the report because the multiple eligibility determination factors may be captured inaccurately, although errors were likely insignificant and “our estimates are a good approximation of the share of students who would be found eligible under individualized determinations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A deeper look into data from the fall of 2019 highlights important details, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Central Coast’s UC Santa Barbara had the third-highest eligibility rate at 36% but the highest take-up rate at 37%\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Of the community college regions statewide, the Central Valley had both the highest eligibility rate at 23% and the highest take-up rate at 38%, while the Bay Area had the lowest eligibility rate at 12% and the lowest take-up rate at 22%\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black and Latino students were more likely to be eligible than white or Asian peers regardless of the institution attended\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When it came to actually enrolling in CalFresh, Black and Latino students were more likely to do so if attending a UC, but Latino students were less likely to enroll in the program if attending a community college\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Students over the age of 23 had higher take-up rates than those 23 years and younger at both institutions\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some of those details were expected, given the history of outreach out of certain institutions. Santa Barbara County and UC Santa Barbara, for example, have long worked toward smoothing out the process for students to both determine their CalFresh eligibility and to apply for the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other details, such as the low take-up rates in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, highlight the potential need for additional outreach in regions with increasingly high housing and cost-of-living expenses. Among community college students in Los Angeles, just 4% of the population were both eligible and participating in CalFresh during the fall of 2019. That number is 3% during the same timeframe in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The development of a new dataset\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The report included data from millions of students who attended UC and community college campuses between the 2010-11 and 2021-22 school years. While the report’s authors were largely focused on the most recent data, they included previous years’ data that was consistent across the four agencies they had data-sharing agreements with — and this happened to take them as far back as the 2010-11 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the project took about four years to complete, according to Rothstein, who noted that this project took “longer than most” he’s worked on in his career. The team first needed to execute data-sharing agreements between each of the institutions included in the report and then clean it up to ensure accuracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really beyond the ability of the individual agencies to do this kind of project,” Rothstein said.“It just takes too long and requires too much collaboration between agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably missing from the institutions that shared their data was California State University, which is the nation’s largest four-year public university system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CSU “was more reluctant” to share their data, Rothstein said, and his team decided to move forward without that system’s information. 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Friesen Professor of Public Policy and Economics at UC Berkeley and the faculty director of the California Policy Lab’s UC Berkeley site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UC’s California Policy Lab collected the data for the report from four institutions: California Community College Chancellor’s Office, University of California Office of the President, California Department of Social Services and California Student Aid Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In gathering data from these four agencies, the authors developed a database connecting college enrollment numbers, monthly CalFresh participation records, and annual federal financial aid (FAFSA) details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data points to differences in eligibility and take-up rates between students in the California community colleges and the UC campuses, as well as which students actually enroll to receive the benefits if they are eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the fall of 2019, the semester immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, provides one of the clearest examples. During that time, the data showed a significant discrepancy between students who were eligible for CalFresh versus those who applied to receive the food aid — and further disparities depending on whether students were enrolled in a community college or a UC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found that 19% of community college students, 31% of UC undergraduates and 6% of UC graduate students were likely eligible for CalFresh. Yet just 30% of eligible community college students, 22% of eligible UC undergraduates, and 29% of eligible UC graduate students actually enrolled to receive CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors suggest a few reasons for the discrepancies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, UC students are less likely to live at home with their parents, increasing their chances of being eligible for CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second, students in the community colleges are overall less likely to be eligible for CalFresh. 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"content": "\u003cp>For the first time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/monterey-bay-aquarium\">the Monterey Bay Aquarium\u003c/a> is offering free admission to anyone receiving food assistance — also known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/361\">SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits\u003c/a> or food stamps, and called \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calfresh\">CalFresh\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting Memorial Day (May 27), anyone with an EBT (electronic benefit transfer) card can use this as proof of their eligibility at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s ticketing desks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/newsroom/press-releases/museums-for-all\">get free tickets for up to four people\u003c/a>, as part of the nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://museums4all.org/\">Museums for All program\u003c/a>. There’s no application process, and you don’t have to reserve your free tickets in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium cost $59.95 for adults, $49.95 for youth ages 13–17, $44.95 for children ages 5–12 and $49.95 for seniors age 70 and over (although children 4 and under can always visit the aquarium for free). Using an EBT card means a group of two adults and two children can save well over $200 on admission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about using your EBT card for free admission to the Monterey Bay Aquarium — plus more ways to save even more money on your visit. And if you’re not an EBT holder, remember: You still have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943906/how-to-find-free-museum-tickets-in-the-bay-area\">several ways to find free museum tickets around the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Don’t currently receive SNAP benefits but think you could be eligible? \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/?source=dssfood\">Find out how to apply for CalFresh.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tip #1: Know what you need to bring to get free aquarium admission\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re using an EBT card to get free aquarium admission for up to four people, the holder of the EBT card needs to be part of your group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as their physical EBT card, that person \u003cem>also \u003c/em>needs to have a valid photo ID with a name that matches the name on the EBT card.[aside postID='news_11987214,news_11986383,news_11984496,news_11979339' label='More Guides from KQED']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you’ve got those things, all you have to do is go to the ticket desk at the aquarium with your group, show your EBT card and ask for “Museums for All tickets.” Remember, no reservation is required, and free tickets are available whenever the museum is open.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tip #2: Once you’re in Monterey, you can use a free trolley car to get around\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day, the City of Monterey and Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) operates \u003ca href=\"https://monterey.gov/city_hall/departments/ride_the_free_trolley_shuttle/index.php\">a free trolley car that serves Downtown Monterey, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium\u003c/a> — which you can use to avoid higher-cost parking garage fees closer to the aquarium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The free MST Trolley will run 10 a.m.–6 p.m. daily and connects the downtown parking garages (where all-day parking is $12) with the aquarium.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tip #3: Time your aquarium visit according to what you want to see\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because your free admission with an EBT card isn’t restricted to particular times or days, you can choose to visit on a schedule that works for you — and offers you what you want to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to exhibits including \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/into-the-deep\">deep-sea creatures\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/sea-otters\">sea otters\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/giant-pacific-octopus\">the Giant Pacific octopus\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/kelp-forest\">kelp forest\u003c/a>, the aquarium also offers daily talks, screenings and public feeding demonstrations for the animals. \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/hours-schedule\">Look at the Aquarium schedule \u003c/a>beforehand to ensure you don’t miss an event you want to catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tip #4: The aquarium isn’t the only place offering free admission for EBT holders in Monterey\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://museums4all.org/\">The Museums for All program\u003c/a> offers free or reduced admission to 1,300 museums around the United States — so the aquarium is by no means the only place an EBT card can save you a lot of money as a visitor. [aside postID=news_11986383 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSur-1020x680.jpg']In Monterey, the following paid museums offer free or low-cost admission for up to four people with an EBT card, for you to visit before or after the aquarium:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://mymuseum.org/\">Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://montereyart.org/\">Monterey Museum of Art – Pacific Street\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://montereyart.org/\">Monterey Museum of Art – La Mirada\u003c/a> (open only for special events and programs)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://montereyhistory.org/stanton-center/\">Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>When asking for Museums for All tickets, remember that sometimes a staff member might be newer or hasn’t received their training on the Museums for All program yet and could be less familiar with the discount. If this happens when you arrive, we recommend staying patient and showing the staffer \u003ca href=\"https://museums4all.org/#!\">museum’s listing on the Museums for All site\u003c/a> on your phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tip #5: Remember you can use your EBT card for free museum tickets around the Bay Area too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in the Bay, many local museums are participating in the Museums for All program, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\">de Young Museum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/\">Legion of Honor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/\">Chabot Space and Science Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/\">Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://filoli.org/\">Filoli Historic House and Garden\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/san-francisco-museums-all\">San Francisco also has its own local version of the Museums For All program, which covers \u003c/a>over 20 museums and cultural spaces and offers free or reduced admission to SF residents who are Medi-Cal recipients, as well as to EBT users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See a \u003ca href=\"https://museums4all.org/#!\">full list of all the Bay Area museums participating in the Museums for All program\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915329/how-to-get-free-or-low-cost-museum-entry-this-summer-with-your-ebt-card\">read more about using your EBT card to get free museum tickets.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED’s Jasmine Garnett, Sarah Mohamad and Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Food insecurity in California ticked upward over the past year, bringing the share of hardship back up to levels early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the California Association of Food Banks on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are buying less food,” said May Lynn Tan, the association’s director of research and strategic initiatives, who surveyed food aid recipients this summer. “They’re running out of food, not being able to afford nutritious meals, and worrying more about food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates credited a pandemic-era federal aid program that gave food assistance recipients more money for groceries to pull food insecurity below 20% of California households between 2021 and 2022. The additional aid, Tan said, helped recipients buy healthier food and become more financially stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As prices soared last year, food insecurity spiked. Then, the boost in federal aid ended in April. By October, more than 1 in 5 California families — more than 3.1 million households, including 1.1 million with children — were steadily reporting uncertain access to food, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/food-insecurity-data/\">according to Census data analyzed\u003c/a> by the association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hunger overall is disproportionately borne by people of color, Black families in particular reported sharp increases this year. In April, 30% of Black households in California were food insecure. Six months later, the figure was 40% and nearly half of Black families with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-poverty advocates had feared a rise in hunger after the end of the aid boost this year, which affected the nearly 3 million California households that receive CalFresh, the federally-funded food stamps program. For three years, the program had given all families receiving CalFresh the highest possible amount of food assistance for their family size each month, with $95 on top for those already receiving the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11953407,news_11965675,news_11955866\" label=\"Related Stories\"]When the program reverted to ordinary aid levels, the decrease was anywhere from 32% to 40%, depending on the recipient, according to the food banks association. In a survey, the association conducted over the summer, more than two-thirds of the state’s food banks reported increases in the number of clients seeking meals and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uptick in food insecurity also follows an increase in poverty last year, triggered by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/blog/safety-net-cuts-in-the-midst-of-high-poverty-worsen-hunger-crisis/\">end of a different pandemic-era policy\u003c/a>. A one-time, yearlong expansion of a tax credit program in 2021 sent thousands of dollars to most families with children and pulled child poverty levels down to historic lows; after it ended, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/10/poverty-rate-california/\">poverty spiked again\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both trends will likely be the basis of advocates’ calls for California to expand safety net spending next year, even as the state \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/12/budget-deficit-california/\">faces a projected $68 billion deficit\u003c/a> in the 2024-25 fiscal year. That’s double the budget hole California plugged this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969784\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\" alt=\"Two arms place a bag of food in to the back of a vehicle.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano volunteers and staff load groceries into cars in Vallejo on June 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Shelby Knowles/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food insecurity data was outlined by the food banks association Tuesday as it gears up to lobby for the expansion of assistance programs next year, including increasing funding for food banks to buy California produce to distribute to clients and supplementing the federally-funded CalFresh (food stamps) program with state dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does look like a tough budget year next year, but I don’t think that changes our strategy,” said Becky Silva, the association’s director of government relations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’ll be a tough sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers and Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>Every Thursday at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, many customers don’t pay for their fruits and vegetables with cash, credit card or Apple Pay. Instead, they go to the information booth, swipe their CalFresh EBT card and receive paper vouchers to spend on produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Market Match, California food aid recipients get as much as $10 in matching money — meaning they have at least $20 to spend every week at their local farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We already spend $200 on meat and cheese at Costco,” said Mitzi Castillo, who lives in Fairfield with two young daughters. “If I didn’t have Market Match, they would have to wait ’til next week to eat fruits and veggies when my husband gets paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castillo buys cherries, strawberries and blueberries from one of the many farmers who also reap benefits from the program, which brings customers and more cash to more than 270 farmers markets across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, I get more money, and for the people who use it, they can feed their family more,” said Salvador Navarro, a farmer from Stockton who said he makes as much as $300 from Market Match at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcfma.org/fairfield\">Fairfield Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>, more than enough to cover the cost of his stall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11943420,news_11950312 label='Food Programs']Together with his stalls across the Bay Area, Navarro says he makes $50,000, or a fourth of his income every season, from CalFresh customers and Market Match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/\">Market Match\u003c/a> is the largest funding beneficiary of the California Nutrition Incentive Program, which is run by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. In 2022, the program provided about 38 million servings of fruits and vegetables to CalFresh participants, accounting for $19.5 million in CalFresh and Market Match spending at farmers markets across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like many initiatives, the fates of Market Match and other healthy food and nutrition programs are in flux as legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-budget-2023/\">negotiate the final state budget\u003c/a> while tackling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949333/gov-newsom-says-california-budget-deficit-has-grown-to-nearly-32-billion\">a $31.5 billion deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/Protect%20Our%20Progress%20Budget%20Plan%20Step%203.1%20June%2012%209am%20Final.docx.pdf\">the plan that legislative Democrats pushed through on Thursday (PDF)\u003c/a> includes $35 million for the incentive program, advocates, CalFresh recipients and farmers worry that the money won’t be in the final budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re doing now is trying to get the ear of the governor,” said Minni Forman, director of Market Match, which also includes community groups coordinated by the nonprofit Ecology Center. If the program is not funded in the final budget, Forman says the program will return to fundraising in the philanthropic world, which could mean a major reduction and even the end to Market Match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried, and I’m fighting as hard as they are to make sure that it is (part of the final budget),” Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat authored \u003ca href=\"https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20150904-ting-sends-governor-bill-expand-healthy-food-access-farmers-markets\">the 2015 law creating the incentive program\u003c/a> that now funds Market Match and also \u003ca href=\"https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180801-study-finds-california-program-boosts-healthy-eating-among-calfresh\">championed additional funding in 2018\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting declined to comment on the status of ongoing negotiations between legislative leaders and the Newsom administration, as did Senate Budget Chair Nancy Skinner, an Oakland Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Bakersfield Democrat, emphasized the importance of the $35 million for the nutrition incentive program, calling it a “priority” and highlighting \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628\">her bill to make it official state policy for everyone to have access to enough healthy food\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keeping Market Match funded is also a priority for farmers across California promoting \u003ca href=\"https://ecologycenter.org/blog/state-budget-cuts-endanger-funding-for-ca-market-match-program-its-not-too-late-to-take-action/\">the #FundCNIP campaign\u003c/a>. They include Jeff Nielsen, an organic avocado farmer who manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambriafarmersmarket.com/\">Cambria Farmers Market\u003c/a> and three other markets. He says that because of the program, people who don’t traditionally go to farmers markets find foods they like and keep coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll get $10, $20, even $30 (in produce) from the market, which is a really big win,” said Nielsen. “For every local that comes every week, it supports them, the farmers, and the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2023/06/20/fresh-food-benefits-could-be-cut-in-state-budget/061523_fairfield-market-match_sn_cm_15/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11953432\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11953432 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15.jpg\" alt=\"A Latino man and a Latino girl, both smiling and with arms around each other, stand under a tent and behind a table of fruit, with a sign advertising cherries\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmer Salvador Navarro and his daughter Kimberly at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market. Most of Navarro’s customers use Market Match and other benefit programs to buy their produce. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The worries about the possible demise of Market Match and other healthy food incentive programs are growing amid broader concerns that California faces a “\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/06/california-food-banks/\">catastrophic hunger crisis\u003c/a>” as pandemic-era extra CalFresh benefits come to an end. Even with those additional benefits, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/apps/economicindicators.html\">20% of Californians experienced food insecurity in 2021\u003c/a>. This year, the number is expected to rise rapidly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Sacramento to address food insecurity and nutrition inequities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the governor has been moving in ways to try to address those social needs, including food insecurity for so many Californians,” Becerra, a former state attorney general and member of Congress, said at a press conference. “I don’t believe that my state, which I’m very proud of, is going to abandon the effort to try to keep people moving in the right direction, and that of course, has to include healthy foods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where food aid stands in budget\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far, the Legislature has approved the governor’s more modest anti-hunger proposals, including the creation of a summer program for eligible households to receive \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/smmr2023pebtannncmnt.asp\">$40 per month in food assistance benefits for each child\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/home/pandemic-ebt\">substantial drop from the $125 per month\u003c/a> for each child that families received last summer. Lawmakers have also approved the expansion of California’s food assistance program for undocumented immigrants 55 and older, beginning in late 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, the governor’s May budget proposal included a total of $2.7 billion in state and federal funding for anti-hunger programs. However, the Legislature’s budget includes \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/Protect%20Our%20Progress%20Budget%20Plan%20Step%203.1%20June%2012%209am%20Final.docx.pdf\">a variety of food benefits (PDF)\u003c/a> that the governor did not include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$35 million for the incentive program that funds Market Match and a handful of other incentive programs;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$30 million for a CalFresh $50 minimum benefit pilot program;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$9.9 million for a broader California Fruit & Vegetable EBT pilot program;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$3 million to extend a CalFresh program to buy safe drinking water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The original proposal to increase the minimum CalFresh benefit from $23 to $50 per month statewide was estimated to cost $95 million. However, the Legislature’s budget deal includes only $30 million, enough for a pilot program in some counties. As budget negotiations continue, there is some doubt that even the reduced $30 million will make it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I recognize with the budget deficit that it’s going to be hard to include,” Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Van Nuys Democrat who authored the minimum benefit bill, told CalMatters in a recent interview. “But the impact is so big, should this pass and get funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Market Match focuses on farmers markets and uses vouchers and tokens, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project\u003c/a> borrows a model \u003ca href=\"https://farmdirectincentives.guide/resource/making-snap-incentives-a-snap-on-the-ebt-card/\">pioneered by Massachusetts\u003c/a> to promote nutritious shopping at grocery stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eli Zigas, the food and agriculture policy director at \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/about/our-mission-and-history\">SPUR\u003c/a>, a nonprofit policy research institute, says that CalFresh recipients predominantly shop at big-box stores and supermarkets. The test program allows recipients to get money rebated directly back on their EBT cards after buying fruits and vegetables at authorized grocery stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot plans to have more than 80 locations running by the end of the summer, but Zigas worries that the final budget may delay efforts to make the program statewide and permanent. Last year, when the state had a record budget surplus, supporters asked for $240 million over two years, but the program wasn’t funded. This year, supporters asked for $94 million over two years, but received $9.9 million in the Legislature’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2023/06/20/fresh-food-benefits-could-be-cut-in-state-budget/061523-fairfield-farmers-market-sn-cm-04/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11953433\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04.jpg\" alt=\"a woman works outside behind a table covered in green vegetables, with a line of people of different races looking through the produce\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers pick produce at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market last week, 82-year-old Gurdial Singh walked from stand to stand, using his Market Match vouchers to buy vegetables. “My wife and I will cook dinner together tonight with the zucchini, eggplant and cucumbers,” he said. “We enjoy this program very much as senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Nava, a market manager with the Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association who staffs the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, said he wants to send a message to the governor:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need this program to help low-income families, and if it goes away, it will take away food from our kids’ tables. We need it. We really, really need it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to accurately reflect state funding for the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Every Thursday at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, many customers don’t pay for their fruits and vegetables with cash, credit card or Apple Pay. Instead, they go to the information booth, swipe their CalFresh EBT card and receive paper vouchers to spend on produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Market Match, California food aid recipients get as much as $10 in matching money — meaning they have at least $20 to spend every week at their local farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We already spend $200 on meat and cheese at Costco,” said Mitzi Castillo, who lives in Fairfield with two young daughters. “If I didn’t have Market Match, they would have to wait ’til next week to eat fruits and veggies when my husband gets paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castillo buys cherries, strawberries and blueberries from one of the many farmers who also reap benefits from the program, which brings customers and more cash to more than 270 farmers markets across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, I get more money, and for the people who use it, they can feed their family more,” said Salvador Navarro, a farmer from Stockton who said he makes as much as $300 from Market Match at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcfma.org/fairfield\">Fairfield Farmers’ Market\u003c/a>, more than enough to cover the cost of his stall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re doing now is trying to get the ear of the governor,” said Minni Forman, director of Market Match, which also includes community groups coordinated by the nonprofit Ecology Center. If the program is not funded in the final budget, Forman says the program will return to fundraising in the philanthropic world, which could mean a major reduction and even the end to Market Match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried, and I’m fighting as hard as they are to make sure that it is (part of the final budget),” Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat authored \u003ca href=\"https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20150904-ting-sends-governor-bill-expand-healthy-food-access-farmers-markets\">the 2015 law creating the incentive program\u003c/a> that now funds Market Match and also \u003ca href=\"https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180801-study-finds-california-program-boosts-healthy-eating-among-calfresh\">championed additional funding in 2018\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting declined to comment on the status of ongoing negotiations between legislative leaders and the Newsom administration, as did Senate Budget Chair Nancy Skinner, an Oakland Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Bakersfield Democrat, emphasized the importance of the $35 million for the nutrition incentive program, calling it a “priority” and highlighting \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB628\">her bill to make it official state policy for everyone to have access to enough healthy food\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keeping Market Match funded is also a priority for farmers across California promoting \u003ca href=\"https://ecologycenter.org/blog/state-budget-cuts-endanger-funding-for-ca-market-match-program-its-not-too-late-to-take-action/\">the #FundCNIP campaign\u003c/a>. They include Jeff Nielsen, an organic avocado farmer who manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambriafarmersmarket.com/\">Cambria Farmers Market\u003c/a> and three other markets. He says that because of the program, people who don’t traditionally go to farmers markets find foods they like and keep coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll get $10, $20, even $30 (in produce) from the market, which is a really big win,” said Nielsen. “For every local that comes every week, it supports them, the farmers, and the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2023/06/20/fresh-food-benefits-could-be-cut-in-state-budget/061523_fairfield-market-match_sn_cm_15/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11953432\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11953432 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15.jpg\" alt=\"A Latino man and a Latino girl, both smiling and with arms around each other, stand under a tent and behind a table of fruit, with a sign advertising cherries\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523_Fairfield-Market-Match_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmer Salvador Navarro and his daughter Kimberly at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market. Most of Navarro’s customers use Market Match and other benefit programs to buy their produce. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The worries about the possible demise of Market Match and other healthy food incentive programs are growing amid broader concerns that California faces a “\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/06/california-food-banks/\">catastrophic hunger crisis\u003c/a>” as pandemic-era extra CalFresh benefits come to an end. Even with those additional benefits, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/apps/economicindicators.html\">20% of Californians experienced food insecurity in 2021\u003c/a>. This year, the number is expected to rise rapidly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Sacramento to address food insecurity and nutrition inequities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the governor has been moving in ways to try to address those social needs, including food insecurity for so many Californians,” Becerra, a former state attorney general and member of Congress, said at a press conference. “I don’t believe that my state, which I’m very proud of, is going to abandon the effort to try to keep people moving in the right direction, and that of course, has to include healthy foods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where food aid stands in budget\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far, the Legislature has approved the governor’s more modest anti-hunger proposals, including the creation of a summer program for eligible households to receive \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/smmr2023pebtannncmnt.asp\">$40 per month in food assistance benefits for each child\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/home/pandemic-ebt\">substantial drop from the $125 per month\u003c/a> for each child that families received last summer. Lawmakers have also approved the expansion of California’s food assistance program for undocumented immigrants 55 and older, beginning in late 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, the governor’s May budget proposal included a total of $2.7 billion in state and federal funding for anti-hunger programs. However, the Legislature’s budget includes \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/Protect%20Our%20Progress%20Budget%20Plan%20Step%203.1%20June%2012%209am%20Final.docx.pdf\">a variety of food benefits (PDF)\u003c/a> that the governor did not include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$35 million for the incentive program that funds Market Match and a handful of other incentive programs;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$30 million for a CalFresh $50 minimum benefit pilot program;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$9.9 million for a broader California Fruit & Vegetable EBT pilot program;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$3 million to extend a CalFresh program to buy safe drinking water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The original proposal to increase the minimum CalFresh benefit from $23 to $50 per month statewide was estimated to cost $95 million. However, the Legislature’s budget deal includes only $30 million, enough for a pilot program in some counties. As budget negotiations continue, there is some doubt that even the reduced $30 million will make it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I recognize with the budget deficit that it’s going to be hard to include,” Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Van Nuys Democrat who authored the minimum benefit bill, told CalMatters in a recent interview. “But the impact is so big, should this pass and get funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Market Match focuses on farmers markets and uses vouchers and tokens, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project\u003c/a> borrows a model \u003ca href=\"https://farmdirectincentives.guide/resource/making-snap-incentives-a-snap-on-the-ebt-card/\">pioneered by Massachusetts\u003c/a> to promote nutritious shopping at grocery stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eli Zigas, the food and agriculture policy director at \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/about/our-mission-and-history\">SPUR\u003c/a>, a nonprofit policy research institute, says that CalFresh recipients predominantly shop at big-box stores and supermarkets. The test program allows recipients to get money rebated directly back on their EBT cards after buying fruits and vegetables at authorized grocery stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot plans to have more than 80 locations running by the end of the summer, but Zigas worries that the final budget may delay efforts to make the program statewide and permanent. Last year, when the state had a record budget surplus, supporters asked for $240 million over two years, but the program wasn’t funded. This year, supporters asked for $94 million over two years, but received $9.9 million in the Legislature’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2023/06/20/fresh-food-benefits-could-be-cut-in-state-budget/061523-fairfield-farmers-market-sn-cm-04/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11953433\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04.jpg\" alt=\"a woman works outside behind a table covered in green vegetables, with a line of people of different races looking through the produce\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/061523-Fairfield-Farmers-Market-SN-CM-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers pick produce at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market last week, 82-year-old Gurdial Singh walked from stand to stand, using his Market Match vouchers to buy vegetables. “My wife and I will cook dinner together tonight with the zucchini, eggplant and cucumbers,” he said. “We enjoy this program very much as senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Nava, a market manager with the Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association who staffs the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, said he wants to send a message to the governor:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need this program to help low-income families, and if it goes away, it will take away food from our kids’ tables. 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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#debtceiling\">\u003cstrong>How will the debt ceiling deal affect me if I’m on CalFresh?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers and social safety net advocates are scrambling to prepare for the effects of new restrictions on federal assistance programs, such as food stamps and cash aid, which are expected as part of a federal debt ceiling deal headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday. Anti-poverty advocates say the new restrictions come at the worst possible moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2019 and 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/poverty-in-california/\">poverty in California fell\u003c/a>, largely thanks to expanded social safety net programs put in place during the pandemic, according to data from the California Poverty Measure (CPM). About 3.9 million more Californians (10.3%) would have been in poverty without those programs, according to the CPM. CalFresh alone kept 1 million Californians out of poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, in fall 2021, 28.7% of residents were “poor” or “near poor,” down from 34.0% in 2019. Almost two-thirds of poor Californians lived in families with at least one working adult (excluding families with only older adults).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy, GRACE End Child Poverty California\"]‘The data shows that taking food assistance away is not helping someone find a job. It is simply taking away their ability to buy groceries and to prevent hunger.’[/pullquote]But advocates said those numbers may rebound due to the proposed cuts. The deal announced Sunday would subject more older adults to time limits on food stamp assistance and more families to work requirements in order for them to get cash support. That could put a wrench in plans to expand some social services in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New federal rules could complicate state’s plans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Los Angeles) is among the lawmakers who \u003ca href=\"https://sd20.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-menjivar-pursues-increase-nutrition-assistance-calfresh-minimum-benefit-adequacy-act\">introduced bills earlier this year to expand food stamp benefits in California\u003c/a>. She said new federal rules could complicate the state’s plans by adding to the daunting administrative burdens that come with changing programs that serve so many people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the work that I’ve been doing so far just feels like now has hit a big wall,” she said, “because depending on what happens in Washington, D.C., [that] will really determine if this will be able to move forward or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) is more concerned about the proposed changes to a cash aid program. She says 140,000 families in the state could lose a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/WINS1.pdf\">small stipend for food (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=\"news_11945814,news_11943420,news_11940602\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“Either we face those families losing that benefit or us having to compensate for it in the budget,” she said. “And we’re in a situation with the [state budget] shortfall this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers only have until June 15 to adopt a budget for the coming year. But Skinner said talks are underway to explore solutions. She’s more confident the state can mitigate new restrictions proposed for the food stamp program, noting the \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/Protect%20Our%20Progress%20-%20Senate%20Democrats%27%20Plan%20-%20Step%202_Final.pdf\">Senate budget plan (PDF)\u003c/a> included calls to expand benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it’s not a done deal, I have more confidence that California will be able to address that part,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal brokered between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps and dubbed CalFresh in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"debtceiling\">\u003c/a>How eligibility would change under debt ceiling deal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Work requirements are already in place for most nondisabled adults up to 49, limiting their access to food stamps to three months out of every three years unless they can show they’re working 20 hours a week or meet other criteria. The compromise plan would gradually raise the maximum age to 54 by 2025 and make it more difficult for states to waive work requirements for some people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a win for Democrats, the bill would also expand some benefits for veterans, unhoused people and former foster youth through age 24. The upshot, according to initial projections, is that numbers will stay roughly stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be about as many people newly protected as newly subject to time limits because of the age change,” National Economic Council Deputy Director Aviva Aron-Dine said at a press briefing on the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All changes to the SNAP program would expire in 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal would also tighten work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program — CalWORKs in California — which provides cash aid to families with children, by making it harder for states to exempt families from the requirements. .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this month, \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home?publish=yes\">about 3 million California households\u003c/a> receive CalFresh benefits. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, the projected number of cases with CalWORKs for 2023 increased by 44,435, bringing the total to 398,409.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food stamp benefits expanded during the pandemic. When that ended this March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/temporary-pandemic-snap-benefits-will-end-in-remaining-35-states-in-march\">Californians saw their allotments drop by about $84 a month per person\u003c/a>, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have just gone over the largest hunger cliff in history,” said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy for the nonprofit GRACE End Child Poverty California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said now is not the time to further limit access to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The data show that taking food assistance away is not helping someone find a job. It is simply taking away their ability to buy groceries and to prevent hunger,” he said. “How does putting hunger on someone’s résumé support them?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, food banks are reporting surging demand. The Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) has seen calls to its emergency food helpline double since the emergency allotment expired, said Michael Altfest, the food bank’s director of community engagement\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had a lot of households reaching out over the last couple of months, very confused and often angry about what’s been happening,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, the recent reduction in food stamp benefits means that families are forgoing about 3.1 million meals per month, according to an analysis by ACCFB staff. The food bank, by comparison, distributes between 4 million and 5 million meals per month, Altfest said: “That’s a number that our foodbank simply cannot make up for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the proposed SNAP limits and expansions result in a wash, Altfest said changes can sow chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any time that Congress puts limits on the SNAP program, it adds confusion and just causes more people to go hungry,” he said. “And for us, that means it’s going to drive demand to food banks, which are already strapped for resources.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Either we face those families losing that benefit or us having to compensate for it in the budget,” she said. “And we’re in a situation with the [state budget] shortfall this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers only have until June 15 to adopt a budget for the coming year. But Skinner said talks are underway to explore solutions. She’s more confident the state can mitigate new restrictions proposed for the food stamp program, noting the \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/Protect%20Our%20Progress%20-%20Senate%20Democrats%27%20Plan%20-%20Step%202_Final.pdf\">Senate budget plan (PDF)\u003c/a> included calls to expand benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it’s not a done deal, I have more confidence that California will be able to address that part,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal brokered between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps and dubbed CalFresh in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"debtceiling\">\u003c/a>How eligibility would change under debt ceiling deal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Work requirements are already in place for most nondisabled adults up to 49, limiting their access to food stamps to three months out of every three years unless they can show they’re working 20 hours a week or meet other criteria. The compromise plan would gradually raise the maximum age to 54 by 2025 and make it more difficult for states to waive work requirements for some people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a win for Democrats, the bill would also expand some benefits for veterans, unhoused people and former foster youth through age 24. The upshot, according to initial projections, is that numbers will stay roughly stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be about as many people newly protected as newly subject to time limits because of the age change,” National Economic Council Deputy Director Aviva Aron-Dine said at a press briefing on the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All changes to the SNAP program would expire in 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal would also tighten work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program — CalWORKs in California — which provides cash aid to families with children, by making it harder for states to exempt families from the requirements. .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this month, \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home?publish=yes\">about 3 million California households\u003c/a> receive CalFresh benefits. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, the projected number of cases with CalWORKs for 2023 increased by 44,435, bringing the total to 398,409.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food stamp benefits expanded during the pandemic. When that ended this March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/temporary-pandemic-snap-benefits-will-end-in-remaining-35-states-in-march\">Californians saw their allotments drop by about $84 a month per person\u003c/a>, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have just gone over the largest hunger cliff in history,” said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy for the nonprofit GRACE End Child Poverty California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said now is not the time to further limit access to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The data show that taking food assistance away is not helping someone find a job. It is simply taking away their ability to buy groceries and to prevent hunger,” he said. “How does putting hunger on someone’s résumé support them?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, food banks are reporting surging demand. The Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) has seen calls to its emergency food helpline double since the emergency allotment expired, said Michael Altfest, the food bank’s director of community engagement\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had a lot of households reaching out over the last couple of months, very confused and often angry about what’s been happening,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, the recent reduction in food stamp benefits means that families are forgoing about 3.1 million meals per month, according to an analysis by ACCFB staff. The food bank, by comparison, distributes between 4 million and 5 million meals per month, Altfest said: “That’s a number that our foodbank simply cannot make up for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the proposed SNAP limits and expansions result in a wash, Altfest said changes can sow chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>During the pandemic, more California students have been able to use\u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\"> CalFresh food benefits\u003c/a>, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) also known as “food stamps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, that \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">federal program, which widened the eligibility for college students\u003c/a> needing food assistance during the pandemic — and also raised those benefits for many — is coming to an end. But you still have time to sign up to secure another year of food benefits — and student advocates and financial aid experts say now is the time to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whoeligiblecalfreshstudent\">Who is eligible for CalFresh after June 10?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howapplycalfreshstudent\">How do I apply before June 10 to keep CalFresh?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“People often don’t know that they are eligible, and if they do know they are eligible, they might not apply because the application is intimidating or they put it off. But it takes 15 minutes, and it is worth the effort,” said Ginnie Tran, CalFresh outreach coordinator for Cal State University, East Bay. “I used it personally when I was in college and was able to help myself and my roommates get groceries.”[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Tip: Put a reminder on your calendar for June 9, the last day you can apply to CalFresh as a student under the widened pandemic-era eligibility rules. Starting June 10, far fewer students will be eligible.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic,\u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\"> CalFresh provided \u003cem>all\u003c/em> eligible students with $281 a month for food and groceries\u003c/a>, Tran said. \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/student-exemptions-flyer-en.pdf\">That changes on June 10 (PDF)\u003c/a>, after which applications will fall under the pre-pandemic regulations, which provide between $25 and $281, depending on income and other individual factors. 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But only 127,360 students applied and received assistance the same year, the report shows.[aside postID=news_11943420 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1144627849-1020x680.jpg']Just 10% of community college students, 12% of UC undergraduate students and 4% of UC graduate students were enrolled in CalFresh through the 2019–2020 academic year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/california-community-college-and-university-of-california-student-participation-in-calfresh-food-benefits/\">data from the California Policy Lab\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about upcoming changes to student CalFresh benefits, and what to do if you’re a student who’s affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are CalFresh benefits changing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/03/calfresh-college-students/\">ending a pandemic-era food assistance program where SNAP expanded benefits\u003c/a> to include students who are eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/attend/paying-for-college/financial-aid/types/Pages/work-study.aspx\">federal or state work study\u003c/a> — a federal program that provides jobs for students with financial need — or whose families cannot afford to contribute any money to their tuition. 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Starting June 10, any students applying will be subject to the new eligibility rules (more on this below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A significant number of students will be affected” by the upcoming eligibility shift, Tran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whoeligiblecalfreshstudent\">\u003c/a>I’m a student on CalFresh right now. How do I know if I still qualify?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beginning July 2023, only students who meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Forms-and-Brochures/2020/A-D/CF6177.pdf?ver=2021-10-22-160250-313\">what’s known as a “permanent exemption” (PDF)\u003c/a> will continue to qualify for CalFresh when they go through the recertification process. 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According to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the state body that administers CalFresh, if you were approved for CalFresh under one of the temporary student exemptions, you don’t need to do anything to keep your benefits until your next recertification. But to \u003cem>keep\u003c/em> those benefits, you’ll have to meet \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/student-exemptions-flyer-en.pdf\">one of the permanent student exemptions (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2 in 5 college students are still eligible for CalFresh under the new rules starting in July, “but awareness is a lot lower than that,” said Tran. “I would encourage everyone to apply. You don’t get penalized if you apply and aren’t approved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you aren’t sure, contact your school’s CalFresh coordinator or county human services agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"howapplycalfreshstudent\">\u003c/a>I’m a student and I think I qualify. How do I apply for CalFresh?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are several avenues students can take to apply. Eligible students must typically recertify for CalFresh every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The easiest way for most students is to \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/?source=csueb\">fill out an application for CalFresh at getcalfresh.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of California counties also have adopted \u003ca href=\"https://benefitscal.com/\">a new website called BenefitsCal.com\u003c/a>. 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Reach out to your school’s CalFresh coordinator.[/pullquote]In an effort to increase student participation in CalFresh, county social services agencies are increasingly working with campuses to reach out directly to students who might be eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California lawmakers passed AB 1326, which requires county human services agencies to have college campus liaisons like Tran who provide one-on-one support with students to fill out their CalFresh applications in person or online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I missed the CalFresh deadline for college students. What now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you missed the CalFresh deadline for students, you may still have options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many California counties offer a 24/7 hotline for social programs such as CalFresh. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic,\u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\"> CalFresh provided \u003cem>all\u003c/em> eligible students with $281 a month for food and groceries\u003c/a>, Tran said. \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/student-exemptions-flyer-en.pdf\">That changes on June 10 (PDF)\u003c/a>, after which applications will fall under the pre-pandemic regulations, which provide between $25 and $281, depending on income and other individual factors. Not only is the amount offered to students going to fall, but who’s eligible for CalFresh as a student is also changing. \u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#whoeligiblecalfreshstudent\">How do I know if I qualify for CalFresh now? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">Over 3 million households across the state rely on CalFresh.\u003c/a> That includes more than 127,000 students across the California State University system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many students who are eligible for CalFresh aren’t receiving the support they are entitled to. Somewhere \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Leg/202006-SB-77-CalFresh-Student-Data-Report.pdf\">between 416,000 and 700,000 California college students qualified for CalFresh benefits under the permanent rules during the 2018–19 school year (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to a June 2020 state report. But only 127,360 students applied and received assistance the same year, the report shows.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Just 10% of community college students, 12% of UC undergraduate students and 4% of UC graduate students were enrolled in CalFresh through the 2019–2020 academic year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/california-community-college-and-university-of-california-student-participation-in-calfresh-food-benefits/\">data from the California Policy Lab\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about upcoming changes to student CalFresh benefits, and what to do if you’re a student who’s affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are CalFresh benefits changing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/03/calfresh-college-students/\">ending a pandemic-era food assistance program where SNAP expanded benefits\u003c/a> to include students who are eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/attend/paying-for-college/financial-aid/types/Pages/work-study.aspx\">federal or state work study\u003c/a> — a federal program that provides jobs for students with financial need — or whose families cannot afford to contribute any money to their tuition. These were called temporary student exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The change is tied to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/31/1152739780/biden-plans-to-end-the-covid-19-national-emergency-on-may-11\">the end of the national public health emergency order for COVID-19 on May 11\u003c/a>, causing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you\">numerous state and federal pandemic relief programs to wind down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary student exemptions expire on June 10, so the last day that students can apply for CalFresh and still receive the pandemic-era benefits is June 9, 2023. Starting June 10, any students applying will be subject to the new eligibility rules (more on this below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A significant number of students will be affected” by the upcoming eligibility shift, Tran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whoeligiblecalfreshstudent\">\u003c/a>I’m a student on CalFresh right now. How do I know if I still qualify?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beginning July 2023, only students who meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Forms-and-Brochures/2020/A-D/CF6177.pdf?ver=2021-10-22-160250-313\">what’s known as a “permanent exemption” (PDF)\u003c/a> will continue to qualify for CalFresh when they go through the recertification process. That includes students with physical or mental disabilities that affect their ability to work, some students with children, working students and students who are not expecting to enroll in their next term. \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/student-exemptions-flyer-en.pdf\">See the California Department of Social Services list of permanent student exemptions for CalFresh (PDF).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This means that starting in July, many of those students who qualified for CalFresh during the pandemic under one of the temporary student exemptions will no longer qualify when they recertify. According to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the state body that administers CalFresh, if you were approved for CalFresh under one of the temporary student exemptions, you don’t need to do anything to keep your benefits until your next recertification. But to \u003cem>keep\u003c/em> those benefits, you’ll have to meet \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/student-exemptions-flyer-en.pdf\">one of the permanent student exemptions (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2 in 5 college students are still eligible for CalFresh under the new rules starting in July, “but awareness is a lot lower than that,” said Tran. “I would encourage everyone to apply. You don’t get penalized if you apply and aren’t approved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you aren’t sure, contact your school’s CalFresh coordinator or county human services agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In an effort to increase student participation in CalFresh, county social services agencies are increasingly working with campuses to reach out directly to students who might be eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California lawmakers passed AB 1326, which requires county human services agencies to have college campus liaisons like Tran who provide one-on-one support with students to fill out their CalFresh applications in person or online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I missed the CalFresh deadline for college students. What now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you missed the CalFresh deadline for students, you may still have options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many California counties offer a 24/7 hotline for social programs such as CalFresh. And you can call 211 to speak with someone about immediate food assistance programs in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services help line at (888) 445-1955 also offers guidance on food assistance options and programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">more local resources and options for finding food assistance from KQED’s CalFresh guide\u003c/a>, from how to find a food bank to how to get 50% off produce at local farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 6.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">Over 3 million households around California use CalFresh\u003c/a>, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food benefits program also known as “food stamps.” According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">the state’s most recent data from January 2023\u003c/a>, that’s more than 5 million people using these funds to ensure they have access to food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, folks using CalFresh have been receiving extra funds, called “emergency allotments,” in recognition of the extreme challenges the COVID pandemic has been causing to people’s lives and jobs. This increase was at least $95 in CalFresh benefits per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But starting in April, CalFresh users will notice a big drop in their food benefits. That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">those extra CalFresh pandemic funds were discontinued on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, making March the last month the emergency allotments will appear in your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out why this is happening, or jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">where you can find additional food support and benefits\u003c/a> if you’re going to be affected by this drop in CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you a student on CalFresh? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945814/college-students-your-calfresh-eligibility-is-about-to-change-heres-what-to-do\">Read more about how your eligibility for food benefits is also changing starting June 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is this drop in my CalFresh benefits happening?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sharp reduction in CalFresh funds is due to federal funding changes for SNAP programs across the whole United States — not because of a change in California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — the federal agency that oversees SNAP programs nationwide — gave states extra funding so they could increase food benefits for people using SNAP. The increase allowed California to up the amount CalFresh users received every month, either to the maximum amount allowed or by adding a $95 increase for the people already getting the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, a 2023 Congressional spending bill — the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 — has ended the pandemic-era release of these extra funds to households across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So how much money in CalFresh benefits will I now lose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting in April, your CalFresh benefits will go back down to their pre-pandemic levels, according to what you’re currently eligible for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These emergency allotments were $95 \u003cem>minimum\u003c/em>. So the end of these extra funds means that a person using CalFresh \u003cem>at the very least\u003c/em> is losing $95 each month in their food benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">Both your regular CalFresh benefits and how much emergency allotment you’ve been receiving are calculated based on your personal circumstances (PDF)\u003c/a>, which includes how many people are in your household, what your income is and what tax deductions you claim. The bigger your household and the lower your income, the larger your CalFresh benefits will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">You can go here to see the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments (PDF)\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023. But remember that the dollar amounts for regular CalFresh allotments shown in the table below represent the \u003cem>absolute maximum amount\u003c/em> available to a household based on their circumstances, not the average. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-cola\">The minimum CalFresh allotment available is $23.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943797\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1242px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png\" alt=\"A table that shows Maximum Monthly allotments for CalFresh users\" width=\"1242\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png 1242w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-800x526.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-1020x671.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-160x105.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table that shows maximum monthly allotments for CalFresh users. \u003ccite>(California Department of Social Services)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect Californians using CalFresh?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CalMatters has reported that since November, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">the extra emergency allotment boosts have amounted to more than $500 million a month\u003c/a> in additional food stamps for lower-income Californians, according to USDA data. Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks, told CalMatters that a single-person household could see their food aid drop from $281 a month to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco alone, officials at the city’s Human Services Agency (SFHSA) estimated in a March 1 press conference that around 70,000 households receiving CalFresh — more than 96,000 individuals — will lose an average of $160 per month, totaling a loss of $11.5 million citywide. The SFHSA estimates that older people, people with disabilities and families with multiple children will be most affected by these CalFresh changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the agency that administers CalFresh, says that it’s been using “many methods of communication” to alert CalFresh users about the imminent drop in funds, including texts, social media, automated phone calls and a January mailer sent to all people using CalFresh. This messaging, the agency says, has been translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Armenian and Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/emergency-allotment-flyer-english.pdf\">official flyer warning of the CalFresh funding changes (PDF)\u003c/a>, CDSS advises people being hit by this sudden drop in food benefits in April that they can “get free food from your local food bank” as an “additional food resource.” The agency notes that both the state and the USDA also have made more funding available to food banks recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many advocates are deeply concerned about the impact on hunger in California. Particularly concerned are food bank representatives, whose organizations have already seen huge demand during the pandemic, and are themselves being squeezed by the food inflation that’s affecting the people that food banks serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,”\u003c/a> Silva from the California Association of Food Banks told CalMatters. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Altfest, Alameda County Community Food Bank’s director of community engagement, says that the loss in Alameda County alone will amount to more than 3 million meals in the county per month. “Our food bank can’t make up 3.1 million meals,” Altfest said. “It’s physically impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a huge jump in demand,” he said. “And I think food banks across the country are going to struggle to make this up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest says that many food banks across the state are joining forces with lawmakers and “working on a number of bills and proposals that we’ve been lobbying for.” These measures not only \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-02/millions-of-californians-see-catastrophic-end-of-covid-19-food-benefits-as-inflation-climbs\">advocate for increased state funding for food banks, but also for the state to augment federal SNAP benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodsupport\">\u003c/a>Where can I find additional money and support if my CalFresh benefits are dropping?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First, make sure you’re getting all the CalFresh benefits you’re entitled to\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your income has gone down, or stopped because you’ve lost your job or your expenses have risen, you may be eligible for more CalFresh benefits. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">See the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments [PDF]\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s your situation, you should contact your local social services office. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/county-offices\">Find your local social services office.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call 211\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh officials say that if you are in “immediate need of food assistance,” you can dial 211 and speak with someone about food services that are available in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This hotline is open 24 hours a day, but they warn that “not all areas provide 211 phone support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, the CalFresh Info Line can be reached at (877) 847-3663. The California Department of Social Services Helpline is (888) 445-1955, which CalFresh says can also offer information and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use your county’s food access programs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are food assistance options that are separate from food banks, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in the city and county of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/sites/default/files/Directory_Community%20meals%202022-23.pdf\">Locations where you can find a community meal (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $4\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County residents can call (855) 309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/maps/food-services.htm\">Map of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/food-housing-finance/food-access-resource-list-2021.06.21.pdf\">List of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/food\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a>, including details of meals for K–12 students and college students\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/wp-content/uploads/FoodResources.pdf\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/events\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (calendar view)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/emergencies/emfood.asp\">Resources for emergency food assistance in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get free produce at a farmers market that’s participating in California’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot provides CalFresh participants with up to $60 per month in rebates when they use their EBT card to pay for California-grown produce at a limited number of farmers markets and grocery stores statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: If you have funds on your EBT card and use them to pay for eligible produce at a participating location, you’ll instantly get a rebate for the cost of that produce — effectively making it free at the point of sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More stores will be participating in this pilot program in 2023. But right now, you can get up to $60 worth of California-grown produce with your EBT card at the following farmers markets and stores in the wider Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://napafarmersmarket.org/\">\u003cem>Napa Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>110 West Street, Napa, CA 94559 (already in effect at the Saturday market; starts April 4 at the Tuesday market)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://splashpad.org/farmers-market/\">\u003cem>Grand Lake Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>746 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 (starting April 8)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://marketlocations.com/\">Country Club Plaza Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2405 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95828\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">full list of stores and farmers markets that are already participating in the Fruit and Vegetables EBT pilot\u003c/a>, as well as the Bay Area locations that will start participating in April 2023 (dates TBD).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apply for WIC\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child. Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is income-based, and is available to pregnant people, plus new parents and grandparents of young children. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC#howToGetWIC\">See whether you’re eligible for WIC and apply online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Market Match to double your CalFresh or WIC dollars at a farmers market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/\">Market Match\u003c/a> is a statewide program that enables you to double your CalFresh or Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) funds at certain farmers markets and farm-direct locations near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: Use the Market Match map to \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/fmfinder/\">find a participating farmers market or other farm-direct location near you\u003c/a>, and when you arrive during operating hours, go to that market’s information booth with your EBT card and ask for Market Match. \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Your EBT card will be swiped for a dollar amount of your choice\u003c/a>, and in return you’ll receive tokens for double that dollar amount to spend at the market. (Another way of looking at it: Market Match effectively gives you 50% off produce you buy at participating farmers markets.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some markets will have a limit on the amount of CalFresh or WIC dollars you can have matched (often $10); others have no limit. Consider watching \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Market Match’s short “how it works” video\u003c/a> before using Market Match for the first time at a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a food bank or community pantry near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">find a local foodbank through the California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a>, or keep scrolling for a list of food banks and community kitchens, pantries and more near you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB’s partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council’s Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://rolfusa.org/food-pantry-more\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other, smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 6.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">Over 3 million households around California use CalFresh\u003c/a>, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food benefits program also known as “food stamps.” According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">the state’s most recent data from January 2023\u003c/a>, that’s more than 5 million people using these funds to ensure they have access to food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, folks using CalFresh have been receiving extra funds, called “emergency allotments,” in recognition of the extreme challenges the COVID pandemic has been causing to people’s lives and jobs. This increase was at least $95 in CalFresh benefits per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But starting in April, CalFresh users will notice a big drop in their food benefits. That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">those extra CalFresh pandemic funds were discontinued on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, making March the last month the emergency allotments will appear in your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out why this is happening, or jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">where you can find additional food support and benefits\u003c/a> if you’re going to be affected by this drop in CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you a student on CalFresh? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945814/college-students-your-calfresh-eligibility-is-about-to-change-heres-what-to-do\">Read more about how your eligibility for food benefits is also changing starting June 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is this drop in my CalFresh benefits happening?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sharp reduction in CalFresh funds is due to federal funding changes for SNAP programs across the whole United States — not because of a change in California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — the federal agency that oversees SNAP programs nationwide — gave states extra funding so they could increase food benefits for people using SNAP. The increase allowed California to up the amount CalFresh users received every month, either to the maximum amount allowed or by adding a $95 increase for the people already getting the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, a 2023 Congressional spending bill — the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 — has ended the pandemic-era release of these extra funds to households across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So how much money in CalFresh benefits will I now lose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting in April, your CalFresh benefits will go back down to their pre-pandemic levels, according to what you’re currently eligible for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These emergency allotments were $95 \u003cem>minimum\u003c/em>. So the end of these extra funds means that a person using CalFresh \u003cem>at the very least\u003c/em> is losing $95 each month in their food benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">Both your regular CalFresh benefits and how much emergency allotment you’ve been receiving are calculated based on your personal circumstances (PDF)\u003c/a>, which includes how many people are in your household, what your income is and what tax deductions you claim. The bigger your household and the lower your income, the larger your CalFresh benefits will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">You can go here to see the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments (PDF)\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023. But remember that the dollar amounts for regular CalFresh allotments shown in the table below represent the \u003cem>absolute maximum amount\u003c/em> available to a household based on their circumstances, not the average. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-cola\">The minimum CalFresh allotment available is $23.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943797\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1242px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png\" alt=\"A table that shows Maximum Monthly allotments for CalFresh users\" width=\"1242\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png 1242w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-800x526.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-1020x671.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-160x105.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table that shows maximum monthly allotments for CalFresh users. \u003ccite>(California Department of Social Services)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect Californians using CalFresh?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CalMatters has reported that since November, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">the extra emergency allotment boosts have amounted to more than $500 million a month\u003c/a> in additional food stamps for lower-income Californians, according to USDA data. Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks, told CalMatters that a single-person household could see their food aid drop from $281 a month to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco alone, officials at the city’s Human Services Agency (SFHSA) estimated in a March 1 press conference that around 70,000 households receiving CalFresh — more than 96,000 individuals — will lose an average of $160 per month, totaling a loss of $11.5 million citywide. The SFHSA estimates that older people, people with disabilities and families with multiple children will be most affected by these CalFresh changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the agency that administers CalFresh, says that it’s been using “many methods of communication” to alert CalFresh users about the imminent drop in funds, including texts, social media, automated phone calls and a January mailer sent to all people using CalFresh. This messaging, the agency says, has been translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Armenian and Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/emergency-allotment-flyer-english.pdf\">official flyer warning of the CalFresh funding changes (PDF)\u003c/a>, CDSS advises people being hit by this sudden drop in food benefits in April that they can “get free food from your local food bank” as an “additional food resource.” The agency notes that both the state and the USDA also have made more funding available to food banks recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many advocates are deeply concerned about the impact on hunger in California. Particularly concerned are food bank representatives, whose organizations have already seen huge demand during the pandemic, and are themselves being squeezed by the food inflation that’s affecting the people that food banks serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,”\u003c/a> Silva from the California Association of Food Banks told CalMatters. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Altfest, Alameda County Community Food Bank’s director of community engagement, says that the loss in Alameda County alone will amount to more than 3 million meals in the county per month. “Our food bank can’t make up 3.1 million meals,” Altfest said. “It’s physically impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a huge jump in demand,” he said. “And I think food banks across the country are going to struggle to make this up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest says that many food banks across the state are joining forces with lawmakers and “working on a number of bills and proposals that we’ve been lobbying for.” These measures not only \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-02/millions-of-californians-see-catastrophic-end-of-covid-19-food-benefits-as-inflation-climbs\">advocate for increased state funding for food banks, but also for the state to augment federal SNAP benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodsupport\">\u003c/a>Where can I find additional money and support if my CalFresh benefits are dropping?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First, make sure you’re getting all the CalFresh benefits you’re entitled to\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your income has gone down, or stopped because you’ve lost your job or your expenses have risen, you may be eligible for more CalFresh benefits. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call 211\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh officials say that if you are in “immediate need of food assistance,” you can dial 211 and speak with someone about food services that are available in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This hotline is open 24 hours a day, but they warn that “not all areas provide 211 phone support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, the CalFresh Info Line can be reached at (877) 847-3663. The California Department of Social Services Helpline is (888) 445-1955, which CalFresh says can also offer information and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use your county’s food access programs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are food assistance options that are separate from food banks, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in the city and county of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/sites/default/files/Directory_Community%20meals%202022-23.pdf\">Locations where you can find a community meal (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $4\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County residents can call (855) 309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/maps/food-services.htm\">Map of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/food-housing-finance/food-access-resource-list-2021.06.21.pdf\">List of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/food\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a>, including details of meals for K–12 students and college students\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/wp-content/uploads/FoodResources.pdf\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/events\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (calendar view)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/emergencies/emfood.asp\">Resources for emergency food assistance in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get free produce at a farmers market that’s participating in California’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot provides CalFresh participants with up to $60 per month in rebates when they use their EBT card to pay for California-grown produce at a limited number of farmers markets and grocery stores statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: If you have funds on your EBT card and use them to pay for eligible produce at a participating location, you’ll instantly get a rebate for the cost of that produce — effectively making it free at the point of sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More stores will be participating in this pilot program in 2023. But right now, you can get up to $60 worth of California-grown produce with your EBT card at the following farmers markets and stores in the wider Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://napafarmersmarket.org/\">\u003cem>Napa Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>110 West Street, Napa, CA 94559 (already in effect at the Saturday market; starts April 4 at the Tuesday market)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://splashpad.org/farmers-market/\">\u003cem>Grand Lake Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>746 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 (starting April 8)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://marketlocations.com/\">Country Club Plaza Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2405 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95828\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">full list of stores and farmers markets that are already participating in the Fruit and Vegetables EBT pilot\u003c/a>, as well as the Bay Area locations that will start participating in April 2023 (dates TBD).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apply for WIC\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child. Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is income-based, and is available to pregnant people, plus new parents and grandparents of young children. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC#howToGetWIC\">See whether you’re eligible for WIC and apply online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Market Match to double your CalFresh or WIC dollars at a farmers market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/\">Market Match\u003c/a> is a statewide program that enables you to double your CalFresh or Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) funds at certain farmers markets and farm-direct locations near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: Use the Market Match map to \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/fmfinder/\">find a participating farmers market or other farm-direct location near you\u003c/a>, and when you arrive during operating hours, go to that market’s information booth with your EBT card and ask for Market Match. \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Your EBT card will be swiped for a dollar amount of your choice\u003c/a>, and in return you’ll receive tokens for double that dollar amount to spend at the market. (Another way of looking at it: Market Match effectively gives you 50% off produce you buy at participating farmers markets.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some markets will have a limit on the amount of CalFresh or WIC dollars you can have matched (often $10); others have no limit. Consider watching \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Market Match’s short “how it works” video\u003c/a> before using Market Match for the first time at a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a food bank or community pantry near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">find a local foodbank through the California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a>, or keep scrolling for a list of food banks and community kitchens, pantries and more near you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB’s partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council’s Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://rolfusa.org/food-pantry-more\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other, smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Today, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929285/newsom-to-end-californias-covid-state-of-emergency-in-february\">California’s COVID-19 state of emergency officially comes to an end\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since March 2020, this statewide emergency declaration has given Gov. Gavin Newsom the power to suspend or change laws in California to fight the spread of COVID. Now, after almost three years, the state is winding down its state of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#calfreshmedical\">What you need to know if use CalFresh or Medi-Cal\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The move has been characterized as \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-california-covid-gavin-newsom-government-and-politics-0a013cc71e580d33fe59f93bc6c2b16e\">“a symbolic end” to the pandemic in California\u003c/a>, and a “decision [that] will have little practical impact on most people’s lives.” And it’s certainly true that most of the pandemic-related orders Newsom has issued since March 2020 — almost 600 of them — have been lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TeacupInTheBay/status/1623832514744942592\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not entirely accurate to say that this move will have \u003ci>zero \u003c/i>implications for California and the way COVID is handled — and perceived. Added to the mix is the fact that even if people are aware that the state of emergency is ending, they might not really know exactly what that entails — or how it could affect them personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what \u003ci>does\u003c/i> California ending its state of emergency mean for you?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The federal state of emergency is ending, too — which also affects Californians\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, the White House announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152702709/covid-emergency-declarations-end-white-house\">the federal state of emergency for COVID will end on May 11\u003c/a> — over two months after California ends its own. And to complicate matters a little more, there are actually \u003ci>two \u003c/i>federal emergencies ending May 11: the national emergency, and the public health emergency.[aside postID=news_11940562 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62644_GettyImages-1237599780-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end of these national emergencies will have big effects upon nationwide funding for COVID vaccines and testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to laws that have been passed in California in the last few years (more on this below), Californians will at least be able to keep a lot \u003ci>more \u003c/i>COVID coverage than folks living in other states. But May 11 is a date people in California still need to know, because some of those laws are tied to the end of the national-level declarations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking beyond the end of both the statewide emergency and the nationwide public health declaration, Gov. Newsom’s office says his administration intends to seek lawmakers’ approval to actually preserve two of the emergency provisions enabled by the 2020 state of emergency in California. These specifically deal with allowing different health care workers to perform certain COVID-related functions (for nurses, it’s dispensing COVID medications like Paxlovid; for lab workers, it’s processing COVID tests on their own).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For insured people in California, most COVID coverage won’t change — yet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has recently enacted several laws that force insurers to keep covering COVID care even after the state and federal states of emergency wind down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senate Bill 510 requires insurers in California to keep covering COVID costs like testing and vaccination after the national emergency ends. On the national level, the White House’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha has promised that COVID vaccines will remain free in the U.S. for insured people as a preventive service covered under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, another California law — \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1473\">State Bill 1473\u003c/a> — requires insurers to not only keep covering the costs of COVID therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid, but also to keep reimbursing their members for the costs of up to eight over-the-counter COVID tests a month. But this law only keeps the current situation in place until six months after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-07/with-covid-emergency-ending-will-i-have-to-pay-for-tests\">end of the federal emergency on Nov. 11\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_11902122 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53229_GettyImages-1237664205-qut-1536x1065.jpg']After that date, if you want Paxlovid or to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11902122/at-home-covid-test-reimbursement-from-blue-shield-to-kaiser-how-to-get-your-health-insurance-to-pay-you-back\">get reimbursed for COVID tests by an insurer\u003c/a>, you’ll have to make sure you are obtaining these services “in-network.” And at this stage of the year, specific details about what that’ll look like in practice come November are lacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For uninsured people, COVID care will probably get (even) more confusing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As with so many aspects of the pandemic, it looks like things will become less clear — and often plain harder — for uninsured folks. Jha has given assurances that “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AshishKJha46/status/1620836123630239750\">[o]n May 12, you can still walk into a pharmacy and get your bivalent vaccine. For free\u003c/a>,” and that the same will hold for obtaining Paxlovid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he also wrote that, longer term, “likely over the summer or early fall,” the country would “transition from US government distributed vaccines and treatments to those purchased through the regular healthcare system,” and that the White House was “committed to ensuring that vaccines and treatments are accessible and not prohibitively expensive for uninsured Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which does not necessarily mean they will be free.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some California cities also have their own public health emergencies — with their own effects\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California ending its state of emergency may well spur the remaining cities that have kept their own states of emergencies to end theirs, too — which may have effects of their own upon residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, San Francisco also still has its own \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/resource/2022/public-health-emergency-declarations\">Public Health Emergency Declaration for COVID\u003c/a> in effect, and several programs for San Francisco residents (and people who work in the city) are dependent on that declaration being in effect. But on Thursday, San Francisco officials announced that the city’s public health emergency would be coming to an end at the same time as the state’s, on Feb. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the impacts of this decision: As of Oct. 1, 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/public-health-emergency-leave-ordinance\">San Francisco’s Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)\u003c/a> offers employees who work for certain San Francisco employers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904834/covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave\">up to 80 hours of paid leave for COVID-related reasons\u003c/a>. Now that San Francisco’s public health emergency is ending at the end of February, city residents and workers will no longer be able to claim this paid sick leave for COVID starting March 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11938425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person in an orange shirt and black mask and black-rimmed glasses operates a tablet-style cash register.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee at La Copa Loca Gelato rings up a customer at the shop in San Francisco on July 30, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Not everyone thinks this is a good idea\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the announcement about California ending its state of emergency on Feb. 28, administration officials acknowledged the crucial role played by these emergency powers in fighting the pandemic — but framed the expiration as a logical step that was coming at the right time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom called the state of emergency “an effective and necessary tool that we utilized to protect our state,” saying that now, “with the operational preparedness that we’ve built up and the measures that we’ll continue to employ moving forward, California is ready to phase out this tool.” Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, spoke of California moving “into this next phase” with the winding down of the state of emergency, and how “the infrastructure and processes we’ve invested in and built up will provide us the tools to manage any ups and downs in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some disagree it’s the right time to end the state’s emergency powers. Carmela Coyle, head of the California Hospital Association, told \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> earlier this month that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/us/california-covid-state-of-emergency-ending.html\">February was “a terrible time to end the public health emergency,”\u003c/a> because of ongoing strain on California’s hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coyle said that Newsom’s emergency declaration had helped state hospitals better cope with high numbers of patients — by permitting facilities to temporarily expand treatment spaces to deal with larger numbers of patients — and also staffing shortages, by allowing hospitals to hire workers from out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The discontinuation of those declarations of emergency has to be thoughtfully planned and transitioned,” Coyle told \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>. “Otherwise, it leaves hospitals caught in the middle in this debate of whether the pandemic is over or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED Forum this month, UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong struck a cautious note, saying that while he believed it is essentially “the right time” for California and the White House to end these emergency declarations, there were still “repercussions that we have to be prepared for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a fractured medical health care system, I’m worried that people are going to fall between the cracks,” said Chin-Hong, noting that Californians would still be “generally, decently protected as a people, compared to other areas” in the U.S. “The biggest worry that I have is that it will be confusing,” he said, pointing to the potential for contradictory signals around COVID testing, vaccination and treatment among people who don’t know whether they’ll face steep out-of-pocket costs for this care and might just give up trying to access it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong also acknowledged the risks of how the states of emergency ending could falsely signal to the general public that COVID no longer posed them — or others — any threat. “The worst thing,” he said, would be “that people think that it means that it’s all over until next winter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, just to make everything even \u003ci>more \u003c/i>complex …\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940585\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11940585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign taped to a brick wall saying COVID 19\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1290\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62643_GettyImages-1239425766-qut-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lines for COVID testing and vaccinations are now nonexistent at Jessie Turner Health and Fitness in Fontana on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Federal funding is running out for COVID relief measures, calling into question what will happen to clinics, testing and other COVID-related funding measures. \u003ccite>(Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"calfreshmedical\">\u003c/a>Several other COVID programs are ending in California — but that’s not (entirely) due to the state of emergency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a number of pandemic-related programs and support schemes that are winding down alongside the ending of California’s (and the nation’s) states of emergency, but they are not 100% related to those expirations — at least, not directly. Among them:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>COVID testing sites are shutting down\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Large-scale testing sites have been a crucial part of counties’ ability to slow the spread of COVID over the last few years — and these states of emergency have played a key role in funding these facilities. Now, a large portion of funding for free COVID testing (and vaccination) clinics will come to an end, meaning not only that costs for individuals for these services could rise, but also the sites themselves are starting to shutter. And the sites that remain open will have to look to the future of county-level funding after the state and federal supplies are gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But officials say the end of California’s state of emergency is not the sole reason many of these facilities are closing. San Francisco’s free drive-up testing site on Alemany Blvd., for example, is being closed due to a combination of reduced funding and “low demand,” according to San Francisco health officials. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940562/how-to-find-a-free-covid-test-near-you-in-2023-because-its-getting-harder\">Find a COVID testing site near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health’s post-state of emergency “\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SMARTER-Plan-Progress-Update-FINAL-10.12.2022_jb.pdf?emrc=eed198\">SMARTER Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>” says that as far as schools are concerned, the agency has “completed the distribution of 8.4 million over-the-counter antigen tests for end of school year and summer testing, and an additional 10.6 million for the return from summer break testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California is ending its vaccine mandate for schoolchildren\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Gov. Newsom announced the policy mandating COVID vaccination for schoolchildren — adding it as one of the (multiple) vaccinations families would need to prove for a child to attend school. There was uncertainty over whether this policy would be extended, and on Feb. 3 the California Department of Health finally announced that the state’s schoolkids would not now have to get a COVID vaccine, and that the department was “not currently exploring emergency rulemaking to add COVID-19 to the list of required school vaccinations,” adding, “but we continue to strongly recommend COVID-19 immunization for students and staff to keep everyone safer in the classroom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the policy itself originated from the state Department of Public Health, it wasn’t itself affected directly by California’s emergency declaration being lifted. But early this month, just before the change was announced, state public health officials told EdSource in an email that the end of California’s state of emergency \u003ci>was\u003c/i> \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/california-ends-plans-for-kids-covid-vaccine-mandate/685077?campaign_id=49&emc=edit_ca_20230203&instance_id=84396&nl=california-today®i_id=79933371&segment_id=124294&te=1&user_id=730d7bc2f6e57d075af70f58c76999e6\">effectively going to end any plan to add COVID vaccinations to the required-vaccines list for schoolchildren\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CalFresh is ending extra payments\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11940602 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/GettyImages-1219595595.jpg']During the pandemic, folks using CalFresh — California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits program for lower-income families — have been receiving extra funds, called “emergency allotments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This increase was at least $95 in CalFresh benefits per month. But \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">these extra CalFresh funds will now cease on Feb. 28\u003c/a> — not because they’re tied to California’s state of emergency, but because of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which ends the pandemic-era release of these extra funds to households across the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Medi-Cal will no longer automatically renew enrollment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When COVID hit, Congress signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201/text\">a bill that required Medicaid programs around the U.S. — known as Medi-Cal in California — to keep their members continuously enrolled\u003c/a>, in exchange for higher federal funding. This has meant that during the pandemic, Medi-Cal has not been permitted to drop people who would otherwise not qualify for the program if they tried to sign up fresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, the same act that means the end of CalFresh’s extra payments (see above) is bringing an end to the Medi-Cal requirement to automatically renew its members. This means that starting in April, \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/medicaid-unwinding-coverage-loss-california-post-pandemic/\">the state will begin to remove folks who no longer qualify\u003c/a> — and require Medi-Cal members to manually renew their coverage, which they haven’t had to do for the last few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 15 million Californians are enrolled in Medi-Cal, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Documents/PHE-UOP/Medi-Cal-COVID-19-PHE-Unwinding-Plan.pdf\">the state forecasts that up to 3 million people could lose their coverage (PDF)\u003c/a> if they fail to reenroll or no longer qualify. If you’re on Medi-Cal, the state recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/Keep-Your-Medi-Cal.aspx\">make sure Medi-Cal has your up-to-date contact details\u003c/a>, sign up for email and text alerts and watch for the renewal form hitting your mailbox in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. An earlier version of this story was published on Feb. 15.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end of these national emergencies will have big effects upon nationwide funding for COVID vaccines and testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to laws that have been passed in California in the last few years (more on this below), Californians will at least be able to keep a lot \u003ci>more \u003c/i>COVID coverage than folks living in other states. But May 11 is a date people in California still need to know, because some of those laws are tied to the end of the national-level declarations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking beyond the end of both the statewide emergency and the nationwide public health declaration, Gov. Newsom’s office says his administration intends to seek lawmakers’ approval to actually preserve two of the emergency provisions enabled by the 2020 state of emergency in California. These specifically deal with allowing different health care workers to perform certain COVID-related functions (for nurses, it’s dispensing COVID medications like Paxlovid; for lab workers, it’s processing COVID tests on their own).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For insured people in California, most COVID coverage won’t change — yet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has recently enacted several laws that force insurers to keep covering COVID care even after the state and federal states of emergency wind down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senate Bill 510 requires insurers in California to keep covering COVID costs like testing and vaccination after the national emergency ends. On the national level, the White House’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha has promised that COVID vaccines will remain free in the U.S. for insured people as a preventive service covered under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, another California law — \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1473\">State Bill 1473\u003c/a> — requires insurers to not only keep covering the costs of COVID therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid, but also to keep reimbursing their members for the costs of up to eight over-the-counter COVID tests a month. But this law only keeps the current situation in place until six months after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-07/with-covid-emergency-ending-will-i-have-to-pay-for-tests\">end of the federal emergency on Nov. 11\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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