CalFresh
How CalFresh Benefits California’s Counties
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as CalFresh in California, is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program. CalFresh provides critical support to low-income families while strengthening the local economy.
Click below to see how CalFresh benefits California’s counties:
- Alameda County
- Alpine County
- Amador County
- Butte County
- Calaveras County
- Colusa County
- Contra Costa County
- Del Norte County
- El Dorado County
- Fresno County
- Glenn County
- Humboldt County
- Imperial County
- Inyo County
- Kern County
- Kings County
- Lake County
- Lassen County
- Los Angeles County
- Madera County
- Marin County
- Mariposa County
- Mendocino County
- Merced County
- Modoc County
- Mono County
- Monterey County
- Napa County
- Nevada County
- Orange County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Riverside County
- Sacramento County
- San Benito County
- San Bernardino County
- San Diego County
- San Francisco County
- San Joaquin County
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Mateo County
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Siskiyou County
- Solano County
- Sonoma County
- Stanislaus County
- Sutter County
- Tehama County
- Trinity County
- Tulare County
- Tuolumne County
- Ventura County
- Yolo County
- Yuba County
Please note: These fact sheets were updated on October 9, 2018.
Fact Sheet Sources:
- Number of CalFresh participants: California Budget & Policy Center http://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/calfresh-reduces-hunger-every-congressional-district-california-face-deep-federal-cuts/
- Economic impact: California Budget & Policy Center http://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/calfresh-reduces-hunger-every-congressional-district-california-face-deep-federal-cuts/
- Health care savings: Berkowitz SA, Seligman HK, Rigdon J, Meigs JB, Basu S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation and Health Care Expenditures Among Low-Income Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(11):1642–1649. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4841
- Better life outcomes: Hoynes, Schanzenbach and Almond (AER, 2016)
Fact Sheet Photo Credits:
- Family: Neon Brand for UnSplash
- Money: Pepi Stojanovski for UnSplash
- Truck: Rhys Moult for UnSplash
- Medical: RawPixel for UnSplash
- Graduates: MD Duran for UnSplash
For more information, please contact Ken Hecht at the Nutrition Policy Institute.