CalFresh participants will still receive regular monthly benefits, but not the extra benefits that were provided during the pandemic. CalFresh Emergency Allotments (EA), which were additional benefits granted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ended in February 2023 and were deposited onto EBT cards in March 2023. As a result, CalFresh participants started seeing less in CalFresh dollars on their benefits cards beginning in April 2023.

The regular CalFresh benefit a household gets is the CalFresh amount put onto its EBT card between the 1st and 10th of each month. The regular benefit amount is based on the household’s circumstances, including household size, income, and deductions.

Please remember that unused CalFresh benefits will roll over into the next month. Remaining EA benefits do not have to be spent within the month of deposit and the CalFresh case is active and the card is used at least once in 9 months.

P-EBT 4.0 was the fourth and final version of the P-EBT program following the expiration of the federal Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023. P-EBT cards were mailed out August through September 2023.

Though Pandemic EBT has ended, there is a new Summer EBT program starting in 2024 for children to receive extra benefits in the summertime: SUN Bucks!

Information on the new Summer EBT program “SUN Bucks” here

Food for People’s CalFresh Outreach staff are here to help with the application process, the eligibility process after your application has been submitted to the County, and questions/tips on reporting and recertifying in order to continue receiving benefits. Once you are receiving CalFresh, it is important to take all the necessary steps to make sure benefits continue for as long as you need them, and our staff are experts in helping households with this process.

Request a Call Back

• Call our CalFresh Outreach staff at (707) 499-6477 (text or call--this is a dedicated CalFresh Outreach mobile phone)

• Email our CalFresh Outreach staff at CalFresh@foodforpeople.org

You can also call (707) 445-3166 extension 318 or 308. For Spanish language assistance, please use extension 318. (Please note that staff attend food bank activities all over the county and are not always at their desks, so the mobile phone number listed above in option #1 is best.)

Fill out our online CalFresh Callback Form, and our staff will call or email you back.

To apply on your own, visit BenefitsCal or call Humboldt County DHHS at 1-877-410-8809.

Email our CalFresh Outreach staff. We can provide answers and support with completing your application process successfully, even if you have already applied and are waiting for next steps. We can help with reports that ensure you continue receiving benefits. We can help answer questions if you get a "Notice of Action" or letter in the mail about your benefits, loss of benefits, or request by the county for more information from you. Our goal is to support you in obtaining nutrition benefits and help you keep your benefits, so that you don't need to reapply!