Email Governor Newsom and ask him to help us end hunger by investing in CalFood and Food Bank infrastructure in the state budget!
Share how CalFresh has helped you or your family – and we’ll bring your story to elected officials so that they see how crucial it is to support this program.
This year, we are supporting bills and budget items that will strengthen critical safety net programs like CalFresh (food stamps) and SSI (Supplemental Security Income), as well as support the work of food banks across the state.
Read more about our State policy work here.
Congress has an important role to play in establishing and funding the major food assistance programs that create stability during hard times — cornerstone programs like school meals and summer meals and of course, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (known informally as “food stamps” and called CalFresh in California). The two pieces of legislation that fund and govern most of these vital programs are the Farm Bill and Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
