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An outreach worker for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano helps a person fill out an application for CalFresh, the state's food stamp program. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Food assistance advocates say counties should be doing more to help qualified residents get on CalFresh, but beleaguered counties say they’re underfunded and understaffed. The state — following federal regulations — only pays county social services agencies based on how many people receive aid, not on how many apply. Critics say this means counties are not incentivized to help vulnerable groups go through the application process.
After conducting extensive outreach to students and campus groups, the county’s Health and Human Services agency received double the applications each month for CalFresh from 2016 to 2021, said Nolan Sullivan, its director. But getting more people on food aid includes walking them through the application, which is a time- and labor-intensive process.
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