Posted on 02/15/2023 6:20:34 PM PST by thecodont
Nearly 3 million California households are bracing for a massive cut in CalFresh benefits next month as the federal government stops emergency funding for food stamps that was launched during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. CalFresh recipients who were receiving $281 a month are expected to get as low as $23 a month beginning in April.
CalFresh is the state’s federally-funded food benefit program that helps low-income households purchase groceries. Benefits vary based on household income, size and other relevant expenses, according to the California Department of Social Services.
Since March 2020, CalFresh recipients have received an additional emergency allotment of at least $95 per month in addition to their regular benefits, a spokesperson from the Social Services department told SFGATE. exp-player-logo
This temporary increase in benefits was authorized by Congress as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department said.
These emergency funds will end this month, because of a congressional spending bill passed in December. The last financial distribution will be in March 2023.
Food banks across the state are anxiously preparing for what’s expected to be a significant increase in food-insecure households after benefits are slashed.
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Let the riots begin!
Get people dependent, then pull the rug out from under them.
Sounds like a plan.
Let rioters get shot for once.
OK, CA idiots. Just raise your taxes. Drive more of the idiots that voted for Gruesome NEWSOM spoil other states.
>> CalFresh recipients who were receiving $281 a month are expected to get as low as $23 a month beginning in April.
Notice the wording... CalFresh RECIPIENTS. Not residents, RECIPIENTS.
Hmmm... what might it mean?
In December the state government in Cali had a $25bn deficit and they’re looking at a $50bn or more deficit for FY 2023-2024.
Something has to be cut. May as well cut benefits to illegals since they don’t vote.
The money must be used for all the illegals’ needs instead... :(
Well they can always learn to code, or pour expensive coffee drinks. Sympathy level ZERO !
“May as well cut benefits to illegals since they don’t vote.”
Silly rabbit.
SF and Oakland have "voted" to let noncitizens (read: illegals) vote in municipal elections.
That a lot of California Democrat votes may head home, south of the border?
I don’t think a lot of Americans are in danger of going hungry.
“May as well cut benefits to illegals since they don’t vote.”
It’s Commiefornia. They vote. Just ask, if the gov says “no”, they vote.
You’ll notice it’s not called hunger any more.
That’s because the definition, missing at least one meal a month, was so broad that it covered everyone and people caught on.
Now it’s called food insecurity. And Fedzilla’s definition is still bogus.
Per Fedzilla...
“Food insecurity is defined as a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”
SNORT.
In the meantime CA wants to unilaterally pass $1 Trillion or so in reparations.
Pinkos destroy everything.
Sucks to be a recipient. If they are able bodied, then go to work. Those truly unable to work and have no other means should be cared for.
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