CalFresh Can Help
Do you need assistance with food? Get CalFresh, which can help qualifying Leisure World residents receive healthy fruits and vegetables. Recipients receive a card that works like a debit card with money loaded every month to shop for more fruit, vegetables, protein and other healthy foods. CalFresh is a program funded by the USDA and administered through the Community Action Partnership to help improve health and nutrition of people with lower incomes.
Requirements to apply:
• You must have at least one citizen or legal permanent resident with a Social Security number living in your household (including children).
• You may qualify for Cal- Fresh, even if you have a full- or part-time job.
Income must be less than the amounts listed: One-person household, $2,128, gross monthly income; two-person household, $2,874, gross monthly income.
• Seniors, those on SSI, or those with disability can apply and may be eligible for CalFresh
• You will need these documents to apply: photo ID, a Social Security card, proof of income, resident card (if applicable, receipt of rent and receipt of one utility bill.
Upon application, income and many other factors are taken into account to determine eligibility. For more information, call Daisy Diaz at (714) 897-6670, ext. 3606.
Leisure World residents can get help and information by calling Cindy Tostado, LCSW, GRF member resource and assistance liaison, at 431-6586, ext. 317.
—Cindy Tostado
