Description: Disaster CalFresh (D-CalFresh), federally known as the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), is a way to meet the temporary nutritional needs of disaster victims within a 30-day period, following a natural disaster such as a flood, fire, earthquake or any other natural disaster. D-CalFresh provides a month's worth of benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card which can be used to purchase food at authorized retail stores. D-CalFresh is only available when all of the following elements occur: A Presidential Declaration for Individual Assistance has been declared in the affected area; Commercial channels of food distribution have been disrupted and those commercial channels have been restored; and The State of California has been approved to operate a D-CalFresh program.
Eligibility: Individuals and families who have been impacted by a recent disaster and needs food assistance. Residency- The household must have lived in the disaster are at the time of the disaster- In some cases, D-CalFresh approvals may include eligibility for people who worked in the disaster areaPurchase of Food- To be eligible, households must plan on purchasing food during the disaster benefit periodAdverse Effect- The household must have experienced one of the following adverse actions: - Damage to home or self-employment property - Disaster-related expenses - A disruption in income - Inaccessible liquid resource - In some cases, D-CalFresh approvals may include eligibility for households that lost food, but had no other disaster-related expenses.Income and Resources- Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE), in the regular CalFresh Program, wherin the CalFresh households resources are excluded when determining CalFresh eligibility does not apply in the D-CalFresh program. Income and resources must be counted in order to determine eligibility in the D-CalFresh program for households who have suffered a disaster loss
Requirements: Acceptable identity verification may include, but is not limited to:. Driver's license, work identification card, school identification card, identification card for health benefits, voterregistration card, foreign passport, "matricula consulares," and MEDS. If documentary proof is not available, identity may be verified through collateral contact
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