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Food Stamps is a Federally Funded program that supplements a low-income family’s food budget in order to ensure they are getting adequate nutrition. The program name is Food Stamps but beneficiaries no longer receive their benefits in stamps. Instead they receive them electronically on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. For more information on EBT go to: http://www.ebtproject.ca.gov.
If your EBT Card is lost or stolen please call: 1-877-328-9677.
California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is a state-funded program for legal permanent non-citizens legally present in the U.S. and determined ineligible for federal food stamp benefits solely due to their immigration status.
Are You Eligible to Receive Food Stamp Benefits?
This Pre-Screening Tool can be used to determine if you may be eligible to receive Food Stamp benefits. This Pre-Screening Tool is not an application for Food Stamps. An application for Food Stamps must be made at your local Food Stamp office.
Pre-Screening Tool
How to Apply
Applicants are required to complete application forms. Applications
are accepted in person, by phone, and by mail, in those instances
when the applicant is unable to get to a nearby office.
Information Needed
- Proof of income amounts
- Proof of property values
- Citizenship status
- Social Security number
- Shelter costs
- Vehicle registration
- Information about work or school status
- If elderly or disabled, proof of medical expenses
You Have the Right To:
- Receive an application when you ask for it.
- Turn in your application the same day you receive it.
- Receive your food stamps (or be notified that you are not eligible for the program) within 30 days after you turn in your application.
- Receive food stamps within a few days if you are eligible and have little or no money.
Where to Apply
Madera
720 E Yosemite
Madera, CA |
Chowchilla
125 S. Second St
Chowchilla, CA |
Oakhurst
41969 Hwy 41 Suite B
Oakhurst, CA |
For maps and more information, visit the Facilities page.
Hours of Operation
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Toll-Free Hotline
If you wish to report any misuse, fraud, waste, or abuse
of Food Stamps, you can call this toll-free hotline number:
1(800) 424-9121.
Last updated: March 28, 2008 |
