To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Proclaim May 2025 as CalFresh Awareness Month.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution declaring May 2025 as CalFresh Awareness Month in Contra Costa County, as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
CalFresh provides food benefits to eligible recipients to help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. CalFresh is known federally as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
CalFresh Awareness Month educates the public about the availability of food benefits and the CalFresh application process. It is a statewide effort led by the California Department of Social Services and intended to dispel myths about eligibility requirements.
CalFresh Awareness Month provides an opportunity to promote CalFresh Food benefits to alleviate food insecurity among Contra Costa County residents.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This resolution supports all five of Contra Costa County's community outcomes of the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families."
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
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IN THE MATTER OF proclaiming May 2025 as CalFresh Awareness Month in Contra Costa County:
WHEREAS, access to safe, nutritious and culturally acceptable food is a basic human right and is essential to human health; and
WHEREAS, CalFresh food benefits stretch household budgets, enabling recipients to afford nut...
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