Some families will see their CalFresh benefits dip to as low as $23 a month.
A gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a pound of chicken: That may be all the groceries some Californians can buy each month with their CalFresh benefits now that emergency federal pandemic funds that boosted food benefits have ended.
For one San Jose single mother, the end of the added emergency benefits — which will have its final payout this month — brings worry, stress and a feeling of powerlessness. Her monthly grocery bill had been around $300 — typically what she was receiving in CalFresh benefits with the emergency allotments. Now, her CalFresh benefits are dropping to $38.
In Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, the more than 93,000 households receiving CalFresh benefits will lose approximately $16 million per month, according to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley — one of the largest food banks in the country. The nonprofit currently provides food for 460,000 people on average each month — an 80% increase from before the pandemic.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley volunteer Salvador Rivera assists a client during the food bank’s grocery distribution at Mayfair Community Center in San Jose, Calif., on March 3, 2023. “This morning, [my daughter] says, ‘mommy, you’re Superwoman, and I’m your Supergirl,” Garcia said. “It felt great, and it was a little bit of a tug on the heartstrings. But Superwoman couldn’t come home with eggs and milk.”
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