On April 13th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income California residents in seven counties recovering from the impact of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on February 21, 2023, could be eligible for assistance from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Eligible counites include the RCRC member counties of Mariposa, Monterey, San Benito, Tulare, and Tuolumne, as well as the counties of Kern and Santa Cruz. To be eligible for D-SNAP, a household must either live or work in an identified disaster area, have been affected by the disaster, and meet certain D-SNAP eligibility criteria. Eligible households will receive one month of benefits – equal to the maximum monthly amount for a SNAP household of their size – that can be used to purchase groceries at SNAP-authorized stores or from select retailers online to meet their temporary food needs as they settle back home following the disaster.
