Las Positas Basic Needs 

Most college students are eligible! If you meet the program guidelines you may qualify for CalFresh.

In CalFresh, a household is a group of people who regularly buy and eat food together. The people in a household do not have to be related to each other.

• Households can be as small as one person
• The same address can have more than one household
• You don't need to have a home to receive CalFresh

Is your household's gross monthly income (before taxes and deductions) within the limits in the chart below?

Note: Student Financial Aid is not counted as income for CalFresh. Individuals receiving SSI/SSP in California are not eligible for CalFresh, but other members of the household may be.

Household = a person living alone or a group of people living together who purchase and prepare food together. *Minimum amount is $16/month.

If you are a student between the ages of 18 and 49, enrolled in at least 6 units, have no meal plan (or have a meal plan that provides ten or less of your meals/week), you must also meet any one of the following:

• Working and getting paid for an average of 20 hours per week or a total of 80 hours a month.
• Approved (or awarded or accepted) for federal or state work study, anticipates working, and has not refused a work assignment (can still be eligible even if a work study job has not begun or is not currently available).
• Receiving Cal Grant A or B and is not married, 25 years of age or younger and has income less than $50,000.
• Be enrolled in a state funded program that increases employability (EOP, EOPS, WIOA, SAS, CARE, Puente Project, or MESA).
• Be enrolled in a program that increases employability for current and former foster youth (Guardian Scholars, FYSI, CAFYES, ETV or Extended Foster Care).
• Be exerting parental control over a dependent household member under the age of 6 or between the age of 6 and 12 with no adequate childcare (as determined by the county on a case-by-case basis).
• Be a single parent of a dependent household member under the age of 12 and enrolled full-time (12+ units).
• Participating in the CalFresh Employment and Training Program (CFET) or be a recipient of CalWorks or AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children).

• Unpaid internships or volunteer work do not count towards the work requirement.
• Students who live with their parents must be 22 years of age or older to apply as an individual household.
• International, DACA, and DREAM students may not be eligible, even with a work VISA/SSN.
• Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) may be eligible.
• Students with a state certified disability only need to meet basic eligibility.

CalWORKs

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program is the state's public assistance program that provides temporary assistance to families with children.

How WIC Helps

For information on California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women Infants and Children visit here.

You may be eligible for a California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) up to $3,417 for tax year 2022 as a working family or individual earning up to $30,000 per year.

You must claim the credit on the 2022 FTB 3514 form, California Earned Income Tax Credit, or if you e-file follow your software’s instructions. Generally, you may claim CalEITC to receive a refund for up to four prior years prior by filing or amending your state income tax return.

More information including eligibility requirements can be found here in addition to information on the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC).