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In Contra Costa County, half of CalFresh recipients are children. CalFresh is a federally funded program, formerly called Food Stamps that helps families and children put nutritious foods on their tables daily and helps to prevent household hunger and reduce the greater risks for obesity, diabetes, and other diseases.
May is “CalFresh Awareness Month,” where organizations and groups like the First 2 Contra Costa through the Family Economic Security Partnership work to increase CalFresh use and awareness of CalFresh benefits to the community.
The coalition is led by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County and includes the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), the Multi-Faith Action Coalition, the Ensuring Opportunity Campaign, and other community organizations.
Learn more here.
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Expected rise in Latino cancer cases in coming years
