Welcome to
CalFresh Healthy Living

Our Vision:

A California where everyone is healthy, active, and nourished.

CalFresh Healthy Living, California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education (SNAP-Ed) program, is the largest nutrition education program in the United States, serving low-resourced Californians by promoting and supporting healthy living through good nutrition, increased physical activity, and healthy community changes. Since 2018, CalFresh Healthy Living partners have reached more than 18 million Californians through a mix of Direct Education; Indirect Education; and Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Change initiatives.

CalFresh Food Benefits

Our Partners

The California Department of Social Services oversees the CalFresh Healthy Living program, which collaborates with four State Implementing Agencies (SIAs): California Department of Public Health; CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California; Catholic Charities of California, Inc.; and California Department of Aging. These SIAs contract with over 300 Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) and community partners to deliver program services to CalFresh Healthy Living-eligible Californians where they work, learn, live, shop, eat, and play.

Nutrition Education and Physical Activity

Direct Education

CalFresh Healthy Living programming includes Direct Education, interactive classes that engage participants in learning about budget-conscious strategies for healthful eating and staying physically active.

From 2018-2024, CalFresh Healthy Living has:

• Held 74,527 direct education interventions across 7,256 sites

• Reached 2,158,039 direct education participants

Mother and son buying vegetables at Farmer's Market

senior woman looking at her coupons before paying for her groceries

Evidence-Based Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Changes

CalFresh Healthy Living programming also includes PSE interventions that transform communities by increasing access to healthy food, promoting healthy dietary choices, and expanding opportunities for physical activity.