Disaster CalFresh (D-CalFresh), federally known as the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), is a way to meet the temporary nutritional needs of disaster victims within a 30-day period, following a natural disaster such as a flood, fire, earthquake or any other natural disaster. D-CalFresh provides a month's worth of benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card which can be used to purchase food at authorized retail stores. D-CalFresh is only available when all of the following elements occur:

• A Presidential Declaration for Individual Assistance has been declared in the affected area;
• Commercial channels of food distribution have been disrupted and those commercial channels have been restored; and
• The State of California has been approved to operate a D-CalFresh program.

Disaster CalFresh benefits are administered by the counties in which a disaster has occurred.

You do not need a social security number to apply for Disaster CalFresh. It is not a public benefit program.

Apply for Disaster CalFresh

• Online at benefitscal.com
• In person at any of these offices
  • 1000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 220, Rocklin, CA 95765
  • 11542 B Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603 (Starting 2/20/24 office will be in the new building – 11434 B Ave. Auburn CA 95603)
  • 5225 N Lake Blvd., Carnelian Bay, CA 96140
• By fax at 916-784-6100
• By Mail PO Box 20400, Auburn, CA 95603
• By Phone 888-385-5160

Web pages

• Disaster CalFresh home - https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh/disaster-calfresh
• Apply - https://benefitscal.com/
• Contact your county - https://www.cdss.ca.gov/county-offices
• Disaster CalFresh general eligibility requirements - https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFresh/DisasterCalFreshGeneralEligibilityRequirements102517.pdf?ver=2017-10-25-093809-557
• More Disaster CalFresh info - https://www.getcalfresh.org/en/d-snap
• County of Placer standard CalFresh (this office would answer questions in the event that Disaster CalFresh is put in place following a disaster) - https://www.placer.ca.gov/2103/CalFresh-Food-Stamps