CalFresh Outreach
Our Offices

Center for Healthy Communities
25 Main Street
Chico, CA 95928-5388

Subcontractors
cfo@csuchico.edu

Community Members
calfreshhelp530@gmail.com
530.345.9749
www.chcfoodassistance.org

Chico State Students
EBT/Food Stamps for Students
Cross Cultural Leadership Center, MLIB 172
www.chicostatecalfresh.org
calfresh@csuchico.edu
530.898.3689

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CalFresh Outreach Week - Fall 2024

Join campuses across the state promoting CalFresh.

The biannual intersegmental CalFresh Outreach Week, October 28 through November 1, 2024, is quickly approaching. Throughout the week, you are encouraged to join campuses across the state promoting CalFresh in a way that works for you and your team’s capacity. Below is a Menu of Services, a selection of suggested activities for CalFresh Outreach Week.

NEW this year: CalFresh Outreach Week Showcase!

We want to showcase all the amazing things you do during CalFresh Outreach Week!

Nominate yourself and your team's work this year in any of the following categories and enter for a chance to win. CHC will be looking for self-nominations in the following areas:
  • Best Social Media Presence
  • Most Creative Outreach Event or Activity
  • Best Partnership

To participate, please submit your nomination online(opens in new window) and tag us in your social media posts. Winners will receive a badge to display on their websites and social media, as well as a feature story on the CHC Blog(opens in new window)!

Submission deadline is November 15, 2024.

2024 CFO Week Menu of Services October 28 – November 1

Events

It's important to find ways to outreach to students where they are and during the activities they participate in. Below are some suggested events for CalFresh Outreach Week.

Resource Fair, Evening outreach, Garden, Cooking demonstrations, Class presentations, Peer to peer outreach

Marketing

Communication with partners through various platforms will help ensure the success of your CalFresh Outreach Week events. Consider some of the following options for marketing.

Social Media, Email Blasts, Walk by Traffic, Event Partnership, Campus Signage, Printed Materials

Partnerships

Partnerships are at the core of the work we do. By working with others, our reach expands exponentially. Utilize the partnerships you have built with the suggested organizations below, or others.

Potentially eligible populations: LPIE programs, EOP/EOPS, etc., Food Pantry and Basic Needs, Student Life, Financial Aid, Media & Communications, County & Community Organizations

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CalFresh Food

CalFresh Food (SNAP) is a program that helps people buy food at their local farmer's market, grocery store, or online via an EBT card which is used like a debit card. Our team helps guide people through the application process.

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Students

Chico State CalFresh(opens in new window)

Community Members

530.345.9749

CalFreshHelp530@gmail.com(opens in new window)

www.getcalfresh.org(opens in new window) 

Local Food Resources

Check out www.chcfoodassistance.org for info on local Farmers' Markets and other food & financial assistance programs.

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CalFresh Outreach

CalFresh Outreach creates awareness for Californians who may be eligible for CalFresh Food benefits, also known as SNAP. This includes College Staff who help promote the program, walk people through the application, and ensure they know how to use and maintain their benefits.

CalFresh Outreach is vital to reach Californians who may be eligible but are not receiving benefits. The program helps increase grocery budgets and brings federal dollars to the state.

For every dollar of CalFresh Food (SNAP) spent, it contributes, at least, $1.54 according to the USDA in economic activity(opens in new window). This results in tens of millions of dollars of revenue, creating more jobs and services for local and statewide economies.

If your organization or college campus is conducting CalFresh Outreach or would like to start your own program, support may be available.

Email us at cfo@csuchico.edu to learn more.

Subcontractors

CFO Higher Ed & Far North Contract

This contract allows the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC), at CSU, Chico, to fund campuses and community-based organizations to increase application assistance for CalFresh Food.

This funding helps build or elevate subcontractor programming to help more clients apply or become aware of CalFresh Food benefits. As a prime contractor with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), CHC works with subcontractors across the state. Please see the CFO map, below, for a list of our current subcontractors.

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How to Join

Interested in joining our CFO contract to build or expand your CFO Program? Please email us at cfo@csuchico.edu. We would be happy to share future opportunities with you.

 map of subcontractors 2022-2024