SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - The California Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system will be down for 24 hours June 23-24. Users will not be able to access their EBT benefits during this time. The Department of Social Services sent out a letter and posted the ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, will run out of funds in just a few days. Caitlin Sly, the CEO and President of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, joined us on 'The Nine' to discuss the uptick in demand, and how families can get help.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If your child is eligible to receive free or reduced-price school meals and you have not already received a P-EBT card for free food, you can now apply online for the benefit. The California Department of Social Services is mailing ...

Recipients of food and cash benefits from California’s public assistance programs will not be able to use their electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards for a 24-hour period beginning late Saturday, June 23, because of a planned statewide system outage.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California families with children eligible for free of reduced-price school meals can on Friday ...

For 24 hours this weekend, California Electronic Benefits Transfer cardholders are not be able to use their cards. The California Department of Social Services advised cardholders to withdraw cash and buy whatever food they might need before the outage.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Hundreds of thousands of California children eligible for free food benefits still have not applied - and the deadline is July 15. The state program provides a one-time payment of up to $365 per child. It is known as "P-EBT" which ...