CHAPTER 10.1. Food Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants

Chapter 10.1 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 287, Sec. 1.

§§ 18930–18935 · 8 sections

• § 18930 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a Food Assistance Program to provide assistance for those persons described in subdivision (b). The… see note
• § 18930.5 (a) A recipient of benefits under this chapter shall not be required to meet the work requirement under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
• § 18931 Any person who is eligible for federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, administered in California as CalFresh benefits, shall not…
• § 18932 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the federal and state laws and regulations governing the federal Food Stamp Program shall also govern the…
• § 18932.1 (a) The state shall retain a portion of any collected overissuance claims on benefits issued under this chapter. The portion of the recovered overissuance…
• § 18933 Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to the benefits provided under the federal Food Stamp Program.
• § 18934 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the Budget Act for the purpose of providing services under this chapter.
• § 18935 This chapter shall be implemented only during any period that federal benefits are provided under Section 1612(a) of Title 8 of the United States Code.