SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – When it comes to food, nothing goes to waste. At least not at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. From active composting to feeding animal farms, the local organization puts every morsel of food to good use. “We rescue two million pounds of food per year. A lot of it goes […]
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KCBX: Santa Barbara Food Bank Says CalFresh Changes, High Prices and Storms Add to Food Insecurity
CalFresh COVID benefits ended in March, and thousands of households in Santa Barbara County are affected by the change. Recent storms have added to the challenges for agricultural workers. CalFresh is a supplemental nutrition assistance program that provides monthly grocery money to low-income families. It’s part of the federal program called SNAP. In 2020, the […]
30,000 Santa Barbara County Families Face Cuts to Emergency Food Stamps
Beginning this week, [more than] 30,000 Santa Barbara County families will find themselves forced to make do with $178 less per month per household in federal food stamp benefits designed to get them through the COVID emergency. With the absences of the emergency allotments, recipients will still be receiving food stamps — better known as […]
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The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara and Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Hold Monthly Food Distribution Event for Community Members
Santa Barbara, CA, March 20, 2023 – The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) hosted its monthly Healthy Food Pantry event on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Presidio Springs Community Room located at 721 Laguna St, Santa Barbara, CA. The Healthy Food Pantry events are a collaboration between […]
City of Santa Barbara’s Housing Authority Hosts Monthly Healthy Food Pantry Event
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara hosted its monthly Healthy Food Pantry event on Mar. 15 at the Presidio Springs Community Room. Every third Wednesday of the month, the HACSB, in collaboration with 2nd Story Associates and the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, provide local community members with a bag of […]
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VIDEO: End of CalFresh Emergency Allotments
Now that CalFresh, a federally funded program that helps low-income families afford nutritious food is coming to an end, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is projecting the demand to skyrocket. “The final emergency allotment will be paid out on March 26 … and we are expecting to see a massive influx of need … […]
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Projects Surge in Demand as CalFresh Benefits End
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Crews at the food distribution site in Santa Ynez Valley are in a hurry. “The food here goes pretty fast … this morning we had five or six baskets of bread cakes and now it’s all gone,” said assistant director Linda Linton of the Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach. “I’m grateful […]
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Santa Barbara Foodbank Hosts Fourth ‘CERT’ Training for natural disasters
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Food Bank hosted its fourth training for ‘CERT’ volunteers Sunday. ‘CERT’ stands for Community Emergency Response Team. […]
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As Emergency SNAP Benefits Expire, Instacart Launches Special Campaign to Support Families and Food Banks Across the Country
New Community Carts campaign allows anyone to donate groceries to food banks in states where emergency COVID-19 SNAP benefits are expiring, with no delivery or service fees Extension of discounted Instacart+ memberships for SNAP recipients will help families put food on the table […]
County Residents Receive Food Relief After January Storms
Santa Barbara County received 1,129 CalFresh food benefit applications from residents claiming that they were impacted by the January storms, County Public Information Officer Kelsey Buttitta told the Sun. The California Department of Social Services opened up eligibility for individuals and families affected by the January storms to receive disaster CalFresh food benefits as part […]
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