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    CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL)

    Program Code

    The CalFresh Healthy Living Program code is 3890300

    Program Description

    The CalFresh Healthy Living Program (CFHL) provides evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention services based on United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services guidance. 20 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and their contracted providers offer CFHL interventions to low-income older adults aged 60 or older at eligible sites including Title III C congregate nutrition sites and other venues meeting eligibility criteria.

    In addition to direct education (interactive classes and workshops), and indirect education (newsletters, educational materials, and online resources), the CFHL program also incorporates Policy, Systems, and Environmental change (PSE) approaches including but not limited to gardens, partnering with congregate meal sites and food distribution programs, spreading healthy messaging, and increasing and sustaining access to physical activity to deliver effective, evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention programs. CFHL is also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed).

    Program Benefits

    CFHL assists older adults to make healthy food choices and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to promote health and prevent disease. The Program strives to increase participants’ consumption of fruits and vegetables, increase physical activity, reduce time spent in sedentary behaviors, and maintain a healthy weight to reduce the risk of chronic disease. PSE strategies support healthy behavioral changes among older adults in the community.

    Program Eligibility

    Eligibility Criteria Eligibility Requirement
    Age

    Individuals 60 years of age or older
    Income

    At or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG)
    Other

    Program sites must meet CFHL eligibility standards using one of these methods:

    • Method 1: Means Tested. The site qualifies based on the population it serves and not its physical address. (e.g. public housing, Commodity Food distribution sites, etc.).
    • Method 3: Census Data. The site address must be in a low-income census tract where more than 50% of residents have low income (i.e. incomes at or below 185% of the federal poverty level).
    • Method 10: Use of Surveys: Intake Records. AAAs use intake surveys, annually, to determine eligibility at sites. This method is for AAAs only.
    • Method 11: Qualifying Farmers Markets. If the Farmers Market is not in an allowable low-income census tract, the market qualifies if it accepts CalFresh benefits - Electronic Benefit Transfers (EBT) and the program provides nutrition education activities.

    Program Funding

    Funding Type Funding Information
    Source

    $10.3 million from CalFresh Healthy Living federal funds via U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Allocation Formula

    Base funding for 20 participating AAAs, remainder allocated on weighted population factors.
    Match Requirements

    Not applicable
    Other

    Not applicable
    State Fiscal Year Cycle

    October 1 – September 30

    Program Statistics

    Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022-23 2023-24
    Direct Education Sessions 2,700 4,000
    Direct & Indirect Education Participants 173,750 (approximation) 502,598 (approximation)

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