Submitting Your CalFresh Application

Please include your name, address and/or telephone number, and signature on your application. Once the Family Resource Center receives your application, a County representative will call or send you a letter in the mail setting up a phone interview. If you’d like, you can ask to be interviewed in person.

Applications and verifications may be submitted:

• Online at https://BenefitsCal.com/
• Via phone: 2-1-1 (applications only)
• U.S. Mail: County of San Diego, PO Box 939044, San Diego, CA 92193
• Email: DPC.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov
• Fax: (619) 236-9167
• In person at any Family Resource Center           

If you meet the following requirements, you may get CalFresh (Expedited Services) within three days after you turn in your application:

• Your gross income is less than $150 and the money you have on hand or in the bank is less than $100; or
• Your monthly income and cash on hand or in the bank is less than what you pay for shelter and utilities; or
• You are a migrant or seasonal farm worker and you are destitute.

You need to provide proof of your identity (ID) before CalFresh benefits can be issued. Please, send a copy of your ID with your application if you are doing it online, via mail or fax, or bring your ID along with your application to the Family Resource Center.

If you are approved for CalFresh Expedited Services and you already have an EBT card, you may use it to access your benefit. Otherwise you need to come in to the nearest office to get your card within 3 days.   

To check the status of your application or if you need more information on CalFresh, please contact the Access Customer Service Center (Access):

• Call 1-866-262-9881 or TTY 711

Customer Service Representatives are available from 7:00AM to 5:00PM, Monday through Friday.