CalFresh households can receive replacement benefits for food lost due to Highland Fire
Impacted Riverside County residents have until Nov.28 to report food loss
RIVERSIDE COUNTY — CalFresh households in the communities of Anza and Aguanga, which experienced food losses due to the Highland Fire and used benefits to purchase that food have until Nov. 28 to report the losses and request replacement benefits. The state recently approved extending the normal reporting period for food loss from 10 to 30 days. The additional time allows impacted CalFresh households in Riverside County to assess their losses and recover as much as possible.State officials estimate approximately 22,868 households in the affected areas received an estimated $14.6 million in CalFresh benefits, some of which may have been used to purchase food subsequently destroyed due to the recent wildfire tha