RIVERSIDE COUNTY — Residents affected by the Hawarden, Eagle, Macy, and Nixon fires that swept through Riverside County starting in late July are eligible for replacement CalFresh benefits for food lost during these incidents.
The deadline to report food loss and request these essential benefits has been extended to Aug. 27. This extension includes impacted CalFresh households in Butte, Kern, Plumas, Riverside, Shasta, and Tehama counties.
State officials estimate that approximately 57,056 active CalFresh households in the affected areas, who received around $11.6 million in benefits, may have lost food purchased with these funds.
“Our goal is to help our CalFresh customers recover quickly,” said Allison Gonzalez, assistant director of the Riverside County Department of Public Soc
