MARICELA YEAH. LISA WHICH IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM AND THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOLD KCRA THAT EVEN IF THERE IS A SHUTDOWN, THEY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE ...

As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning of one possible impact on millions of Californians. CalFresh benefits “will likely be delayed in November” if the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: For 50 years, California’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California Women, Infants and Children (WIC) families will see a temporary increase in their monthly WIC fruit and vegetables benefit to $35. Currently, children ages one to ...

Beginning today, women and children who receive food vouchers through the federal government’s WIC program will be able to use them to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. “It’s a really welcome change,” ...

Cashiers smiled as they welcomed customers to the Foods Co supermarket in East Oakland during the much-anticipated opening of the 75,000-square-foot store just over a month ago. Grocers showed off ...

Over five decades, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has become known as the ...

Just about every time her family needs groceries, Angelique Schanbeck loads her three children, ages 3 months, 2 and 4, into the family car. The Sacramento family relies on the Women, Infants, and ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. The California Department of Public Health this week announced the ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget delivers a devastating blow to one of the country’s most effective nutrition programs for families. Justin Sullivan Getty Images Before 2021, many ...