Overview
- Project Angel Food in Los Angeles confirmed a new round of $100 grocery cards for roughly 700 people who are already its clients and can document a disability or severe illness.
- L.A. Care Health Plan is partnering on the effort, which the nonprofit describes as targeted relief for those most at risk of losing food support.
- The push comes ahead of CalFresh’s June 1 rule change in California that will require some adults ages 18 to 64 to log 80 hours a month of work, school, or volunteering to keep benefits, with exemptions for medical issues, pregnancy, and parents of young children.
- Organizers say access to the cards is not public and eligible clients must contact Project Angel Food, which ran a similar $100 card distribution in November 2025 that it called a success.
- In New York City, a coalition of pantries, faith groups, and community sites ran open food distributions across several boroughs, with locations such as Westside Campaign Against Hunger, Riverside Church, and the Renaissance School of the Arts serving anyone regardless of immigration or income status.