CalFresh Will Restart Program Offering Cash Back on Fruits and Veggies

Lawmakers find the funding to revive a program offering $1 back for every $1 spent on healthy fare.

Fresh vegetables are displayed at a Farmer's Market in Monterey Park, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2017. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Californians receiving food assistance through the CalFresh plan will again get cash back when buying fruits and vegetables, up to $60 a month, after a pilot program was revived this week.

Assemblyman Alex Lee announced July 23 that he has secured $10 million from the 2024–25 state budget to restart the program, which had ended in April.