Cal-Fresh Employees: A Case Study

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explaining the reason for the disqualification on the eligibility and allotment of the remaining household members .
 Although Cal-Fresh has helped lower the poverty rate from 16.9 percent in 2012 to 16.6 percent in 2013, about 41.8 percent of Californians were poor or near poor .
 In November 2013 five billion dollars was automatically slashed from the federal Cal-fresh program, affecting 47 million Americans, because of this funding cuts, a family of four lost about 20 meals per month .
Policy Options
1) Making Cal-Fresh applications easier to complete.
Pros: More people will not be intimidated to apply.
Cons: Some people may use false information.
2) Changing the requirements to better assist families needing more food assistance.