CalFresh Boot Camp

This comprehensive, three-day program provides eligibility workers with critical knowledge and skills necessary to administer the CalFresh program. The series addresses overarching eligibility concepts, as well as practical skills necessary for taking appropriate actions in both new and continuing CalFresh cases. Learners will have the opportunity to apply the concepts taught in this workshop during discussions of realistic case examples.

By the end of this training, eligibility caseworkers will have gained greater confidence in their ability to administer the CalFresh program for applicants and recipients. They will have increased knowledge of both financial and non-financial eligibility requirements, as well as a clearer understanding of prospective budgeting concepts. They will be better prepared to correctly process CalFresh applications, redeterminations, SAR 7 reports, and correctly determine when a mid-period action is appropriate.

Day 1 Topics

  • Background and purpose of SNAP
  • Household Composition
    • Mandatory, excluded and non-household members
    • Elderly and disabled separate household
    • Student eligibility
  • Non-financial eligibility and verification
  • Non-citizen categories and eligibility
  • CF work rules & ABAWD
  • WINS benefits
  • Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE)
  • Resources

Day 2 Topics

  • CalFresh budgeting
  • Income
    • Deductions
    • Gross & net tests
    • Standards of Assistance chart
  • Income types and verification
  • Prospective budgeting
  • Reasonably anticipated income (RAI)
  • Intake Applications
  • Expedited Services (ES)
  • Authorized Representative (AR)
  • Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)
  • Overview of SAR Reporting Rules
  • Elderly Simplified Application Process (ESAP)

Day 3 Topics

  • Processing a SAR 7
  • Mid-period rules & actions
  • Verified Upon Receipt (VUR)
  • Processing a Recertification
  • CalFresh Expansion, SNB & TNB
  • Transitional CalFresh (TCF)
  • Sponsor income deeming
  • Over-issuances & supplement
Academic Units
0
Section Number
253CTS950
Instruction Method
Online class

Section Notes

Fee Details: The enrollment fee for the 3-day series is $765.00 per participant or .18 training units for those utilizing their county contract. This fee includes quality instruction from subject-matter expert(s), research-based curricula and all digital course materials.

Training Format: This program will be offered via remote learning using Zoom. Login information will be provided after your enrollment is processed.

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Enrollment Policies

Enrollment closes on 1/26/26

Those paying by check or with credit card, please have payment to us at your earliest convenience.

To be officially dropped from the class, please notify us at least 10 business days prior to the training start date to drop a class and cancel the billing, or request a refund of fees paid, less than a $30 processing fee (no exceptions). Please use this link to cancel from the class:  Enrollment Cancelation Link If you have questions, please contact us at (530) 757-8538 or at human@ucde.ucdavis.edu.

Substitutions can be made with 48-hour minimum notice prior to the training start date. A 48-hour notice is needed to get all updated information processed.