The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Nutrition and Physical Activity Branch (NPAB) administers a portion of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed), known in California as the CalFresh Healthy Living program. CDPH NPAB​ identifies as CDPH CalFresh Healthy Living for purposes of this program. CDPH CalFresh Healthy Living solicited applications from all California Local Health Departments (LHDs) to provide allowable nutrition education and obesity prevention activities and interventions for low-income Californians. The focus of CDPH CalFresh Healthy Living is upstream pu​​blic health approaches and individual and organizational health promotion to help the CalFresh Healthy Living target audience establish healthy eating habits, a physically active lifestyle, and for primary prevention of disease. CDPH CalFresh Healthy Living offers a comprehensive public health approach that enables partners to work together to prevent obesity and serve California's individuals and families with low incomes. The target audience for CalFresh Healthy Living is CalFresh Healthy Living-eligible Californians. CalFresh Healthy Living-eligible individuals refer to the SNAP-Ed eligible audience, specifically SNAP participants and other low-income individuals who qualify for SNAP (CalFresh Food) benefits or other means-tested Federal assistance programs.  

Due to the passing of U.S. House Resolution 1 by the U.S. Congress and enactment on July 4, 2025, mandatory funding for the SNAP-Ed program has been eliminated effective October 1, 2025. USDA is allowing states to expend any remaining Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 SNAP-Ed funds in FFY 2026. CDPH is allocating $20,298,750 to CalFresh Healthy Living LHD grantees for use in FFY 2026. 

Questions regarding the CDPH CalFresh Healthy Living program or funding allocations can be emailed to NPAB@cdph.ca.gov. ​​