​Summary

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 (CFHL). CDPH NPAB​ identifies as CDPH CFHL for purposes of this program. CDPH CFHL 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 CFHL is upstream public health approaches and individual and organizational health promotion to help the CFHL target audience establish healthy eating habits, a physically active lifestyle, and for primary prevention of disease. CDPH CFHL 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 CFHL is CFHL-eligible Californians. CFHL-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. 

Questions regarding the CDPH CFHL program or funding allocations can be emailed to NPAB@cdph.ca.gov.