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A CENTURY OF SERVICE 78 | RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

War on Poverty The Federal Act of 1964 established the Food Stamp Program, which Riverside County put into effect in November 1969. Today, roughly 240,000 Riverside County households, including working families, elderly adults and college students, use CalFresh to keep healthy food on their tables. Nearly $845 million in CalFresh benefits were distributed in Riverside County during Fiscal Year 23/24, generating about $1.3 billion in local economic impacts.