Social Services
Contact the already-identified county social-services agency about its county-funded GA/GR programme. This is an agency referral; local eligibility, fees, benefit amounts, waiting periods and the complete application have not been reviewed.
Service area: California statewide information or county-resource referral. Local providers decide eligibility, service availability and intake requirements.
Before you start · 1 requirement & conditions
- Eligibility & access · Shared CDSS county-programme overview; complete local GA/GR workflow remains unreviewed.
- State guidance identifies GA/GR as county-funded and county-specific. Ask this county agency for its own rules; this record does not establish your eligibility.
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General Assistance — ga-state-scope
Each county's GA/GR program is established and funded (100 percent) by its own Board of Supervisors. As the state is not involved in this program, benefits, payment levels, and eligibility requirements will vary among each of California's 58 counties.
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Fresno County · Fresno County — Medi-Cal application and health coverage (opens in a new tab)
Department navigation link: Social Services
together to help Californians get the coverage and care that is right for them. How To Apply for Medi-Cal Online: BenefitsCal.com, or www.coveredca.com Pick up an application: Click here for locations By Mail: To request an application by mail, contact the Fresno County Department of Social Services at 1-855-832-8082. Mail
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Read the county programme’s reviewed local criteria, application channels and document or interview instructions below. The county decides individual eligibility and benefit amounts.
Service area: Fresno County — local GA/GR programme context.
- Availability · Fresno — local GA/GR only; not CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal or IHSS eligibility
- General Relief applicants and recipients must be available for, and actively seeking, full time employment. Strikers are not eligible for General Relief. Employable recipients are prohibited from receiving aid for more than three months in any twelve-month period.
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County of Fresno · Fresno — General Relief (opens in a new tab)
General Relief - County of Fresno — ga-06019-066
General Relief applicants and recipients must be available for, and actively seeking, full time employment. Strikers are not eligible for General Relief. Employable recipients are prohibited from receiving aid for more than three months in any twelve-month period.
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Before you start · 1 requirement & conditions
- Eligibility & access · Fresno — local GA/GR only; not CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal or IHSS eligibility
- General Relief is a County funded program that provides cash or in-kind services to needy individuals and childless couples who are not eligible for assistance under any other categorical aid program. Grants are intended to assist with the costs of food, shelter, personal needs and other living expenses. To qualify, applicants must be employable or incapacitated.
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County of Fresno · Fresno — General Relief (opens in a new tab)
General Relief - County of Fresno — ga-06019-007
General Relief is a County funded program that provides cash or in-kind services to needy individuals and childless couples who are not eligible for assistance under any other categorical aid program. Grants are intended to assist with the costs of food, shelter, personal needs and other living expenses. To qualify, applicants must be employable or incapacitated.
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County of Fresno · Fresno — General Relief (opens in a new tab)
General Relief - County of Fresno — ga-06019-007
General Relief is a County funded program that provides cash or in-kind services to needy individuals and childless couples who are not eligible for assistance under any other categorical aid program. Grants are intended to assist with the costs of food, shelter, personal needs and other living expenses. To qualify, applicants must be employable or incapacitated.
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- Phone
- 1-855-832-8082