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Was a bit nervous or untrusting at first, but my calls went thru. First time the wait was a bit long but their customer chat line on their page was helpful and put me at ease that I would receive my call. Today my call dropped because of EDD and Claimyr heard my concern on the same chat and another call was made within the hour.
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An incredibly helpful service! Got me connected to a CA EDD agent without major hassle (outside of EDD's agents dropping calls – which Claimyr has free protection for). If you need to file a new claim and can't do it online, pay the $ to Claimyr to get the process started. Absolutely worth it!
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Used this service a couple times now. Before I'd call 200 times in less than a weak frustrated as can be. But using claimyr with a couple hours of waiting i was on the line with an representative or on hold. Dropped a couple times but each reconnected not long after and was mission accomplished, thanks to Claimyr.
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I tried for weeks to get thru to EDD PFL program with no luck. I gave this a try thinking it may be a scam. OMG! It worked and They got thru within an hour and my claim is going to finally get paid!! I upgraded to the $60 call. Best $60 spent!
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Cole Roush
i tried Claimyr yesterday after seeing it mentioned here and it actually worked! after 2 weeks of trying to reach my worker i got through in like 20 minutes and got my case fixed. definitely worth checking out if ur getting nowhere with the regular phone number
Leo Simmons
•Thanks for the recommendation! I'm going to try calling one more time the regular way tomorrow and if that doesn't work I'll give Claimyr a try. At this point I just need to talk to someone who can fix this calculation error.
Kayla Morgan
UPDATE: I just saw your comment about your mom being 67 and having a disability. This is very important! Make absolutely sure her medical expenses are being counted. For elderly or disabled household members, medical expenses over $35 per month are deductible for CalFresh purposes. With $495/month in medical costs, that's a deduction of $460 from your countable income. Also, for a family your size, missing the housing costs is a huge error. The difference between $900 and $2800 in housing costs could easily explain why your benefits are so low. When you do reach someone, ask them to recalculate your benefits with the correct expenses and request retroactive benefits for any months you received the incorrect amount.
Leo Simmons
•Thank you! I finally got through this morning after trying that service someone mentioned. The worker found THREE major errors in my file. They had our rent wrong, missed mom's medical expenses completely, and had our income calculated incorrectly (they double-counted one paycheck). She's fixing everything and said our benefits should be closer to $1,100/month which makes WAY more sense for our situation. They're also giving us the difference for last month! I'm so relieved ðŸ˜
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Omar Zaki
I went thru this same confusion last year! Called my worker and they explained P-EBT was only for specific timeframes during the pandemic. Frustrating because the info online isn't always clear. But on the bright side, when I called, my worker reviewed my case and found I wasn't getting credit for my full rent payment which actually increased my regular CalFresh amount by $67/month! So sometimes these questions lead to finding other benefits you're missing out on.
That's encouraging to hear! I think I'll call and have them review our case too. We've had some changes in expenses I haven't updated them about, so maybe that could help increase our current benefits.
ACTUALLY my kids just got P-EBT cards in the mail like 2 weeks ago!!! But its money from like 2021-2022 that was super delayed. The worker told me they're still sending out old benefits but not approving new ones. So confusing!!!
yep thats what happened with my niece too. they just took forever to send the money from before
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QuantumLeap
my sister had this happen and she got her benefits back in like 5 days. just depends which county worker u get i think. some r nice some r not.
Just to follow up on the petition idea - while petitions alone may not solve the problem, documented cases help advocacy organizations fight for policy changes. The California EBT Cardholders Rights Group (search for them on Facebook) is collecting theft reports to present to the legislature. They've already helped push through the recent security improvements coming in 2025. Send them your case details if you want to contribute to systemic change.
Thank you for this! Just found and joined the Facebook group. They have nearly 3,000 members all dealing with the same issue. I feel less alone now and it's good to know there are already organized efforts underway. Going to document everything this time and share my case details with them.
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Amara Eze
my daughter got a pebt but my son didnt even tho there both in middle school?? he qualifies for free lunch too so i dont understand why only one of my kids got it. has this happened to anyone else??
This happened to my sister! Turns out one of her kids was missing from the school's free lunch roster even though they should have been on it. You need to contact your school's food service department or office administrator to verify both kids are properly listed in their system. Sometimes there are data transfer errors between the school and the state system that processes P-EBT.
QuantumQuest
can we use the pebt card at the same stores as regular ebt? or is it more limited?
P-EBT cards can be used anywhere that accepts regular EBT food benefits. Same stores, same purchasing restrictions (food items only, no hot prepared foods, etc.). The cards function identically at the point of sale - you'd swipe it and enter your PIN just like with regular EBT.
Ally Tailer
Just to give some additional clarity: Sometimes when people refer to "extra" benefits, they might be referring to retroactive benefits if there was a delay in processing your application or a change. For example, if you reported a change that would increase your benefits but it took the county a month to process it, you might receive the increase for the current month plus a supplement for the previous month all at once. Has anything like that happened with your case recently?
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Brian Downey
•No nothing like that has happened. I think my neighbor just confused me with bad information. But good to know that can happen if there are delays.
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Aliyah Debovski
i just want to say my benefits amount changes slightly sometimes and i never know why lol. i got $432 last month and $447 this month with no explanation. i don't question it anymore, just grateful for whatever helps feed my family. the calfreh system is so confusing sometimes!!
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Callum Savage
•You should always receive a Notice of Action explaining any changes to your benefit amount. If you're seeing unexplained changes, you might want to check if your mailing address is current with the county, or log into BenefitsCal to check for electronic notices. It's important to understand why your benefits change so you can make sure you're receiving the correct amount.
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