CalFresh benefits not showing as pending for April 2025 - payment delay?

Same here!!! Been checking all weekend and NOTHING is showing. I'm supposed to get my benifits tomorrow (the 8th) but no pending deposit. My kids are on spring break and I planned grocery shopping for tomorrow. This is so frustrating!!!!! 😡

There was an announcement about system maintenance this weekend that was supposed to end Sunday night. My guess is they're running behind schedule getting everything back online. The benefits should still be issued on your regular date, but the pending notification might be delayed. If you don't receive benefits on your normal date, then there's a real problem to investigate.

Don't stress too much yet... This happened to me in January and benefits still came through on time. The online system sometimes lags but the actual benefit issuance is on a different system. As long as you're still eligible and haven't missed any paperwork deadlines, you should be fine.

I'm experiencing the same issue and I tried calling the county office for the last two days but keep getting stuck in their automated system. It's so frustrating!! Finally I tried Claimyr (claimyr.com) which is this service that gets a real person from the county to call you back. Worked great and saved me hours of waiting. The worker told me it's a known system issue and benefits will still come through on the regular day for most people. You can see how it works here: https://youtu.be/eZ19FHRETv8?si=_CXnXqNXbLl26WB8

This happens EVERY TIME they do system updates. I swear the CalFresh system runs on a computer from 1995!!! Last time this happened my benefits were actually 2 days late, so don't count on what that one person said about them still coming on time. Might want to plan accordingly. The whole system needs an overhaul but they never actually fix the root issues, just put bandaids on everything.

my cousin works for the county and she said theres like a big database upgrade happening and some peoples benefits might be a day late but not more than that. she said dont worry unless ur benefits dont come by the day after ur normal date

Did you check your EBT card balance directly through the EBT website or app? Sometimes the BenefitsCal system shows nothing but the benefits are actually loaded on the card. Worth checking both places.

my benifits just posted! check your accounts everyone! it was like 6 hours later than normal but they came through

Just wanted to jump in here since I've been dealing with CalFresh for about 4 years now. This type of system delay happens more often than it should, unfortunately. What I've learned is to always check both the BenefitsCal portal AND the EBT app/website because sometimes they show different information. Also, if you're really worried about running out of food before benefits hit, some food banks don't require you to wait for your benefits to run out completely - they understand that system delays happen. The Salvation Army and local churches often have emergency food assistance too. It's frustrating that we have to deal with these technical issues when families are depending on these benefits, but at least it sounds like this was just a temporary glitch and not a bigger problem with people's cases.