When will CalFresh deposit March 2025 benefits? My card balance is zero

Benefits are always loaded on your regular day based on the last digit of your case number (1st through 10th of each month). If yours ends in 3, it should have loaded yesterday. Have you checked BenefitsCal to make sure your case is still active? Sometimes they need additional verification and will suspend benefits until you provide it. The system should have sent you a notice if that happened though.

theirs a system update hppening right now with the ebt sistems!!!! my worker told me this when i called yesterday about the same thing. she said it might delay deposits by 1-2 days for everone. just gotta wait it out

This happens to me EVERY SINGLE MONTH!!! The system is broken and they don't care. My benefits are supposed to come on the 7th but sometimes don't show up until the 9th with ZERO explanation. I've complained multiple times and nobody does anything. They expect us to just deal with it when our kids are hungry. It's ridiculous!!

I used to have this same problem trying to reach someone at CalFresh. Always on hold forever and kept getting disconnected. Then I found this service called Claimyr that basically waits on hold for you and calls you back when a real person answers. Saved me hours of hold time last month when my benefits were wrong. You can see how it works at https://youtu.be/eZ19FHRETv8?si=_CXnXqNXbLl26WB8 and their website is claimyr.com. Totally worth it when you need to actually talk to someone and can't sit on hold all day.

did you get a discontinuance notice in the mail? sometimes they send those but ppl don't open their mail. happened to my cousin last month

Since your SAR7 is showing as 'pending review,' that's likely the issue. When a Semi-Annual Report is under review, sometimes benefits can be delayed until the review is complete, even if your case technically remains active. A few things to try: 1. Check if you received any Request for Verification forms in the mail (they're often blue papers) 2. Upload any requested verification documents to BenefitsCal immediately 3. Contact your caseworker directly - each county handles this differently, but most have direct lines 4. If the delay continues past 2 more days, you may qualify for expedited benefits due to having insufficient funds for food The system update mentioned by another poster could also be contributing to the delay.

i had the same thing last month but on the 5th (my day is the 4th). i just waited and it showed up the next day. no explanation or anything but at least it came. i think their system is just slow sometimes.

UPDATE: My benefits just loaded this morning! Looks like it was just delayed due to the system update AND the pending verification documents. I uploaded my pay stubs on BenefitsCal and also used that Claimyr service to actually talk to someone at the county office. They confirmed everything was fine with my case and the delay was just processing related. Thanks everyone for your help!!!