Depending on your household size and income, and which county you reside in, you may be eligible to receive up to $291 per month through the CalFresh program. This program issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used to buy most foods at many markets and food stores. Applying for the program is easy and takes only about 15 minutes at BenefitsCal.

We want to extend you an invitation to an online CalFresh Application Workshop, Tuesday, July 23 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Register for this event, which will be hosted on Zoom.

Staff from both the Student Financial Services office and the Student Success Center will be available to provide information on the CalFresh program as well as on-the-spot assistance with the online application.  

If you are unable to make it to the Calfresh Workshop, the Student Financial Servcies office will be having drop-in advising for CalFresh applications every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. through the Student Financial Services Virtual Front Desk.

The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank would like to share a program that may be helpful to students with children who are receiving CalFresh benefits. 

• SUN Bucks (previously "Summer EBT") will be a $120/child lump sum benefit paid to qualifying families with children.  
• Many families with children in the below situations will receive it automatically (with automated texts, emails, and/or calls in English, Spanish, Cantonese, Russian, Arabic). 
  • Age 6-18 already on state benefits (CalFresh, CalWORKS, MediCal). 
  • Age 0-22 on Free & Reduced Priced Meals at qualifying schools (incl Headstart Programs & Transitional Kindergartens) during 2023-24 school year. 
  • Homeless, foster, or part of migrant household. 
  • Other families can "apply" (i.e. have forms on record) with their school. 
• Funds are distributed via a separate (but very similar) EBT card, which will be mailed starting in June and through late fall to the address they have on-file for state benefits. Funds expire 122 days from the load date. They can be replaced in the event of a disaster but not if they were skimmed. 
• CDSS seems to be the recommended go-to for help & program details, and they will have a dedicated call center for SUN Bucks starting 5/28. 

Congratulations to those students graduating this Spring 2024! We wish you well on all your future endeavors and are grateful to have spent time with you during your time at UCSF.

For those who borrowed a Federal Stafford Loan or Federal Graduate PLUS Loan while in attendance, you must complete Federal Loan Exit Counseling here: https://studentaid.gov/exit-counseling/. Be sure to select the option for Graduate or Professional students.

If you borrowed one or more of the loans below there is a separate/additional exit process:
•       University Loan 
•       CA Dream Loan
•       Health Professions Loan (HPSL)
•       Loan for Disadvantaged Students (LDS)
•       Nursing Student Loan, Nurse Faculty Loan

As applicable, you will receive an email from the servicer ECSI, [email protected], prompting you to complete their Exit Counseling. The UCSF contact for questions about the repayment for these types of loans is Maria Maniego from the Student Accounting Office. Students will manage their loan repayment for these types of loans at https://heartland.ecsi.net.