Cash & Food Stamps

CalWORKs

CalWORKs provides temporary financial assistance and employment related services to families with minor children.

Food Stamps

Food Stamps Program was established to improve the nutrition of people in low-income households. It does that by increasing their food-buying power, so they are able to purchase the amount of food their household needs

General Relief

General Relief (GR) is a County-funded program that provides temporary cash aid to indigent adults and certain sponsored legal immigrants who are ineligible for Federal or State programs.

Immigrant Assistance

Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) provides cash to certain aged, blind, and disabled legal non-citizens ineligible to supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment (SSI/SSP) due to their immigration status.

Refugee Cash Assistance

Refugee Cash Assistance is cash aide provided to individuals with refugee, asylee, or trafficking victim status who have been determined to be ineligible for CalWORKs or SSI/SSP.

FAQs

A list of most commonly asked questions related to the various cash assistance programs administered by Orange County Social Services.

How To Apply

Information on how to apply for CalWORKs, Food Stamps, General Relief, and Refugee Cash Assistance.