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How to Apply for Benefits

Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid healthcare program that provides comprehensive health coverage for people with low or no income. In Ventura County, Medi-Cal is administered by the Human Services Agency. To qualify for Medi-Cal, you have to live in California and meet program eligibility rules.

Medi-Cal provides comprehensive health coverage for for individuals with low incomes, including:

  • Families with children
  • Seniors
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Children in out-of-home care
  • CalWORKs participants
  • Pregnant individuals
  • People with low incomes who have specific diseases such as tuberculosis, breast cancer, or HIV/AIDS
  • Single or married adults with no children or tax dependents

What Is Medi-Cal?

CalFresh

The CalFresh program helps families and people who have little or no income buy groceries. CalFresh benefits come loaded on an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card that can be used like a bank debit card to buy food at most grocery stores, farmers markets and other places that sell food.

You may be eligible to receive CalFresh benefits if you are a U.S. citizen, eligible non-citizen or legal permanent resident with low or no income, or if you receive one of our cash-aid programs, such as CalWORKs or General Relief.

CalFresh provides monthly food benefits to individuals and families with low income, including:

  • Seniors
  • Persons with disabilities
  • SSI/SSP recipients
  • CalWORKs participants
  • College Students

If you are without money for food today, you may qualify for expedited services. For more information about emergency food – expedited services, click CalFresh benefits.

What Is CalFresh?

CalWORKs

The CalWORKs (California Work Opportunity & Responsibility to Kids) program can provide cash assistance to families with children. Certain adults in the program must participate in Welfare-to-Work activities, looking for work, attending job trainings, working, or furthering education.

You may qualify for CalWORKs if you:

  • Are a US citizen or immigrant with permission to live in the United States
  • Live in California and plan to stay
  • Have a Social Security number or have applied for one, and
  • Meet the income limits for your family size

Additionally, you may qualify for CalWORKs if you:

  • Take care of a minor child
  • Are pregnant or have eligible minor children
  • If one or both parents do not live in the home, are no longer living or are disabled;
  • Or if both parents are living in the home but the principal earner is unemployed or working <100 hours/month when applying

CalWORKs participants are automatically eligible for Medi-Cal and may qualify for CalFresh.

What Is CalWORKs?

How Do I Apply?

 Last updated April 2025

Income Limits

People in Your Home At or below 138% FPL  Between 138% and 400% FPL At or below 130% FPL At or below MBSAC
1 $1,801 $1,801–5,216 $1,632 $899
2 $2,433 $2,433–$7,050 $2,215 $1,476
3 $3,065 $3,065-$8,883 $2,798 $1,829
4 $3,699 $3,699–$10,716 $3,380 $2.170
5 $4,331 $4,331–$12,550 $3,963 $2,476
You May Qualify for… Medi-Cal Health Insurance Premium Assistance CalFresh CalWORKs

There are several ways to apply for Medi-Cal, CalFresh & CalWORKs benefits:

Online

Skip the lines. Fill out and submit an application at BenefitsCal.com

Paper Application (drop-off, FAX or mail)

Then, complete the applications and either:

  • Drop it off at a Community Service Center, or
  • Fax it to 805-658-4530, or
  • Mail the completed form to:
    • County of Ventura Human Services Agency L#5290855 Partridge Drive
      Ventura, CA 93003-9565

By Phone

Call 888-472-4463, TTY 800-735-2922 or 711, to apply over the phone. 


Individuals eligible for Medi-Cal due to other conditions such as blindness, disability, or age may be subject to different income and asset criteria.

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