Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI)

CAPI provides cash assistance to certain aged, blind, and disabled legal non-citizens ineligible for Supplemental Social Security Income/State Supplemental Payment (SSI/SSP) due to their immigration status.The Customer Service Center (CSC) is a single point of contact currently providing services to 33 District Offices for the following aid programs and languages: CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and General Relief, with services in Armenian, Cambodian, English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Farsi, Tagalog, Russian, and Korean. It is designed to optimize and enhance the quality of customer service, improve timeliness of case actions and service delivery to all DPSS participants.

EBT is the US government\s electronic based system in the US for payment of monies to those approved for food and cash benefit payments.

Check EBT Card Balance
States have their methods to log in and check your ETB balance online. We provide that information on our state pages.

Apply for EBT Card
Most states allow online applications for EBT Cards through the application for Food Stamps (SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) or cash benefits through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). We provided this local office contact for those who want to apply for their EBT in person at this office. After applying for your benefits you will most likely need to come in for an interview at this or another local social service office.