Background
The California counties of Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino,
Stanislaus, members of the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS),
and Consortium IV (C-IV) partnered with Community Based Organizations
(CBOs) and agencies in an exciting and innovative initiative
for making the Food Stamp Program (FSP) more accessible to the public.
 June 2, 2006 |
C-IV Joint Power Authority (JPA) Board approved Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) Food Stamp Program Participation Grant.
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| June 6, 2006 |
C-IV submitted the 2006 FNS Food Stamp Program Participation
Grant Application. The proposal requested One $1M from the Food
and Nutrition Service Agency to add a component called C4Yourself to the
existing C-IV System which would allow customers to apply for the Food
Stamp Program via the public Internet.
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| Sept 7, 2006 |
The Agriculture Secretary announced the $1M grant award to C-IV.
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| Oct 29, 2007 |
The project began October 2006 and was successfully completed October 2007. On October 29, 2007
C4Yourself went live.
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