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GetCalFresh

GetCalFresh is a service delivered by Code for America on behalf of the people of California, providing plain-language guidance to help Californians understand and navigate CalFresh (SNAP) food benefits. Since California's statewide move to BenefitsCal.com on the CalSAWS platform, GetCalFresh.org no longer accepts applications directly - it is an informational and guidance site that hands off to BenefitsCal and county agencies for eligibility determination and case processing. No public developer API is documented; historically, before BenefitsCal existed, Code for America's application tooling submitted CalFresh applications to county systems via generated PDF forms, fax, and secure email rather than a documented API.

GetCalFresh is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Civic Tech, Nonprofit, Government, Public Benefits, and SNAP.

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8.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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Civic TechNonprofitGovernmentPublic BenefitsSNAPFood AssistanceCalifornia

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Getcalfresh Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: getcalfresh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/getcalfresh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: GetCalFresh
kind: nonprofit
description: GetCalFresh is a service delivered by Code for America on behalf of the people of California, providing plain-language
  guidance to help Californians understand and navigate CalFresh (SNAP) food benefits. Since California's statewide move to
  BenefitsCal.com on the CalSAWS platform, GetCalFresh.org no longer accepts applications directly - it is an informational
  and guidance site that hands off to BenefitsCal and county agencies for eligibility determination and case processing. No
  public developer API is documented; historically, before BenefitsCal existed, Code for America's application tooling submitted
  CalFresh applications to county systems via generated PDF forms, fax, and secure email rather than a documented API.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/getcalfresh.png
tags:
- Civic Tech
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Public Benefits
- SNAP
- Food Assistance
- California
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/getcalfresh-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/codeforamerica
- type: Website
  url: https://www.getcalfresh.org
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com