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As of October 1, 2021, we’ve started to collect copayments again. We continue to offer financial hardship assistance. If you have questions, contact our Health Resource Center at 866-400-1238 (TTY: 711). We’re here Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
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We base eligibility for VA health care on several factors, like your military service, discharge status, and whether you have a service-connected disability.
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Yes. If you're struggling because of life situations like losing your job, having a sudden decrease in income, or having an increase in out-of-pocket family health care expenses, we can help. You can request financial hardship assistance to manage your current VA copay debt or request an exemption from future copays. 
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If you are a Retail Food Store or a Famers Market, you can apply to accept SNAP benefits at your store or market locations by following the steps below.Do not complete an application if:You are not a Retail Food Store or a Famers Market. Instead, call the SNAP Retailer Service Center at 1-877-823-4369.If you are a retailer that wants to accept SNAP-EBT on your website or mobile app, please do not complete this application. Instead, follow the requirements listed on the retailer requirements page.1. Create a Login.gov accountBefore you start your application, you must create an account on Login.gov.You'll need to provide the following information:Email addressSecure passwordOne additional authentication method to keep your account secure (for example, a mobile phone number to receive texts for verification).2. Complete the SNAP Retailer ApplicationOnce you start your application, you have 30 days to complete it. If your application is not complete within 30 days, it will be deleted.You will need to submit the required supporting documents. Instructions for submitting your documents are provided at the end of the application. Make sure that you have name(s), home address(es), and Social Security Number(s) for each store owner, and sales data your store(s).If you own 10 or more stores, consider whether you are a Multi-Store Owner (MSO).3. Wait for a Decision from FNSFNS will process your application and we will contact you if we need any further information.After you complete it, you can check the status of your application in real time.If you have additional questions, please call the SNAP Retailer Service Center at 1-877-823-4369.Other ResourcesSNAP Retailer Training Materials

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Can a retailer charge sales tax on items purchased with EBT food benefits? 

No, a retailer cannot charge state or local sales taxes on eligible items purchased with EBT food benefits.

Can bottle deposits (CRV) be paid with EBT food benefits? 

In California, EBT food benefits can be used to pay a bottle or can deposit, but only up to the state-approved CRV amount. This is true even if the deposit is not included in the shelf price. Some retailers have reported seeing EBT customers who have purchased milk in a high-deposit bottle simply pour out the milk and return to collect the deposit in cash. This is not permitted. Large bottle deposit amounts cannot be paid with EBT food benefits. This is considered a type of trafficking by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. 

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Third, much of the information the proposal suggests is needed may be available without cost to the state from commercial real estate brokers who are in the business of providing this
information as a way to generate successful property transactions from which they benefit.
Finally, it is not clear why the department is seeking additional funding for studies at two properties for which studies were previously funded. The budget proposes a total of $1.2 million for
studies at Agnews Developmental Center and the California Institution for Men, Chino. The department, however, was appropriated $600,000 by the 1996-97 Budget Act for property
disposition studies at the same two facilities. The budget proposals do not explain why the information developed earlier is now inadequate and why more studies of the same facilities are
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A guide to making advance funeral and cemetery arrangements.
Advance Planning for Peace of Mind
When you make funeral and cemetery arrangements in advance, you ensure that your final wishes are carried out, and you spare your family the burden of making choices at a difficult time. 
Making advance arrangements means you compare prices, review facilities, and select services and merchandise you want. You can even arrange to pay for your funeral and cemetery costs ahead of time so that your loved ones won’t face the bills after you’re gone.  
The result can be funeral or cemetery arrangements that are well-planned, meaningful, and affordable.
The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (part of the Department of Consumer Affairs) has prepared these questions and answers on advance funeral planning. For more information, please refer to the Bureau’s Consumer Guide to Funeral and Cemetery Purchases. The consumer guide is available online at www.cfb.ca.gov, or from one of the Bureau’s licensed cemeteries or funeral establishments.

Q. Why plan a funeral in advance?
A. By planning in advance, you can make informed choices, compare prices and options, and discuss your preferences with your family. The result can be peace of mind for yourself and your loved ones.
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A. Options include a traditional funeral service, memorial service, burial, entombment, cremation, scattering at sea, or inurnment, among others. You may also wish to consider organ or tissue donation or donating your body to medical science.
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I would like to comment on the Friends of Jawbone grant application on behalf of the California Off Road Vehicle Association. This is a great group of grants to help this much loved area. How did you get an archaeologist/biologist to work for $45 per hour? In GO 4 - 2 you have $75000 for 4X4 trucks. I am not clear if you own these and mean to use them as match or you rent them to use. Same with the auger, it looks like you own it and want to use it for match, but have it in the grant column. It says "We are unable to rent truck and auger systems that are specifically designed like that we use, so we based our rate on the most comparable type vehicle available." Same with the motor grader, skip loader and water truck. Are these grant or match? Updating Owlshead is great, I use the app personally and like how it works. Thanks for all your hard work, Ed Stovin Ed Stovin - 4/28/2024

Considering how essential the ESRI platform is for the execution of this grant project, I believe that more OHMVR grant funding should be requested for the GIS software. The ESRI Small Non-Profit Program is highly competitive and missing out on that award would negatively affect your OHMVR grant project. Sam Easley - 4/28/2024

Being a recreational user of the desert since childhood, I would like to commend the Friends of Jawbone on their efforts to enhance and maintain desert recreational opportunities along with preserving the natural environment that continues to draw me to unique landscape and recreational opportunities that it provides. In my review of the Friends of Jawbone's Ground Operations and Restoration Grant Applications, I understand that they collect a lot of data for work planning and monitoring purposes. But, I did not find reference to the computer software programs they use or a cost associated with keeping these programs updated. I recommend that this information be added to these grant requests. Additionally, since they work closely with the BLM, this software should be compatible with the BLM so that both organizations can share information between each other.