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Due to the federal government shutdown, CalFresh benefits will be delayed beginning Nov. 1, 2025. You can use your EBT card with any existing benefits. However, new CalFresh funds will not be added until federal funding restarts.

The Ventura County Human Services Agency created a list of questions and answers about the CalFresh funding delay:

For a list of food pantries, click here, call 2-1-1, or visit 211ventura.org.

Debido al cierre del gobierno federal, los beneficios de CalFresh se retrasarán a partir del 11/01/2025. Puede usar su tarjeta EBT con los beneficios existentes. Sin embargo, no se agregarán nuevos fondos de CalFresh hasta que se restablezca la financiación federal.

La Agencia de Servicios Humanos del Condado de Ventura creó una lista de preguntas y respuestas sobre el retraso en la financiación de CalFresh.

Para obtener una lista de despensas de alimentos, haga clic aquí, llame al 2-1-1, o visite 211ventura.org.

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Pregnant? Get the facts about fish

When you're pregnant, you want to eat foods that are good for you and your growing baby. And fish is one of those foods.

Fish provide important nutrients for developing babies, and it's a good source of vitamins, minerals, protein and healthy fats that help protect mom's health too.

That's why it's recommended that pregnant women eat 8 to 12 ounces of fish (2 to 3 servings) every week.

But those recommendations come with a caveat: Some types of fish have high levels of mercury, which can hurt a growing baby, and should be avoided. And some fish with more limited amounts of mercury should be eaten less frequently than others.

On the menu

When shopping for fish, there are a number of fish that are low or lower in mercury and are safe to eat while pregnant. Those include:

  • Bluefish—limit to 4 ounces and don't eat any other fish that week.
  • Cod.
  • Flounder.
  • Halibut—limit to 4 ounces and don't eat any other fish that week.
  • Herring.
  • Pollock.
  • Salmon.
  • Sardines.
  • Tilapia.
  • Freshwater trout.
  • Canned, fresh or frozen white (albacore) tuna—limit to 4 ounces and don't eat any other fish that week.
  • Light canned tuna.

If you have someone in the family who likes to fish and bring their catch home, pay attention to the fish advisories from the streams, rivers or lakes where the fish were caught. If advice isn't available, only eat 4 ounces of those fish per week and don't eat any other fish that week.

Off the menu

There aren't that many fish you need to avoid while pregnant. But there are a few key ones that are considered too high in mercury:

  • Bigeye tuna.
  • King mackerel.
  • Orange roughy.
  • Shark.
  • Swordfish.
  • Tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico.

Also, raw fish of any kind should be avoided while pregnant or breastfeeding.

Sources: FoodSafety.gov; U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Reviewed 2/4/2025

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