Estimated differences in quarterly earnings before and after pandemic emergency allotments expired Asian and Pacific Islander CalFresh participants
Line chart comparing quarterly earnings for Asian and Pacific Islander CalFresh participants who received smaller versus larger emergency allotments, from Q1 2022 through Q4 2023, with a vertical line marking when EAs expired in Q1 2023. Earnings for both groups track closely before EAs expire, then diverge afterward, with participants who received smaller EAs (higher demonstrated need) seeing a notably larger increase than those who received larger EAs — the biggest gap between the two lines of any group shown.