GetCalFresh
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GetCalFresh is an online service created by Code for America that streamlines and simplifies the process of applying for food assistance benefits in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GetCalFresh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7394036 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GetCalFresh Context triple: [Code for America, notableProgram, GetCalFresh]
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A.
EBT card
An EBT card is a government-issued electronic payment card used by eligible individuals to access and spend their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.
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B.
California Food Assistance Program
The California Food Assistance Program is a state-funded nutrition assistance program that provides food benefits to certain low-income residents of California who are ineligible for federal SNAP benefits.
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C.
LIHEAP
LIHEAP is a U.S. federal program that helps low-income households afford home heating and cooling costs.
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D.
DOCCS
DOCCS is the New York State agency responsible for operating state prisons and overseeing community supervision such as parole.
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E.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides low-income individuals and families with monthly benefits to purchase food and improve their nutritional security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GetCalFresh Target entity description: GetCalFresh is an online service created by Code for America that streamlines and simplifies the process of applying for food assistance benefits in California.
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A.
EBT card
An EBT card is a government-issued electronic payment card used by eligible individuals to access and spend their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.
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B.
California Food Assistance Program
The California Food Assistance Program is a state-funded nutrition assistance program that provides food benefits to certain low-income residents of California who are ineligible for federal SNAP benefits.
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C.
LIHEAP
LIHEAP is a U.S. federal program that helps low-income households afford home heating and cooling costs.
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D.
DOCCS
DOCCS is the New York State agency responsible for operating state prisons and overseeing community supervision such as parole.
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E.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides low-income individuals and families with monthly benefits to purchase food and improve their nutritional security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civic technology project
ⓘ
online service ⓘ web application ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | web browser ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve user experience for benefits applications
ⓘ
increase enrollment in CalFresh ⓘ reduce barriers to accessing food assistance ⓘ |
| belongsToInitiative | Code for America social safety net portfolio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | county social services agencies in California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataSubject | CalFresh applicants in California ⓘ |
| developer | Code for America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
digital government services
ⓘ
social safety net technology ⓘ |
| focusesOnBenefitType |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
food assistance benefits ⓘ |
| focusesOnProgram | CalFresh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | California Department of Social Services policies ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
document upload
ⓘ
eligibility pre-screening ⓘ mobile-optimized design ⓘ multi-language support ⓘ status updates ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
simplify food assistance application process
ⓘ
streamline CalFresh applications ⓘ |
| nonProfitOperator | Code for America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
CalFresh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SNAP in California ⓘ benefits enrollment ⓘ food security ⓘ |
| sector | public benefits ⓘ |
| serviceArea | low-income residents of California ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
application follow-up
ⓘ
application screening ⓘ application submission ⓘ online application ⓘ |
| targetUser |
CalFresh applicants
ⓘ
SNAP-eligible households in California ⓘ |
| usesChannel |
mobile-friendly interface
ⓘ
online forms ⓘ |
| website | https://www.getcalfresh.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GetCalFresh Description of subject: GetCalFresh is an online service created by Code for America that streamlines and simplifies the process of applying for food assistance benefits in California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.