In response to the series of storms across California in December 2022 through April 2023, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is providing state-funded storm recovery services to provide disaster relief case management and direct assistance to eligible individuals who experienced hardship from the storms and cannot access federal assistance due to immigration status. Direct assistance payments will be provided for the purpose of helping storm impacted individuals and households cover certain necessary costs including housing, food, and transportation costs.

Storm recovery services are available in California counties where the President has issued a Major Disaster Declaration and approved Individual Assistance (IA) in those counties because of impact from the storms. Additional counties may be added as they receive IA declarations and if there is provider capacity to deliver services in those areas.