Rep. Neubauer: Trump’s shutdown threatens Wisconsin’s critical food assistance program

Rep. Neubauer: Trump’s shutdown threatens Wisconsin’s critical food assistance program

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Governor Tony Evers announced that due to the federal government shutdown, Wisconsin’s FoodShare program, which provides food assistance to more than 700,000 people in our state, will run out of funding at the end of the month. That means more...

Federally funded Food Share program running empty during government shutdown - KFIZ News-Talk 1450 AM

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said Wisconsin’s Food Share program would fall short of it’s November benefits for the nearly 700,000 people in the state enrolled in the program. Evers stated he received word from the Trump administration saying there was enough funding in the program for about 10 more days, and due to the government shutdown, it wouldn’t be replenished until after the shutdown. Evers said regardless of if the shutdown ends in the…