Showing entries tagged: 'FoodShare'

Feeding Wisconsin Joins National Movement to End Senior Hunger

Feeding Wisconsin, in partnership with the National Council on Aging, has joined a nationwide effort to fight senior hunger by dramatically increasing participation by eligible seniors in the SNAP program. Feeding Wisconsin is grateful for a grant from NCOA to support our outreach activities to meet these goals.

Navigating times of Uncertainty - Our FoodShare outreach team is here to help!

Massive job losses encountered in the retail, recreational, entertainment, and restaurant industries across the state have resulting in more families than ever needing a helping hand. Feeding Wisconsin, along with our six-member food banks, have been working diligently to meet these needs. More than ever, our FoodShare outreach team is essential to connecting our neighbors to much-needed resources.

Thanks to the Walmart Foundation for supporting rural FoodShare outreach

Thanks to a generous donation from the Walmart Foundation, we are deploying strategies to reduce stigma and raise awareness of our FoodShare Outreach program throughout 45 rural counties in the state.

Capitol Hill Visits 2019

On Monday and Tuesday, we were on Capitol Hill for our annual DC trip and congressional visits as part of the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference sponsored by Feeding America, FRAC, and the National CACFP Forum. We were joined by our hunger fighting friends at WISCAP, the Wisconsin Council on Churches, and representatives from our food bank Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. It was great to be able to touch base with all of our members of Congress to discuss our legislative priorities for the year and share some of our concerns about current issues that would increase the risk of hunger for our friends and neighbors.

Decrease in the FoodShare Program in SOTU

During the State of the Union address, the President said, “Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps," as an example of the improving economy. This is a great example of why SNAP must be protected and why it was so important that the recently passed Farm Bill did not make any structural changes to the program. A primary feature of the program is that it expands when the economy is bad and the need is high, just like in 2008, and when the economy improves, the program contracts, as people "graduate" from the program as they make more money and get back on their feet.