Overview
- Supervisors voted unanimously to transfer the funds to the County Department of Health and Human Services for rapid distribution.
- DHHS will route the money to partnered food banks, food centers, and pantries for immediate supplies.
- Officials based the reach on roughly $25 per family food bag, estimating help for about 6,000 households.
- The board also declared food apartheid a public health emergency to drive coordinated action in disinvested neighborhoods such as Metcalfe Park.
- Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites receive FoodShare, including more than 230,000 in the county, while court-ordered contingency SNAP payments may face delays this month.