| For Immediate Release April 26, 2021
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683 Some Wisconsin FoodShare Recipients to Receive Additional Emergency Allotment Benefits The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued new guidance on April 1 that will ensure all FoodShare households receive a minimum amount of emergency benefits. Households began receiving these benefits over the weekend. DHS estimates that under this new guidance Wisconsin will provide more than $75 million in emergency allotments to over 411,000 FoodShare households in April. This is an increase over the $57.5 million in emergency allotments we provided to 265,000 households in February. More households are able to receive emergency allotments because of this change in federal policy. Households reciving the maximum monthly benefit are now eligible to get the the emergency allotment. Households will spend these resources at grocers and farmers markets across the state. Wisconsin is able to provide these benefits after Governor Evers reached an agreement earlier this month with the USDA to meet the federal requirement for a state public health emergency and maintain Wisconsin's ability to provide enhanced food assistance to people across the state. View the entire news release. | 
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