| For Immediate Release May 26, 2021
Contact: Jennifer Miller/Elizabeth Goodsitt 608-266-1683 Wisconsin Set to Distribute FoodShare Benefits for New Pandemic-EBT Program for Children Under Six Who are Not in School Wisconsin has received approval from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for its plan to implement a new federal program to provide food benefits for children under the age of six who are part of FoodShare households and who are not yet enrolled in school. We will be distributing benefits this week to those families. Called Pre-6 Pandemic-EBT (Pre-6 P-EBT), the program is designed to help families whose young children may have been at home more often since last fall due to closures of child care facilities during the pandemic. The first benefits for this program will be issued on May 29 covering the months of October through December 2020. FoodShare recipients do not need to do anything to receive these benefits. "Too many Wisconsin families were struggling to put food on the table even before the pandemic, and that need is even greater now," said Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. "Pre-6 Pandemic-EBT will help feed our youngest and most vulnerable Wisconsinites, and we are committed to making sure these benefits reach our families that need them most." View the entire news release. | 
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