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Hunger Task Force Response to Governor Walker's Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission Final Report
On January 6, 2012, the Commission issued its final report. The report addresses Wisconsin’s budgeting and accounting processes, compensation of state employees and recommends a series of ideas on reducing assumed fraud within public assistance programs. Hunger Task Force advocates for a well-run FoodShare Program in Wisconsin and offers a response to the report.
View the Governor's Commission report here.
Read Hunger Task Force's response here.
Keep reading for highlights from Hunger Task Force's response and how you can help protect FoodShare.
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Help us create a loud and clear message that FoodShare is a vital government nutrition program and demand our State legislators do all they can to keep it that way!
3 Fast and Effective Ways to Take Action
- Email your Wisconsin State Representative and Senator here.
- Call your Wisconsin State Representative and Senator. Find out their contact information here.
- Take action at Hunger Task Force's Facebook page here.
Need assistance? Contact Mary Ryan at mary @ hungertaskforce.org or call (414) 238-6471.
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Hunger Task Force does not support the following recommendations made by the Commission:
• Requiring photo identification of FoodShare recipients on their benefit card (Quest card).
• Reinstituting more frequent eligibility and reporting verifications.
• Requiring more face-to-face eligibility verifications.
• Increasing the number of employees in the Legislative Audit Bureau.
• Charging a fee for the replacement of lost Quest cards.
We do not support these recommendations because they are costly and create bigger government.
More than 820,000 Wisconsinites use FoodShare every day. In Milwaukee, 1 in 3 people lives in poverty. For hundreds of thousands of individuals, families and seniors, FoodShare provides relief from hunger, dignity in food purchases, and keeps people from further poverty.
