Evers’ Budget Proposal Rolls Back Key Welfare Reforms

By MacIver Staff - March 26, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Food Stamps, FoodShare Employment Training Program, Gov. Evers, Gov. Walker, Welfare

March 26, 2021 By Ola Lisowski Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-23 state budget proposal will scale back some of former-Gov. Scott Walker’s most impactful welfare reforms. After decades of bipartisan consensus that receiving government benefits should come with some modest requirements of beneficiaries to perform a basic job search or attain further training, Evers’ budget would reverse course and make it easier for Wisconsinites to stay on a variety of government assistance programs. Evers’ budget proposal eliminates job search and training requirements for certain able-bodied adults who participate in the FoodShare program, commonly known as food stamps. Read the Fiscal …

Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget

By Ola Lisowski - June 3, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Badgercare, Food Stamps, FoodShare, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reform, Medical Assistance, Tony Evers, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Rate, Welfare Reform

By Ola Lisowski & Chris Rochester – Wisconsin’s powerful budget-writing committee will be taking up agency budgets for the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) Tuesday. Read More Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget

Analysis: Evers Budget Unravels Key Welfare Reforms

By Chris Rochester - March 26, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Food Stamps, FoodShare, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, Medicaid, Medicaid Reform, Tony Evers, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Rate, Welfare Reform

Analysis By Ola Lisowski and Chris Rochester – Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 biennial budget proposal rolls back much of the welfare reform progress made in recent years and attempts to reinstate the notion of a “free lunch,” bankrolled by the hard working taxpayers of Wisconsin. Read More Analysis: Evers Budget Unravels Key Welfare Reforms

Walker: New Job Search and Training Requirements for FoodShare Program a Success

By Brett Healy - April 20, 2016

Employment, Food Stamps, FoodShare, Government Assistance, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Scott Walker, Training, Welfare

Are new work search and job training requirements for the FoodShare program working to help Wisconsinites find a job or is it too much to expect participants to train and seek a job? Read More Walker: New Job Search and Training Requirements for FoodShare Program a Success

Senate Committees to Take Up More Public Benefits Reform

By MacIver Institute - January 13, 2016

Food Stamps, FoodShare, Fraud, Jacque, Kapenga, Penalties, Public Benefits Reform, SNAP, UI, Unemployment Insurance, Waste Fraud and Abuse

MacIver News Service – The Wisconsin Legislature is taking up public benefits reform yet again. Off the backs of their fall 2015 session, during which the Legislature passed several reformative measures focusing on FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance fraud, the start of 2016’s session looks to be continuing on the same path. Read More Senate Committees to Take Up More Public Benefits Reform