The Future of Welfare and Work in Wisconsin

By MacIver Staff - March 8, 2023

Badgercare, FoodShare, FSET, Tommy Thompson, Walker Welfare Reform, Welfare, Work Requirements

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MI Analysis: The Latest On The Move To Overturn Governor Evers’ Emergency Declaration And COVID-19 Powers

By Lexi Dittrich - February 2, 2021

AB 1, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Orders, FoodShare, public health emergency, SJR 3

As SJR 3 and AB 1 move through the legislative process, we explain how the two proposals have changed and why. Read More MI Analysis: The Latest On The Move To Overturn Governor Evers’ Emergency Declaration And COVID-19 Powers

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

MacIver News Minute: Quiet Changes Risk Opening Door To FoodShare Fraud

By Chris Rochester - May 16, 2019

Andrea Palm, Dale Kooyenga, Department of Health Services, FoodShare, Handbook, Homeless, Patrick Testin, Residency, Welfare

A few years ago, a state audit found alarming incidents of fraud in Wisconsin’s FoodShare program. Now, it looks like Gov. Tony Evers’ administration wants to open the door to a new wave of public assistance fraud by quietly changing the Residency Verification section of the state’s food stamp program. Under the new language, critics say bureaucrats will be looking for reasons to keep nonresidents in the FoodShare program rather than deny or terminate benefits. Read More MacIver News Minute: Quiet Changes Risk Opening Door To FoodShare Fraud

Opening The Door To FoodShare Fraud? DHS Handbook Changes Raise Red Flags

By Matt Kittle - May 13, 2019

Andrea Palm, Dale Kooyenga, Department of Health Services, FoodShare, Handbook, Homeless, Patrick Testin, Residency, Welfare

By M.D. Kittle – Wording changes to the “Residency Verification” section of the state’s FoodShare handbook appears to take the teeth out of laws designed to prevent public benefit fraud and to protect taxpayers. Read More Opening The Door To FoodShare Fraud? DHS Handbook Changes Raise Red Flags