Wisconsin’s emergency food pantries can now decide whether to check clients’ identification and verify their addresses. By October, the state will require them to stop asking.
Author Archives: Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch and WPR
Addie Costello is WPR’s 2024-2025 Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow embedded in the Wisconsin Watch newsroom. Her reporting has been published by Marketplace, USA TODAY, the Austin American-Statesman, public radio stations across Texas and several publications in her home state of Nebraska. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Wisconsin will replace FoodShare aid when outages spoil food, but filing requests isn’t easy
Bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of awareness mean few FoodShare/SNAP recipients are reimbursed for spoiled food following power outages and other misfortunes.
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How to get help accessing (and replacing) FoodShare benefits
Need to access or replace FoodShare benefits in Wisconsin? Here’s how to get help.
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Wisconsin seniors face housing upheaval as assisted living homes reject Medicaid
Assisted living promises more independence than nursing homes, but it carries risks: fewer protections for seniors who run out of savings.
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What to know about Medicaid and assisted living in Wisconsin
Wisconsin resources can help seniors find adequate, assisted living care, despite limited options for Medicaid recipients.