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Gov. Evers Announces Evers Administration Immediately Moves to Ensure Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites Receive November FoodShare Payments in Full after Court Directs Trump[...]
Press Release: Gov. Evers Announces Evers Administration Immediately Moves to Ensure Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites Receive November FoodShare Payments in Full after Court Directs Trump Administration to Stop Withholding Funding
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| Gov. Evers Announces Evers Administration Immediately Moves to Ensure Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites Receive November FoodShare Payments in Full after Court Directs Trump Administration to Stop Withholding Funding |
| After a federal court orders the Trump Administration to use readily available federal funding for SNAP, Evers Administration moves quickly to restore Wisconsinites' November FoodShare payments |
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MADISON - Hours after a federal court ordered the Trump Administrationto stop withholding SNAP (known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments to states and directed the administration to use billions of dollars in readily available federal funding to provide food assistance payments to millions of Americans, Gov. Evers tonight announced the Evers Administration has immediately moved to payfull November payments for all Wisconsin FoodShare members. The Trump Administration recently directed states to suspend payments for food assistance, jeopardizing basic food accessfor nearly 700,000Wisconsinites, including nearly 270,000kids, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Days afterWisconsin FoodShare ran out of funding on November 1, which lefthundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites without access to basic food and groceries, the Evers Administration tonight immediatelymoved to implement the court decision and make full November FoodShare payments to Wisconsinites across the state. Unless the Trump Administration defies the court order and federal law or decides to request an emergency stay ofthe court's decision,or a vendor processing issue occurs, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services(DHS) anticipatesbenefits will be available to FoodShare members overnight. "After Wisconsinites and folks across the country wereleft scramblingandtrying to figure out how to put food on theirtables without critical food assistance because of the Trump Administration, I'm hopeful that the nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including kids, will be abletoreceive their November FoodShare payments in full and will not have to wake up tomorrow worriedabout when or whether they are going to eat next. It was damn important that we can get this done and moved as quickly as we could, and that's what we're doing," said Gov. Evers. "My administration worked quickly to ensure these benefits could bereleased as soon as possible so that our kids, families, and seniors have access to basic food and grocerieswithout one more day of delay. But let'sbe clear-it never should've cometo this. Wisconsinites should'venever been without food assistance, period, and they wouldn'thave been if President Trump and the Trump Administration had listened to me and so many who urged them touse all legal funds and levers to prevent millions of Americans from losing access to food and groceries.But the Trump Administration refused to do so, and, because they did, kids, families, and seniors went hungry. That'scontemptible. "I'm incredibly proud of our work to get folks the support they need as quickly as we could, but the bottom line is that the Trump Administration and Republicans in Washington must work across the aisle to end the federal government shutdown as soon as possible to prevent this situation from happening again next month," Gov. Evers continued. "Wisconsinites simply cannot afford another month of Republican dysfunction in Washington. It'stime for Republicans to get back to work and do the right thing by workingacross the aisle to end the federal government shutdown to ensure Wisconsinites continue to have access to basic needs, including affordable healthcare and food assistance, moving forward. Here in Wisconsin, we'regoing to continue to do everything we can to support folks, families, and communities across our stateand country.Republicans in Congress shoulddo the same." The governor's announcement comes onDay 37of the ongoing federal government shutdown-now the longest federal government shutdown in American history-and as the Trump Administration has delayed critical food assistancefor the nearly 700,000Wisconsinites, including nearly 270,000kids, who depend on Wisconsin FoodSharefor basic food and groceries.Gov. Evers has spent weeksurging the Trump Administration to use readily available federal funding and levers to prevent millions of Americans from losing food assistance due to the federal government shutdown. The governor last week announced Wisconsin would join a lawsuit to force the Trump Administration to follow federal law-and its own past practice-by using billions of dollars in readily available federal funding to prevent millions of Americans who depend on food assistance from having to go hungry. The Trump Administration was initially ordered last Friday torelease at least partial funding for the FoodShare program by the end of the day yesterday,Wed.,Nov. 5, 2025. The Trump Administration, however, failed to comply withthe court's previous order. Consequently, a federal court late today ordered the administration to fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November, and to do so by tomorrow. Now that the Trump Administration has been directed to make full payments for the month of November, rather than the partial payments they were initially expected to make that would have further delayed people from receiving payments, the Evers Administration worked immediatelyto implement the court's directive to get critical food assistance to hungry Wisconsin kids, families, and seniors. Because of the Evers Administration's quick work, Wisconsin's FoodShare members will not experience any additional delay in receiving their benefits. In the absence of state and federal action to prevent nearly 700,000Wisconsinites from losing access to basic food and groceries,Gov. Evers, late on Friday, announcedthathe signed Executive Order #278 to respond to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Gov. Evers' order formally declared a state of emergency and a period of abnormal economic disruption in the state of Wisconsindue to the ongoing federal government shutdownthat is jeopardizing access to critical resources and programs that are necessary for the health, safety, well-being, and economic security of Wisconsinites and thelapse in FoodShare benefitsdue to the Trump Administration's refusal touse billions of dollars in readily available federal funding to prevent millions of Americans from having to go hungry. The governor's executive order directs state agencies to take any and all necessary measures to ensure Wisconsin can address the state of emergency, including but not limited to prohibiting price gouging due to loss of FoodShare funding and continuing economic disruptions, ensuring relevant resources are readily available for Wisconsinites and the state, and state agencies can utilize every available tool and resource to support Wisconsinites through impacts of the federal government shutdown. The governor's executive order can be found here. Gov. Evers continues to encourage Wisconsinites across the state to contact their congressional representatives and urge support for ending the federal government shutdown, extending key programs that help lower healthcare costs, and preventing hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites from going hungry. Wisconsinites can go to https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-memberand enter their address to find the contact information for their congressional representative and senators. Any Wisconsinite who needs additionalfood or infant formula for their house or family can reach out to 211 for information and referrals to local services. Anyone can use 211 to get help by:
Importantly, please note that Wisconsin WIC is currently available, and based on the information available at this time, November benefits will also be available. During the government shutdown, WIC members can use their WIC benefits, attend WIC appointments, and do not need to take any action. If there are changes to the availability of WIC funding and benefits, DHS will let WIC members, partners, and providers know as soon as possible. Medicaid and BadgerCarePlus members still have coverage to get the care and services they need. For updates, visit the Medicaid News page. |
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