FoodShare Wisconsin
FoodShare Wisconsin was created to help stop hunger and to improve nutrition and health. FoodShare helps people with limited money buy the food they need for good health. Each month, people across Wisconsin get help from FoodShare. They are people of...
Wisconsin BadgerCare (SCHIP)
BadgerCare Plus is a health care program for children under 19 years of age and families in Wisconsin. BadgerCare Plus offers free or low-cost health care coverage to many families and pregnant women in Wisconsin. BadgerCare Plus is designed for peop...
Wisconsin Head Start
The Head Start program (for children ages three to five) and Early Head Start program (for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers) promote school readiness for children in low-income families by providing comprehensive educational, health, nutritional...
Wisconsin Home Energy Plus
The Energy Assistance Bureau oversees Wisconsin's Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP). This includes the Federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Public Benefits Energy Assistance Program. The Bureau also oversees th...
Wisconsin Medicaid
Wisconsin Medicaid is a health care program for people with disabilities, people 65 years and older. Wisconsin Medicaid offers free or low-cost health care coverage to many Wisconsin residents....
Wisconsin School Breakfast and Lunch Program
The School Breakfast and Lunch Programs make nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals available to school children each school day. Over 92,000 schools offer lunches at school, and nearly 70,000 schools offer breakfast at school. School breakfa...
Wisconsin Special Milk Program
The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions who do not participate in other Federal meal service programs. The program reimburses schools for the milk they serve.
Schools in the National School L...
Wisconsin Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The purpose of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children. The Wisc...
Wisconsin Summer Food Service
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free meals to low-income children during school vacations. More than 26 million children eat school lunch every day when school is in session, and about half of them receive their meals free or at a red...
Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial
assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet
Wisconsin's eligibility requirements....
Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program
The Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) provides energy conservation services in homes occupied by low-income families to help reduce home energy costs. Work performed often includes insulation, repair or replacement of inefficient furn...
Wisconsin Works (W-2)
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program seeks to provide the necessary training, supportive services and financial incentives for low-income parents to obtain permanent and stable employment with access to further training that will lead to career advancem...
