FoodShare Program Privatization – Wisconsin

Feds threaten state with loss of FoodShare funds over privatization, By Jason Stein, May 20, 2011, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Federal officials are threatening to withhold new money and take back previous funds for Wisconsin’s food assistance if state officials don’t scale back efforts to privatize the program. The letter from federal officials follows an April visit to Wisconsin by USDA staff and goes a step further than similar past warnings by saying the state FoodShare program is already in violation of federal rules because of the privatization efforts by two governors. Federal officials are also separately questioning a new privatization proposal put forward by Republican Gov. Scott Walker for FoodShare, the successor program to food stamps…”