DiscoverLake Effect Spotlight'Go ahead and ask for it': The federal shutdown comes to UWM's food pantry
'Go ahead and ask for it': The federal shutdown comes to UWM's food pantry

'Go ahead and ask for it': The federal shutdown comes to UWM's food pantry

Update: 2025-11-11
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Wisconsin’s FoodShare is funded by SNAP, which was frozen November 1st, because of the longest federal government shutdown in history. Three federal judges have ordered funding to be restored, at least in part.  

That led to Wisconsin and some other states issuing November FoodShare benefits. But the Trump administration says states shouldn't have done that. College students are among FoodShare users who’ve been caught in the middle. 

UW-Milwaukee says the FoodShare freeze came on top of October cuts to paychecks and other benefits, caused by the government shutdown. That means a growing number of UWM students are using the campus Food Center & Pantry.  

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'Go ahead and ask for it': The federal shutdown comes to UWM's food pantry

'Go ahead and ask for it': The federal shutdown comes to UWM's food pantry

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