The coronavirus has a lot more people enrolling to get food stamps in Wisconsin.
The state’s Department of Health Services’ most recent numbers show about 70 thousand more families are enrolled in FoodShare than a year ago. There were huge spikes in the program in both April and August this year. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen says the increases are alarming. She says many of the people on food stamps are the same people who’ve been left waiting by Governor Evers for any kind of unemployment help as well.
