(Hope Kirwan, Wisconsin Public Radio) Wisconsin food banks are expected to see increased need this summer when refugees and other immigrants with humanitarian status will lose food assistance under a federal change.
According to Hope Kirwan with the Wisconsin Public Radio, last year’s federal reconciliation bill limited eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, called FoodShare in Wisconsin, to green card holders with limited exceptions.
The change ended eligibility for noncitizen groups like refugees, people granted asylum and survivors of human trafficking or domestic violence. Around 7,200 people in Wisconsin are expected to lose FoodShare benefits starting July 1, according to Reno Wright with Milwaukee-based food bank Hunger Task Force…