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Dunn County Extension highlights 4‑H work and warns SNAP‑Ed/FoodWIse funding could be cut by June 30
Summary
Extension staff and 4‑H participants presented youth and community programming to the board; staff warned that proposed federal budget changes could end SNAP‑Ed (FoodWIse) programming statewide by June 30 and that roughly 135 SNAP/FoodWIse educators and coordinators statewide could be affected.
Dunn County Extension staff delivered a program report to the Board of Supervisors and presented youth participants from 4‑H to illustrate the countywide reach of Extension programming. Extension staff also warned the board that recent federal budget proposals could eliminate SNAP‑Ed (the FoodWIse program) by June 30, which would end nutrition education services delivered through the University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension network.
“FoodWIse is one of our programs…part of the SNAP program; they’re federally funded through the SNAP…
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