Board approves $150,000 for emergency food assistance and declares food apartheid a public-health emergency
November 06, 2025 | Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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The appropriation-transfer resolution (file 25-704) was introduced by a group of supervisors and recommended for adoption by the finance committee; the board adopted it 18-0. The companion resolution declaring food apartheid a public-health emergency (file 25-705) directed county action to address disruptions in food access; that item passed 17-1 after a brief roll call.
Why it matters: Supervisors cited immediate risks to families and households facing reductions in SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown and directed county departments to provide emergency response assistance. The transfer is intended as a near-term, emergency supplement to local food support programs managed by DHHS.
Procedure: Both items were discussed under the finance committee report; supervisors moved adoption, and the clerk called the roll for each. Item 15 (the appropriation transfer) carried unanimously, 18-0; item 16 (the public-health-emergency declaration) passed 17-1.
Ending note: The actions direct county staff to execute emergency food assistance and to coordinate responses during the federal shutdown. Supervisors said they would follow up with DHHS about distribution and program administration.
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