by WISCAP Admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Community Action News
WERA PASSES $100 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications Manager Phone: (608) 244-4422 Email: kfarrey@wiscap.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2022 The Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA) program has passed...
by WISCAP Admin | Nov 30, 2021 | Community Action News
More than 1 in 10 of our state’s residents live below the poverty line. Last year, an alarming 17,000 homeless kids were enrolled in Wisconsin’s public schools. More than 320,000 low-income Wisconsin renters pay more than half their income for housing. In urban and...
by WISCAP Admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Community Action News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, November 18, 2021 CONTACT: Rep. Subeck, 608-266-7521 (office) Sen. Smith, 608-266-8546 (office) Representative Subeck and Senator Smith Highlight Poverty, Homelessness in Wisconsin MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck...
by WISCAP Admin | May 24, 2021 | Community Action News
2021 WISCAP Annual Awards The 2021 WISCAP Annual Awards was held virtually on May 11, 2020. WISCAP presented these awards on behalf of its network of sixteen Community Action Agencies, the Foundation for Rural Housing, and UMOS so as to recognize individuals or...
by WISCAP Admin | May 6, 2021 | Community Action News
Community Action Month in Wisconsin 2021 May 6, 2021 View the proclamation here Whereas; one in ten Wisconsinites lives below the federal poverty line, and more than 18,000 kids and youthacross our state experienced homelessness in 2019; and Whereas; community action...
