Wisconsin's Poverty Fighting Network
For Immediate Release: February 25, 2021 Contact:Kassidy FarreyCommunications & Outreach MangerWISCAP(608) 244-4422 Gov. Tony Evers Announces $322 million Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA) Program The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) supports Gov. Tony Evers for his announcement of the…
Contact:Kassidy FarreyCommunications & Outreach ManagerWISCAPkfarrey@wiscap.org Immediate Release: February 18, 2021 The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) welcomes the significant anti-poverty funding measures contained within the Governor’s 2021-2023 budget. These sensible investments in job training, childcare, affordable housing, broadband access…
The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) welcomes the passage of a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package, signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020. Among many important items, the stimulus package includes funding for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations,…
More than 1 in 10 of our state’s residents live below the poverty line. Last year, an alarming 18,610 homeless kids were enrolled in Wisconsin’s public schools. In urban and rural areas alike, from factory closings to declining farm communities,…
The 2019 WISCAP Annual Report gives a glimpse at the work Wisconsin’s Poverty Fighting Network accomplished in 2019. A Letter from our Executive Director Approximately one in ten Wisconsinites live in poverty. The Federal poverty threshold, the traditional measure of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2020Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications & Outreach Manager, WISCAPEmail: kfarrey@wiscap.orgPhone: (608) 244-4422 The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) has been awarded a one-year Rural Business Development Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to…
The 2020 WISCAP Annual Awards was held virtually yesterday, July 30, 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 organizations…
For Immediate Release: June 8, 2020Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications & Outreach Manager, WISCAP Madison, WI – WISCAP is excited to announce Associated Bank’s recent philanthropic investment of $117,500 in Wisconsin’s community action network. The announced fund is the second such award…
The malicious killing of George Floyd has once again laid bare the ugly, persistent reality of racism and inequality in America. WISCAP and the agencies that comprise our network stand committed to creating a more just and equitable society that…
Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications ManagerTelephone: 608-244-4422Email: kfarrey@wiscap.orgWebsite: Wiscap.org The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) supports Gov. Tony Evers for his announcement of a $25 million Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program. Administered by the Department of Administration (DOA), the program will…