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If the federal government

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shutdown continues

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food assistance programs

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in Wisconsin could

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run short of funds

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by next month.

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It's something that's

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absolutely critical

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to families.

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I mean, to put it

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simply, right

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hungry family members

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is just not a good thing.

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It's not good for adults.

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It's not good for children.

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And, having adequate

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nutrition is important

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for everything else

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we do in our lives

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learning, working

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enjoying time with one another.

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All of these things

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are much harder to do

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if you don't

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have adequate nutrition.

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So when we

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see challenges

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to programs

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like FoodShare

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which is also known

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as SNAP at the

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federal level

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we see that it creates

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all sorts of ripple effects

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that we'll end up paying

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for in other ways.

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There's actually some

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great research

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that was done

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some time ago.

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It's well known

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showing that

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when you timed

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the standardized testing

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in elementary school kids

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where in the month

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that was mattered

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as to whether the children

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were hungry or not.

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Right? So just did

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they have adequate

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food in the home

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actually affected

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their test scores

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significantly.

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We've seen many

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many studies

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showing these

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sorts of things.