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Hunger Task Force Opens Alicia’s Place: FoodShare Resource Center [1]

['Zachary Staszewski']

Date: 2021-06-23  

Milwaukee’s north side is wrought with poverty, homeless and opportunity to help those in need. Hunger Task Force is expanding its services to support an area where between 50-75% of residents are eligible to receive food from their local food pantry.

Since the pandemic began, more than 160,000 NEW people enrolled in Wisconsin’s largest anti-hunger program, FoodShare. With growing need, Hunger Task Force will be opening a brand new outreach location on Milwaukee’s north side to expand access and reach to a much-needed area.

Twelve years ago, Hunger Task Force kicked off one of our most innovative programs by starting a food benefits outreach office on Milwaukee’s south side called the Robles Self Service Center. Since then, we’ve helped nearly 20,000

people every year, connected thousands to benefits they need to avoid having to rely on food pantries, and did it all by

communicating with residents in more than a half dozen languages.

Introducing: Alicia’s Place! Now open, Hunger Task Force’s newest satellite location for FoodShare outreach is located at the Midtown Center on Milwaukee’s north side. Clients are welcome to walk in Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to receive one-on-one assistance with FoodShare and all other federal nutrition programs in English, Spanish, Hmong and Burmese.

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[1] Url: https://www.hungertaskforce.org/2021/06/23/alicias-place-opening/

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