Overview

What is WINI?:
The Partner Network was formed in 2023 to bring together key players and communities from across Wisconsin committed to expanding access to healthy foods by growing nutrition incentive programs at all levels.

Who is Involved?
The Network is co-facilitated by the UW-Madison Division of Extension FoodWIse, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Chronic Disease Prevention Program, and the American Heart Association. It includes representatives from various sectors, including farmers markets, co-ops, grocery stores, non-profits, government agencies, advocacy groups, higher education, local food organizations, and the community itself.

Our Goal:
The Wisconsin Nutrition Incentive Partner Network collaborates to support, expand, and unify SNAP Nutrition Incentive programs across Wisconsin to ensure equitable access to nutritious, culturally relevant food for all communities in our state.

Objectives

Expand access to fruits and vegetables for SNAP-eligible, low-income, and priority communities across Wisconsin by:

• Organizing collaborative efforts to support and fund local, regional, and statewide nutrition incentive programs
• Implementing Double Up Food Bucks, under the guidance of Act 201 
• Securing a diverse portfolio of funding, including but not limited to, federal grant sources such as GusNIP-NI
• Outreaching intentionally to HMoob, rural, Indigenous, BIPOC, refugee, elderly, disabled, gender non-conforming, women, non-native English speakers, and other socially disadvantaged local food producers and SNAP customers 
• Increasing local food purchasing through increased SNAP/EBT and nutrition incentive sales, thereby improving local food economies
• Incorporating nutrition incentive programming within Wisconsin’s broader Food is Medicine movement and other aligned initiatives

Contact Us

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