MKE County: Supervisors Save Education Aid, Food Assistance From Budget Cuts

Milwaukee County Courthouse. Photo by Graham Kilmer. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is moving to restore financial aid for college students, food assistance and funding for a handful of other county programs in 2027. Funding was cut for a handful of community programs in Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley s 2027 budget proposal to close a projected $50 million budget gap. A grant program for financially struggling Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) students called the FAST Fund, a funding match program for produce purchased at local farmers markets, and funding for senior meals and transportation were each either cut or reduced. Funding for the programs would be restored by an amendment sponsored by Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson-Bovell and co-sponsored by Committee on Finance Chair Steve Taylor. A majority of the County Board has signed on as a co-sponsor. The amendment restores $200,000 for the FAST program, $100,000 for the farmers market matching program, about