Wisconsin Works offers four work options that will help former welfare recipients climb the career ladder. Each step up the ladder toward an unsubsidized job is limited to a maximum of 24 months but no more than five years in total. W-2 provides subsidized child care and health care for eligible participants. They also remain eligible for food stamps and other assistance, depending on income. Parents are eligible for work requirements after their children are 12 weeks old.
Teenage parents receive child care assistance so they can remain in school.