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WI Stat § 49.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.01 - Definitions.

49.01  Definitions. As used in this subchapter: (1g) “American Indian" means a person who is recognized by an elected tribal governing body in this state as a member of a federally recognized Wisconsin tribe or band of Indians. (1m) “Department" means the department of health services. (2) “Dependent person" means an individual who is eligible for relief under s. 49.015. (2g) “Health care services" means such emergency and nonemergency medical, surgical, dental, hospital, nursing and optometric services as are reasonable and necessary under the circumstances, as determined by the county or tribal governing body. “Health care services" does not include services described under s. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4. (3) “Relief" means assistance that is provided to a dependent person and funded by a relief block grant. (3m) “Relief agency" means a tribal governing body or an agency under contract with a tribal governing body to administer relief if the tribal governing body operates a relief program funded by a relief block grant. (8L) “Tax-free land" means land in this state within the boundaries of a federally recognized reservation or within the bureau of Indian affairs service area for the Winnebago tribe, which is not subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax either as a general tax or as a payment in lieu of taxes. (8p) “Tribal governing body" means an elected tribal governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe.History:  1973 c. 147, 333; 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 ss. 35 to 37, 329 (19); 1985 a. 29 ss. 932 to 935, 996, 997, 3200 (23); 1985 a. 176; 1989 a. 359; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 99 s. 72; 1993 a. 446; 1995 a. 18; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2648 to 2668, 2753, 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 49.029 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.029 - Block grants to tribal governing bodies; medical relief.

49.029  Block grants to tribal governing bodies; medical relief. (1) Applicability. This section applies only to tribal governing bodies. (2)  Amount and distribution of relief block grant. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (kb), the department shall distribute a relief block grant to each eligible tribal governing body in an amount and in a manner determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. The department shall promulgate the rules after consulting with all tribal governing bodies eligible for a relief block grant. In promulgating rules under this section, the department shall consider each tribe's economic circumstances and need for health care services. (3)  Use of relief block grant funds. A tribal governing body may use moneys received as a relief block grant only for the purpose of providing health care services to dependent persons. Notwithstanding s. 49.01 (2g), health care services may include treatment services for alcohol and other drug abuse and mental health services.History:  1995 a. 27, 216; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 185; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 49.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.08 - Recovery of relief and other assistance.

49.08  Recovery of relief and other assistance. If any person is the owner of property at the time of receiving general relief under ch. 49, 1993 stats., relief funded by a relief block grant or other assistance as an inmate of any county or municipal institution in which the state is not chargeable with all or a part of the inmate's maintenance or as a tuberculosis patient provided for in ss. 252.07 to 252.10, or at any time thereafter, or if the person becomes self-supporting, the authorities charged with the care of the dependent, or the board in charge of the institution, may sue for the value of the relief or other assistance from the person or the person's estate. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 10-year statute of limitations may be pleaded in defense in an action to recover relief or other assistance. Where the recipient of relief or other assistance is deceased, a claim may be filed against the decedent's estate and the statute of limitations specified in s. 859.02 shall be exclusively applicable. The court may refuse to render judgment or allow the claim in any case where a parent, spouse, surviving spouse or child is dependent on the property for support. The court in rendering judgment shall take into account the current family budget requirement as fixed by the U.S. department of labor for the community or as fixed by the authorities of the community in charge of public assistance. The records kept by the municipality, county or institution are prima facie evidence of the value of the relief or other assistance furnished.History:  1975 c. 94; 1975 c. 413 s. 18; 1979 c. 102 s. 237; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 96; 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.A dependent of a relief applicant incurs no liability to repay any portion of relief granted under the application. Claims against the recipient's estate are not limited to recovery of relief granted less than 10 years prior to death. In re Estate of Bundy, 81 Wis. 2d 32, 259 N.W.2d 701 (1977).
WI Stat § 49.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.11 - Definitions.

49.11  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4). (1e) “Department" means the department of children and families. (2) “Secretary" means the secretary of children and families.History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 2770, 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3; 2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 14, 71.
WI Stat § 49.131 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.131 - Electronic transfer of benefits.

49.131  Electronic transfer of benefits. (1) The department shall request any necessary authorization from the appropriate federal agency to deliver benefits that are administered by the department to recipients of benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system. (2) Subject to receiving any necessary approval from the appropriate federal agency under sub. (1), and subject to sub. (3m), the department may implement a program to deliver by an electronic benefit transfer system any benefit that is administered by the department.  (3m) Prior to implementing, and receiving funding for implementing, any program to deliver by electronic means Wisconsin Works benefits or child care subsidies under s. 49.155, the department shall submit a plan for implementation to the joint committee on finance. Any plan submitted by the department shall include specific information on the vendor selected, the total start-up and ongoing costs, and how issues of fraud and program integrity will be addressed. If the department submits a plan and the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date that the department submits the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the plan may be implemented and the department shall receive the necessary funding. If, within 14 working days after the date that the department submits a plan, the cochairpersons notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the plan may be implemented, and funding received, only upon approval of the committee. History:  2001 a. 16 ss. 1656ug, 1656uh, 1656uv, 1656uw; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 49.1375 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1375 - Early childhood excellence initiative.

49.1375  Early childhood excellence initiative. (1) The department shall establish a grant program to develop at least 5 early childhood centers for children under the age of 5 who are eligible to receive temporary assistance to needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. Centers awarded a grant under this subsection shall provide outreach and training for parents of the children served by the center and training for child care providers. The centers shall emphasize stimulation of the child's language skills and senses of vision and touch. A person who is awarded a grant under this subsection shall contribute matching funds from local or private sources equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded under this subsection. (2) The department shall establish a grant program under which a child care provider that receives training at a center that is awarded a grant under sub. (1) may apply for a grant to establish an early childhood program that serves children specified under sub. (1). The program developed under a grant received under this subsection shall emphasize stimulation of the children's language skills and senses of vision and touch. A person who is awarded a grant under this subsection shall contribute matching funds from local or private sources equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded under this subsection.History:  1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 49.1385 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1385 - Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth.

49.1385  Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth. The department may award not more than $400,000 in each fiscal year in grants to support programs that provide services for homeless and runaway youth.History:  2017 a. 59; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 49.139 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.139 - Emergency shelter funding.

49.139  Emergency shelter funding. From the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (f), the department shall provide $50,000 annually, beginning on October 1, 2009, to the Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley to provide services to homeless individuals and families.History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 49.1452 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1452 - Payment of support arrears.

49.1452  Payment of support arrears. If an individual who formerly participated in, but is no longer participating in, Wisconsin Works assigned to the state under s. 49.145 (2) (s) his or her right or the right of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other person, the department shall pay to the individual all money in support or maintenance arrears that is collected by the department after the individual's participation ceased and that accrued while the individual was participating in Wisconsin Works.History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 49.1455 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1455 - Child support demonstration project.

49.1455  Child support demonstration project. The department may conduct a demonstration project, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a federal waiver, under which the department may pay to an individual whom the department has selected to be part of a control group a portion of the amount of child support received by the department under an assignment by the individual under s. 49.145 (2) (s).History:  1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 49.146 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.146 - Employer criteria.

49.146  Employer criteria. The department shall establish by rule criteria that an employer providing a Wisconsin works employment position must meet in order to employ a participant under s. 49.147 (3) to (5). An employer that does not meet the criteria established under this section is ineligible to receive any subsidy for any position provided to a participant.History:  1995 a. 289.
WI Stat § 49.1473 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1473 - Wisconsin works; domestic abuse screening and training.

49.1473  Wisconsin works; domestic abuse screening and training. (1) (a) The department shall promulgate rules for screening victims of domestic abuse and for the training of Wisconsin works agency employees in domestic abuse issues. The rules shall allow an individual to voluntarily and confidentially disclose that he or she is or has been a victim of domestic abuse or is at risk of further domestic abuse. The rules shall also specify the evidence that is sufficient to establish that an individual is or has been a victim of domestic abuse or is at risk of further domestic abuse.(b) Each Wisconsin works agency shall establish procedures, in accordance with the rules promulgated by the department under par. (a), for screening victims of domestic abuse. (2) If a Wisconsin works agency employee identifies an individual as a past or present victim of domestic abuse or determines that the individual is at risk of domestic abuse or if the individual identifies himself or herself as a past or present victim of domestic abuse or as an individual who is at risk of further abuse, the Wisconsin works agency shall provide the individual with information on community-based domestic abuse services, including information on shelters or programs for battered individuals, sexual assault provider services, medical services, sexual assault nurse examiners services, domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines, legal and medical counseling and advocacy, mental health care, counseling, and support groups. The Wisconsin works agency shall provide the information to the individual orally and in writing in accordance with guidelines developed by the department. The Wisconsin works agency shall also provide referrals for community-based counseling and supportive service providers to the individual if the individual elects to receive the services.History:  2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 49.1475 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1475 - Follow-up services.

49.1475  Follow-up services. Following any follow-up period required by the contract entered into under s. 49.143, a Wisconsin works agency may provide case management services for an individual who moves from a Wisconsin works employment position to unsubsidized employment to help the individual retain the unsubsidized employment. Case management services may include the provision of employment skills training; English as a 2nd language classes, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the course will facilitate the individual's efforts to retain employment; a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; or other remedial education courses. The Wisconsin works agency may provide case management services regardless of the individual's income and asset levels.History:  1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 49.149 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.149 - Wisconsin works; education and training.

49.149  Wisconsin works; education and training. A Wisconsin works agency shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a referral relationship with other employment and training programs for participants to make use of varied education and training opportunities available through integrated job centers, as defined by the department by rule. (3) Encourage employers to make training sites available on the business site for participants.History:  1995 a. 289; 2009 a. 2.
WI Stat § 49.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.15 - Wisconsin works; 2-parent families.

49.15  Wisconsin works; 2-parent families. (1) Definition. In this section, “other parent" means a parent who is not a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position. (2)  Requirements for nonparticipant parent.  (a) If a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position resides with the other parent of a dependent child with respect to whom the participant is a custodial parent, the other parent shall participate in activities described under sub. (3) if the Wisconsin works group receives federally funded child care assistance on behalf of the dependent child. The other parent shall participate in activities described under sub. (3) for a number of hours per week that is at least equal to the difference between 55 hours and the sum of the number of hours that the participant in the Wisconsin works employment position participates in the Wisconsin works employment position and the number of hours that the participant in the Wisconsin works employment position participates in any activity described in sub. (3) during that week.(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the other parent is disabled, as defined by the department, or is caring for a severely disabled child, as defined by the department. (3)  Prescribed work activities. An individual who is subject to the work requirement under sub. (2) may satisfy the requirement only by participating in any of the following activities:(a) Unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1). (b) Subsidized employment, as defined by the department.(c) If sufficient private sector employment is not available, work experience, as defined by the department.(d) On-the-job training, as defined by the department.(e) A community service program, as defined by the department.History:  1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 32; 2011 a. 257.
WI Stat § 49.1515 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.1515 - Determining nonparticipation.

49.1515  Determining nonparticipation. (1) Guidelines by rule. The department shall by rule specify guidelines for determining when a participant, or individual in the participant's Wisconsin Works group, who engages in a behavior specified in s. 49.151 (1m) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) is demonstrating a refusal to participate. (4)  Emergency rules prohibited. Notwithstanding s. 227.24, the department may not promulgate any rules under this section as emergency rules using the procedure under s. 227.24.History:  2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 49.153 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.153 - Notice before taking certain actions.

49.153  Notice before taking certain actions. (1) Written and oral notice. Except as provided in sub. (1m), before taking any action against a participant that would result in a 20 percent or more reduction in the participant's benefits or in termination of the participant's eligibility to participate in Wisconsin Works, a Wisconsin Works agency shall do all of the following:(a) Provide to the participant written notice of the proposed action and of the reasons for the proposed action.(c) After providing the notice under par. (a), allow the participant a reasonable time to rectify the deficiency, failure, or other behavior to avoid the proposed action. (1m)  Notice not required. A Wisconsin Works agency is not required to comply with the requirements under sub. (1) if the action taken against a participant is a result of the participant no longer meeting the eligibility criteria under s. 49.145 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), (i), (j), (m), (q), (r), or (rm) or (3). (2)  Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that establish procedures for the notice under sub. (1) (a) and that define “reasonable time" for the purpose of sub. (1) (c).History:  2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28, 276; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 49.157 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.157 - Wisconsin works; transportation assistance.

49.157  Wisconsin works; transportation assistance. A Wisconsin works agency may provide transportation assistance in the manner prescribed by the department. The Wisconsin works agency shall limit any financial assistance granted under this subsection to financial assistance for public transportation if a form of public transportation that meets the needs of the participant is available.History:  1995 a. 289.
WI Stat § 49.159 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.|49.159 - Wisconsin works; noncustodial and minor and other custodial parents.

49.159  Wisconsin works; noncustodial and minor and other custodial parents. (1) Noncustodial parents.  (a) An individual who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that the individual is the noncustodial parent of a dependent child is eligible for services and benefits under par. (b) if the individual is subject to a child support order, the individual satisfies all of the requirements related to substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment under s. 49.162 that apply to the individual, and any of the following applies to the custodial parent of the dependent child:1. The custodial parent is receiving case management services under s. 49.147 (2) (am).2. The custodial parent is participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position.3. The custodial parent is receiving a grant under s. 49.148 (1m).4. The custodial parent is receiving a subsidy for child care for the dependent child under s. 49.155.(b) A Wisconsin Works agency may provide to an individual who is eligible under par. (a) any of the following services or benefits:1. Job search assistance and case management designed to enable the individual to obtain and retain employment.2. Placement in one job under s. 49.147 (3).3. A stipend in an amount determined by the Wisconsin Works agency for not more than 4 months. A stipend under this subdivision terminates if the individual is placed in a job under s. 49.147 (3) or obtains unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1). (2)  Minor custodial parents; financial and employment counseling. A custodial parent who is under the age of 18 is eligible, regardless of that individual's or that individual's parent's income or assets, to meet with a financial and employment planner. The financial and employment planner may provide the individual with information regarding Wisconsin works eligibility, available child care services, employment and financial planning, family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b), community resources, eligibility for food stamps and other food and nutrition programs. (3)  Other custodial parents. A custodial parent in a Wisconsin Works group in which the other custodial parent is a participant in a Wisconsin Works employment position or is receiving case management services under s. 49.147 (2) (am) is eligible for employment training and job search assistance services provided by the Wisconsin Works agency. (4)  Pregnant women. A pregnant woman whose pregnancy is medically verified, who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child, and who does not satisfy the requirements under s. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. is eligible for employment training and job search assistance services provided by the Wisconsin Works agency.History:  1995 a. 289; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 365 s. 111.