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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Administrator" means the administrator of the department's division of safety
				and permanence or that person's designee.
(2) "Basic intake training" means 30 hours of
				department approved training required under s.
				938.06(1) (am) and (2)
				(b), Stats., which includes 90 minutes for a
				test at the conclusion of the instruction and may include up to 4 hours of
				child abuse and neglect training approved by the department.
(3) "County department" has the meaning given
				in s.
				938.02(2g),
				Stats.
(4) "Department" means the
				department of children and families.
(5) "Employing agency" means a juvenile
				court, a county department or a county sheriff's department that employs one or
				more intake workers.
(6) "Juvenile
				court" means the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 938,
				Stats.
(7) "Intake worker" means an
				employee of a juvenile court, a county department or the sheriff's department
				who performs juvenile court intake functions as specified in s.
				938.067,
				Stats.
(8) "Successfully completed"
				means was present for 30 hours of basic intake training and gave correct
				answers to 70% or more of the test questions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.04 - Intake training

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REQUIREMENT. Except as provided in sub.
				(2), every intake worker hired on or after July 1, 1989 shall successfully
				complete 30 hours of department approved basic intake training within the first
				6 months after beginning work as an intake worker.
(2) EXEMPTION. A person hired on or after
				July 1, 1989 to perform intake service responsibilities shall be exempt from
				the training requirement under sub. (1) if either of the following apply:
(a) The person successfully completed basic
				intake training while employed by another agency as an intake worker.
(b) The person was employed as an intake
				worker in Wisconsin prior to May 15, 1980.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.05 - Monitoring of compliance with the training requirement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NOTIFICATION OF
				APPOINTMENT OR ASSIGNMENT. Within 20 working days after the appointment of an
				intake worker or the assignment of intake responsibilities to an employee, the
				employing agency shall notify the department in writing of the appointment or
				assignment. The notification shall include all of the following:
(a) The name of the new employee or newly
				assigned employee.
(b) The starting
				date of the new employee or newly assigned employee.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.06 - Review and approval of training proposals

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SUBMISSION OF
				TRAINING PROPOSAL. Any individual, agency or organization intending to provide
				basic intake training to intake workers shall submit a proposal to the
				department for all 30 hours of training, including a 90 minute test, at least
				60 days before the training is to begin. The proposal shall include all of the
				following:
(a) A description of the
				organization and content of the training and a statement describing the
				educational objectives of the training. The content of the training shall
				include training regarding statutes specified by the department.
(b) A list of trainers, including
				documentation of their knowledge of the subject and ability to teach
				it.
(c) An agreement to have the
				test administered as required under s.
				DCF 82.07.
(d) A description of procedures to be used to
				verify attendance at the training sessions.
(e) Identification of any tuition or other
				fees to be charged to participants.
(f) The maximum number of participants that
				can be accommodated.
(g) The
				specific location or locations at which the training will take place.
(h) A list of dates on which the training
				will be given.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.07 - Examination

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TEST QUESTIONS. The department shall
				develop a pool of questions related to the content of the basic intake
				training, including questions designed to measure knowledge of relevant
				statutes. The department shall select questions from the pool of questions in
				creating a test that intake workers shall take at the conclusion of the
				training.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF THE
				TEST. An employee of the department shall administer a test at the end of the
				training using all of the following procedures:
(a) The test may not be distributed to
				training participants until the time for testing at the end of the
				training.
(b) Ninety minutes shall
				be allowed to complete the test and the 90 minutes shall be included as part of
				the 30 hours of required training.
(c) Training participants may use statutes
				and other resources to complete the test, but training participants shall
				individually complete the test.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 82 - Intake Worker Training › Section DCF 82.08 - Participant evaluation of training

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) EVALUATION.
				Participants in the training shall be given an opportunity to evaluate the
				training experience, including the trainer's knowledge and ability, the
				curriculum, the content, the examination, and the format of the training. The
				department shall supply the trainer with evaluation forms to be completed by
				the participants. The trainer shall return all the completed evaluation forms
				to the department after administration of the test.
(2) EVALUATION RESULTS. The department shall
				notify the trainer of the results of the evaluations under sub. (1). The
				trainer shall meet with department representatives at the request of the
				department if evaluations indicate dissatisfaction with the training
				experience.
(3) CANCELLATION OF
				APPROVAL. If the department determines that the training was inadequate or
				inappropriate, the department may cancel the training approval by sending
				written notice to the trainer of the cancellation and the reasons for the
				cancellation. The trainer may appeal a decision to cancel an approval as
				provided in s.
				DCF
				82.06(3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is adopted pursuant to ss.
				  49.141
				  through
				  49.161,
				  Stats., to provide rules for the administration of the Wisconsin works
				  program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
Unless otherwise provided, in this chapter:
(1) "AFDC" means aid to families with
				dependent children, a public assistance program under Title IV-A of the Social
				Security Act of 1935, as amended, and s.
				49.19,
				Stats.
(2) "Assessment" means the
				process under which the Wisconsin works agency evaluates each Wisconsin works
				participant's skills, prior work experience and employability.
(3) "CARES" means the department's automated
				client assistance for re-employment and economic support.
Note:
The CARES system, using data provided by
				  applicants, electronically determines eligibility for Wisconsin works,
				  calculates community service jobs and transitional placement benefit amounts
				  and electronically retains data in historical files.
(4) "Case management" means the
				family-centered and goal-oriented process for assessing the needs of a
				Wisconsin works group member and the group member's family for employment,
				training, and supportive services and assisting the Wisconsin works group
				member in obtaining services to achieve self-sufficiency.
(4m) "Child care administrative agency" means
				any of the following:
(a) An agency that has a
				contract with the department to administer the child care subsidy
				program.
(b) An agency that has a
				subcontract to administer the child care subsidy program with an agency that
				has a contract with the department.
(c) In a county with a population of 750,000
				or more, the department or the Milwaukee County enrollment services unit as
				provided in ss.
				49.155(3g)
				(a) and
				49.825(2)
				(b), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.04 - Department responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
				department shall maintain oversight responsibility for administration of the
				Wisconsin works program by contracted administrative agencies.
(2) GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. The department shall
				determine the geographical area in which a Wisconsin works agency will
				administer the Wisconsin works program.
Note:
An individual may contact the local W-2
				  agency or the local county or tribal department of human services or social
				  services for assistance in determining which geographical area the individual
				  resides in and the address and phone number of the W-2 agency in the
				  individual's geographical area.
(3) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. The department
				shall contract under s.
				49.143,
				Stats., with providers to administer the Wisconsin works program in a
				geographical area. If a Wisconsin works agency does not meet the performance
				standards established by the department, the department may withhold any or all
				payment from the Wisconsin works agency or terminate the contract.
(4) REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. The department
				may request from any Wisconsin works agency any information that the department
				determines appropriate and necessary for the overall administration of
				Wisconsin works. A Wisconsin works agency shall provide the department with the
				requested information through written reports, CARES reports and through other
				appropriate forms as prescribed by the department.
(5) INSPECTION OF RECORDS. The department may
				inspect at any time any Wisconsin works agency's records as the department
				determines is appropriate and necessary for the overall administration of
				Wisconsin works.
(6) CERTIFICATION
				AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. The department shall ensure that a financial and
				employment planner employed by a W-2 agency meets certification and training
				requirements established by the department and that appropriate training is
				provided by the W-2 agency.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.05 - W-2 agency responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
In administering the W-2 program, the W-2 agency shall do
				  all of the following:
(1) Comply with
				ss.
				49.141
				to
				49.161,
				Stats., applicable federal law, this chapter, and related program
				procedures.
(2) Make available all
				records necessary for the department's exercise of its supervisory functions
				under s.
				49.35,
				Stats.
(3) Provide the department
				with requested information through written reports, CARES reports and through
				other appropriate forms as prescribed by the department.
(4) Establish a community steering committee
				in accordance with s.
				49.143(2)
				(a), Stats.
(7) Encourage employers to make training
				sites available on the business site for participants.
(8) Work with the Wisconsin Economic
				Development Corporation to coordinate the provision of training to participants
				in conjunction with employers eligible for the development zone program under
				subch. II of ch. 238, Stats.
(9)
				Ensure that no W-2 employment position is operated so as to do any of the
				following:
(a) Have the effect of filling a
				vacancy created by an employer terminating a regular employee or otherwise
				reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an individual into a W-2
				employment position.
(b) Fill a
				position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or a
				substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.
(c) Fill a position when any other person is
				engaged in a labor dispute regarding the same or a substantially equivalent job
				within the same organizational unit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.055 - Grievance procedure for complaints of employment displacement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AGENCY
				DESIGNEE. Each W-2 agency shall designate staff responsible for receiving,
				investigating, and resolving complaints of violations of s. DCF 101.05 (9) or
				shall maintain an agreement with a department grantee or contractor in the same
				locality to receive, investigate, and resolve such complaints.
(2) NOTICE. Each W-2 work training provider
				or employer of a participant in a W-2 employment position shall inform its
				employees of the right to file a complaint under this section and provide
				information about how to obtain further information on the grievance
				procedure.
(3) FILING A COMPLAINT.
(a) An employee, former employee, or
				employee's representative may file a written complaint with the W-2 agency or
				its designee that alleges facts that may constitute a violation of s. DCF
				101.05 (9).
(b) The complaint shall
				be filed within one year from the date of the alleged violation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.06 - Application for Wisconsin works

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) RIGHT TO APPLY.
				Any individual may apply for Wisconsin works. Application for Wisconsin works
				shall be made on a form prescribed by the department and available from a
				Wisconsin works agency.
(2) WHERE
				APPLICATION IS MADE. Application shall be made in the geographical area
				specified by the department under s.
				49.143(6),
				Stats., in which the individual lives.
(3) SIGNING THE APPLICATION. Each application
				form shall be signed by the applicant or the applicant's responsible relative,
				legal guardian or authorized representative; or, where the applicant is
				incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly for the applicant. The
				application shall be re-signed in the presence of any agency representative in
				accordance with s.
				49.84,
				Stats. Two witnesses' signatures shall be required when the application is
				signed with a mark.
(4) DECISION
				DATE.
(a) As soon as possible, but no later
				than 5 working days after the date the agency receives a signed application,
				completed to the best of the applicant's ability, the W-2 agency shall schedule
				and hold a personal interview with the applicant.
(b) The W-2 agency shall give the applicant 7
				working days to provide requested verification.
(c) Following the interview and after
				verifying eligibility information, the W-2 agency shall with reasonable
				promptness make a decision as to the appropriate placement in a W-2 employment
				position.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.07 - Access to information

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Individuals inquiring about or applying
				for W-2 shall be given the following information by the W-2 agency in written
				form, and orally as appropriate: coverage, conditions of eligibility, scope of
				the program and related services available, and participants' rights and
				responsibilities. Bulletins or pamphlets developed for this purpose shall be
				available at the W-2 agency.
(2)
				Individuals may examine program manuals and policy issuances which affect the
				public, including rules and regulations governing eligibility, participants'
				rights and responsibility and services offered. These documents may be examined
				at W-2 agency offices or the department's state or regional offices on regular
				work days during regular office hours.
(3) An individual or the individual's
				authorized representative may review the individual's entire case record to
				verify that the content accurately reflects statements and documentation of
				facts. The W-2 agency may not withhold any part of the record during
				preparation for a review of a W-2 agency decision under s.
				49.152,
				Stats. When the request is not related to preparation for review of a W-2
				agency decision under s.
				49.152,
				Stats., the W-2 agency is not required to show the individual or the
				individual's authorized representative the entire record unless the reason for
				reviewing the record requires the full record.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.08 - Request for information

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A Wisconsin
				works agency may request from any person any information that it determines
				appropriate and necessary for the administration of Wisconsin works. Any person
				in this state shall provide this information within 7 days after receiving a
				request under this subsection. The Wisconsin works agency may extend the 7-day
				time limit for an individual for whom compliance with that limit would be
				unduly burdensome, as determined by the agency. The Wisconsin works agency may
				disclose information obtained under this subsection only in the administration
				of Wisconsin works.
(2) The
				Wisconsin works agency shall keep all information that it receives regarding
				victims of domestic abuse as defined in ss. DCF 101.03 (11) and 101.15 (3) (a)
				strictly confidential, except to the extent needed to administer Wisconsin
				works.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.095 - Lifetime limit on program participation or receipt of benefits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				LIFETIME LIMIT OF 48 MONTHS. Beginning on the date on which an individual has
				attained the age of 18, the total number of months in which the individual, or
				any other adult member of the Wisconsin works group, has participated in or
				received benefits under, any combination of the following may not exceed 48
				months, whether or not consecutive, except as otherwise provided in this
				section:
(a) The JOBS program under s.
				49.193, 1997 Stats., on or after October 1, 1996.
(b) A Wisconsin works employment
				position.
(c) Any TANF-funded
				program in this state or any other state, if the individual received benefits
				attributable to funds provided by the federal government while in that program.
Note:
Sections
				  49.148(1m)
				  (c), Stats., and
				  DCF
				  101.18 specify the criteria for determining whether
				  receipt of a custodial parent of an infant grant in a month is considered
				  participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for that
				  month.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.10 - Temporary absence

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE FOR A DEPENDENT
				CHILD WHO IS ABSENT FROM THE HOME FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD. A dependent child
				may be absent from the custodial parent's home but still be considered under
				the care of the custodial parent if the following conditions are met:
(a) The dependent child will not be or has
				not been continuously absent for more than 3 months and the child is expected
				to return to the custodial parent's home.
(b) The absence is not the result of removal
				of the child under a dispositional order issued under s.
				48.355,
				Stats., which places custody of a child outside the home for an indefinite
				period or a period of 3 months or more.
(c) The custodial parent continues to
				exercise responsibility for the care and control of the child. If an individual
				is receiving kinship care payments under s.
				48.57(3m),
				Stats., for the care of the child, the child is not considered to be under the
				care and control of the custodial parent.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.11 - Verification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The W-2 agency shall verify that an
				individual meets nonfinancial and financial eligibility criteria under s. DCF
				101.09 (2) to (4) prior to placing the individual in a Wisconsin works
				employment position or other appropriate eligibility criteria prior to
				providing any other W-2 benefit or service.
(2) If the individual does not have the power
				to produce verification, or requires assistance to do so, the W-2 agency shall
				proceed immediately to seek the verification.
(3) No eligibility shall exist when an
				individual has the power to produce required verification as determined by the
				W-2 agency but refuses or fails to do so.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.12 - Eligibility date

Current through June 24, 2024
The eligibility date for a W-2 employment position wage or
				  benefit payment is the date the applicant has met all W-2 eligibility
				  requirements and has begun participating in a W-2 employment
				  position.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Register
				  July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8/1/2022 is not yet
				  available.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.13 - Review of eligibility

Current through June 24, 2024
A W-2 agency shall periodically review an individual's
				  eligibility. A Wisconsin works employment position participant remains eligible
				  under s. DCF 101.09 (3m) and (4) until the W-2 group's assets or income is
				  expected to exceed the asset or income limits under s. DCF 101.09 (3m) or (4)
				  for at least 2 consecutive months.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.14 - Employer criteria

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The W-2 agency shall ensure that an
				employer providing a Wisconsin works employment position meets criteria as
				specified under subs. (2) to (3) in order to employ a participant in a W-2
				employment position. 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.
(2)
				TRIAL EMPLOYMENT MATCH PROGRAM JOB. An employer that employs a participant in
				the trial employment match program shall agree to do all of the following:
(a) Pay the participant the amount
				established by contract but not less than minimum wage for every hour actually
				worked.
(b) Make a good faith
				effort to retain the participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee after the
				wage subsidy is terminated.
(c)
				Provide the participant with worker's compensation coverage.
(d) Inform the participant of the
				participant's possible eligibility for federal and state earned income tax
				credits.
(e) Provide the same
				education and training opportunities as that provided to similar, unsubsidized
				employees of the employer and consider providing or arranging for additional
				education and training opportunities as appropriate.
(f) Comply with the grievance procedure in s.
				DCF 101.055 for regular employees of the worksite to resolve complaints of
				employment displacement by a W-2 participant under s. DCF 101.05
				(9).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.15 - Case management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INITIAL ASSESSMENT. The W-2 agency shall
				make an initial assessment of the skills, prior work experience, and
				employability of each applicant prior to placement in a W-2 employment
				position.
(2) EMPLOYABILITY PLAN.
				The FEP shall, in consultation with the W-2 participant, develop a written
				employability plan for a W-2 participant which includes the participant's W-2
				employment position placement, required activities under s. DCF 101.16, and an
				identified unsubsidized employment goal. As part of employability planning, the
				W-2 agency shall administer a functional screening developed by the department.
				One of the purposes of the screening shall be to determine whether a formal
				assessment is necessary. The development of the employability plan shall take
				into consideration any screening or formal assessment results. A W-2
				participant may refuse to participate in the functional screening without
				sanction. Participation in the functional screening may not be a condition of
				eligibility for a W-2 participant. Nothing in this subsection may be construed
				to limit the ability of a W-2 agency to require a W-2 participant to comply
				with ss. DCF 101.08 and 101.09 or required activities under s. DCF
				101.16.
(3) DOMESTIC ABUSE.
(a)
Domestic abuse
				definition.
For purposes of this section, "domestic abuse" means any
				of the following acts that affect the individual and are engaged in by a spouse
				or former spouse, an adult with whom the individual has or had a dating
				relationship, an adult with whom the person has a child in common, an adult or
				minor family member, or an adult or minor with whom the person resides or
				formerly resided:
1. Physical acts that result
				in pain, illness, or injury.
2.
				Sexual abuse or sexual assault.
3.
				Threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse.
4. Emotional or mental abuse.
5. Verbal abuse.
6. Deprivation or destruction of physical or
				economic resources.
7. Neglect or
				deprivation of medical care.
8.
				Forced isolation.
9. Stalking or
				harassment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.16 - Work programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.
(a)
Job search, orientation and
				training activities.
1. An
				individual who applies for a Wisconsin works employment position may be
				required by the Wisconsin works agency to search for unsubsidized employment
				during the period that the individual's application is being processed as a
				condition of eligibility.
2. A
				satisfactory search effort for unsubsidized employment may include but is not
				limited to the following elements: participating in job orientation under subd.
				3., making contacts with employers, submitting job applications to employers,
				participating in job interviews with employers, and conducting any other search
				activities specified in the participant's employability plan. The FEP shall
				determine whether a participant's search effort for unsubsidized employment is
				satisfactory on a case-by-case basis. The FEP may deny eligibility for
				placement in a W-2 employment position for an applicant who fails to complete
				required unsubsidized employment search activities or an applicant who fails to
				accept a bona fide offer of employment without good cause under s. DCF
				101.20.
3. As a condition of
				eligibility, a Wisconsin works agency may require an applicant for a Wisconsin
				works employment position to participate in job orientation while the
				application is being processed. In this subdivision, "job orientation" means
				activities designed to help applicants prepare for work by learning general
				workplace expectations, work behavior and attitudes necessary to successfully
				compete in the labor market, help an applicant build self-esteem and increase
				an applicant's self-confidence.
4.
				A Wisconsin works agency may require a participant in a Wisconsin works
				employment position to engage in training activities permitted as part of the
				participant's placement under sub. (2), (3) or (4) and included in the W-2
				participant's employability plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.17 - Job access loan

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. An individual is
				eligible to receive a job access loan if, in addition to meeting the
				eligibility requirements under s. DCF 101.09 (2) to (4), all of the following
				conditions are met with respect to the individual:
(a) The individual needs the loan to address
				an immediate and discrete financial crisis. The crisis may not be the result of
				the individual's failure to accept a bona fide offer of employment or the
				individual's termination of a job without good cause.
(b) The individual needs the loan to obtain
				or continue employment. Fulfillment of this requirement includes a loan that is
				needed to repair or purchase a vehicle that is needed to obtain or continue
				employment.
(c) The individual is
				not in default with respect to the repayment of any previous job access loan or
				repayment of any grant or wage overpayments under s. DCF 101.16.
(d) The individual is not a migrant
				worker.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.18 - W-2 employment position wages and benefits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) BENEFIT LEVELS
				FOR PARTICIPANTS IN EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS. A participant in a Wisconsin works
				employment position shall receive the following wages or benefits:
(a)
Trial employment match program
				jobs.
For a participant in a trial employment match program job, the
				amount established in the contract between the Wisconsin works agency and the
				trial employment match program employer, but not less than minimum wage for
				every hour actually worked in the trial employment match program job, not to
				exceed 40 hours per week paid by the employer. Hours spent participating in
				education and training activities under s. DCF 101.16 (2) (c) shall be included
				in determining the number of hours actually worked.
(b)
Community service jobs.
For a participant in a community service job, a monthly grant in the amount
				provided under s.
				49.148(1)
				(b), Stats. For every hour that the
				participant misses work or education or training activities without good cause
				including any activity under s. DCF 101.16 (3) (c) 2., the Wisconsin works
				agency shall reduce the grant amount by the amount provided under s.
				49.148(1)
				(b), Stats. Good cause shall be determined by
				the financial and employment planner as provided under s. DCF 101.20.
(c)
Transitional placements.
For a participant in a transitional placement, a monthly grant in the amount
				provided under s.
				49.148(1)
				(c), Stats. For every hour that the
				participant fails to participate in any required activity without good cause,
				including any activity under s. DCF 101.16 (4) (b) 2., the Wisconsin works
				agency shall reduce the grant amount by the amount provided under s.
				49.148(1)
				(c), Stats. Good cause shall be determined by
				the financial and employment planner as provided under s. DCF 101.20.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.19 - Payment procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DESIGNATION OF PAYEE. CSJ or transitional
				placement benefits shall be made payable as appropriate to:
(a) The participant.
(b) Spouse of the participant. The spouse
				shall be living in the home unless designated as protective payee or appointed
				by a court to be the legal representative.
(c) Guardian or conservator of the
				participant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.195 - Notice before taking certain actions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TWENTY PERCENT
				OR MORE REDUCTION. Before a Wisconsin works agency may take any action that
				would result in a 20 percent or more reduction in a participant's benefits due
				to nonparticipation with Wisconsin works program requirements, the Wisconsin
				works agency shall issue a written notice to the participant. The notice shall
				be issued no later than 5 business days following the department's notification
				to the Wisconsin works agency of participants subject to a potential 20 percent
				or more payment reduction. The notice shall contain all of the following
				information:
(a) The dates of
				nonparticipation.
(b) A description
				of the activities missed.
(c) The
				number of hours missed on the dates of nonparticipation.
(d) The amount to be deducted from the
				benefit for each hour of nonparticipation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.21 - Sanctions - Refusal to participate

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In this section:
(a) "Appropriate" means consistent with an
				individual's employability plan.
(b) "Employer" means a person, entity, or
				Wisconsin works agency that provides employment for an individual.
(c) "Employment" means work, work experience,
				or training assigned to an individual.
(d) "Individual" means a participant in a
				Wisconsin works employment position or a second parent in the participant's
				Wisconsin works group who is subject to a work requirement under s. DCF
				101.27.
(e) "Misconduct" means one
				or more actions or conduct evincing such willful or wanton disregard of an
				employer's interests as is found in deliberate violations or disregard of
				standards of behavior which an employer has a right to expect of its employees,
				or in carelessness or negligence of such degree or recurrence as to manifest
				culpability, wrongful intent, or evil design of equal severity to such
				disregard, or to show an intentional and substantial disregard of an employer's
				interests, or of an employee's duties and obligations to an employer. In
				addition, "misconduct" includes any of the following:
1. A violation by an individual of an
				employer's reasonable written policies concerning the use of alcohol beverages,
				controlled substances defined in s.
				961.01(4),
				Stats., or controlled substance analogs defined in s.
				961.01(4m),
				Stats.
2. Theft of an employer's
				property or services with intent to deprive the employer of the property or
				services permanently, theft of currency of any value, felonious conduct
				connected with an individual's employment with an employer, or intentional or
				negligent conduct by an individual that causes substantial damage to an
				employer's property.
3. Conviction
				of an individual of a crime, while on or off duty, if the individual is unable
				to perform the duties that the individual performs for an employer due to the
				conviction.
4. One or more threats
				or acts of harassment, assault, or other physical violence by an individual at
				an employment site.
5. Use of
				profane or abusive language directed toward staff or others at an employment
				site.
(f) "Participation
				period" means the 16 th of one month to the 15 th of the next month.
(g) "Training" means education or training
				assigned by the Wisconsin works agency under s.
				49.147(3)
				(am), (4) (am), or (5) (bm),
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.22 - Review of agency decisions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PETITION FOR
				REVIEW. Any individual whose application for Wisconsin works under s.
				49.147(1)
				to (5), Stats., and s.
				DCF
				101.06 is not acted upon by the Wisconsin works agency
				with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, or is denied in
				whole or in part, whose benefit is modified or canceled, or who believes that
				the benefit was calculated incorrectly, may petition the Wisconsin works agency
				for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the
				Wisconsin works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of the
				petition for review.
(2) REVIEW.
(a) Upon a timely petition under sub. (1),
				the Wisconsin works agency shall give the applicant or participant reasonable
				notice and opportunity for a review. The Wisconsin works agency shall render
				its decision as soon as possible after the review and shall send a certified
				copy of its decision to the applicant or participant. The Wisconsin works
				agency shall deny a petition for a review or shall refuse to grant relief if
				the petitioner does any of the following:
1.
				Withdraws the petition in writing.
2. Abandons the petition. Abandonment occurs
				if the petitioner fails to appear in person or by representative at a scheduled
				review without good cause under s.
				DCF
				101.20.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.23 - Recovery of overpayments

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
				this section:
(a) "Administrative error" means
				an error committed by an agency or the department in determining benefits given
				under s.
				49.148,
				49.155,
				49.157,
				or
				49.19,
				Stats., that results in an overpayment.
(b) "Client error" means an error caused by
				an individual who is a member of a W-2 or AFDC group reporting incorrect
				information or failing to report information due to misunderstanding or mistake
				that results in an overpayment under s.
				49.148,
				49.155,
				49.157,
				or
				49.19,
				Stats.
(c) "Complies with the
				payment schedule" as used in s.
				49.195(3m)
				(h), Stats., means the debtor submits each
				payment due on an overpayment so that it is received by the department by the
				due date every month over the life of the debt.
(d) "Debtor" means a liable person who
				received an overpayment of benefits under s.
				49.148,
				49.155,
				49.157,
				or
				49.19,
				Stats., and has not repaid it in full.
(e) "Disposable earnings" means that part of
				the earnings of any debtor after the deduction from those earnings of any
				amounts required by law to be withheld, any life, health, dental or similar
				type of insurance premiums, union dues, any amount necessary to comply with a
				court order to contribute to the support of minor children, and any levy, wage
				assignment, or garnishment executed prior to the date of a levy under this
				section.
(f) "Intentional program
				violation" means an individual who is a member of a W-2 or AFDC group
				intentionally made a false or misleading statement or misrepresented,
				concealed, or withheld facts that resulted in an overpayment under s.
				49.148,
				49.155,
				49.157,
				or
				49.19,
				Stats. An intentional program violation may be determined based on an
				administrative hearing, a court finding, a signed waiver of an administrative
				hearing for an alleged intentional program violation, or a consent agreement in
				lieu of prosecution based on the same facts or events as the intentional
				program violation.
(g)
				"Overpayment" or "debt" means any benefit or payment received under s.
				49.148,
				49.155,
				49.157,
				or
				49.19,
				Stats., in an amount greater than the amount that the individual, AFDC
				assistance group, or W-2 group was eligible to receive under applicable
				statutes and rules, regardless of the reason for the overpayment. An
				overpayment may be the result of client error, administrative error, or
				intentional program violation.
(h)
				"Recoupment" means the process of repayment of an overpayment by the department
				withholding a portion of a W-2 participant's grant under s.
				49.148,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.25 - Learnfare

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE. This section is
				adopted under the authority of ss.
				49.26(1) (gm) 2. and (h)
				1., Stats., to provide rules for the
				administration of learnfare, a program that requires that all children ages 6
				to 17 whose custodial parent is a participant in a W-2 employment position, who
				are parents or who are residing with a natural or adoptive parent and who have
				not graduated from high school or received a high school equivalency diploma
				meet the school attendance requirements and that minor parents, dropouts,
				returning dropouts and habitual truants participate in case management to meet
				Wisconsin works participation requirements.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to:
(a) All school districts and all W-2
				agencies.
(b) All children ages 6
				to 17 included in a W-2 group who are parents or who are residing with a
				natural or adoptive parent and all W-2 groups which include a child who is a
				parent or who is residing with a natural or adoptive parent.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.26 - Child care

Current through June 24, 2024
Foster care payments received pursuant to s.
				  48.645, Stats.,
				  and kinship care payments received pursuant to s.
				  48.57(3m)
				  or (3n), Stats., shall not be considered as
				  family income in determining financial eligibility for child care subsidies
				  under s.
				  49.155(1m)
				  (c), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.27 - Two-parent families

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECOND PARENT. If a
				participant in a Wisconsin works employment position resides with the second
				parent of a dependent child with respect to whom the participant is a custodial
				parent, the second parent shall participate in prescribed work activities under
				sub. (3) if the Wisconsin works group receives federally-funded child care
				assistance on behalf of the dependent child. The W-2 agency shall inform the
				second parent all of the following:
(a) The
				second parent's participation in W-2 employment and training activities has no
				effect on the Wisconsin works group's benefit amount.
(b) The second parent's refusal to
				participate in W-2 employment and training activities will result in sanction
				for the Wisconsin works group pursuant to s.
				DCF
				101.21.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 102 - Child Support Cooperation For W-2 › Section DCF 102.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is adopted pursuant to ss.
				  49.145(2)
				  (f) and
				  49.155(1m)
				  (b) 1, Stats., for the purpose of
				  administering the requirement that each parent in a Wisconsin works group
				  cooperate with efforts directed at establishing paternity and obtaining support
				  payments or any other payments or property to which that parent and any minor
				  child of that parent may have rights or for which that parent may be
				  responsible, unless the parent has good cause for failing to
				  cooperate.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 102 - Child Support Cooperation For W-2 › Section DCF 102.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Child support agency" means a county or
				tribal office, officer, board, department, or agency designated by the county
				board or elected tribal council to administer the child support, spousal
				support, and establishment of paternity program on behalf of the department
				pursuant to s.
				59.53(5),
				Stats., or a cooperative agreement with the department.
(2) "Custodial parent" has the meaning given
				in s.
				49.141(1)
				(b), Stats.
Note:
Section
				  49.141(1)(b),
				  Stats., provides that "`Custodial parent' means, with respect to a dependent
				  child, a parent who resides with that child and, if there has been a
				  determination of legal custody with respect to the dependent child, has legal
				  custody of that child. For the purposes of this paragraph, `legal custody' has
				  the meaning given in s.
				  767.001(2)(a)."
(3) "Department" means the department of
				children and families.
(4)
				"Domestic abuse" means subjecting an individual or child to any of the
				following:
(a) Physical acts that result in
				pain, illness, or injury.
(b)
				Sexual abuse or sexual assault, including a caretaker relative of a dependent
				child, (such as a guardian, custodian, or parent) being forced to engage in
				nonconsensual sexual acts or any sexual activity involving a dependent
				child.
(c) Threats of, or attempts
				at, physical or sexual abuse.
(d)
				Emotional or mental abuse.
(e)
				Verbal abuse.
(f) Deprivation or
				destruction of physical or economic resources.
(g) Neglect or deprivation of medical
				care.
(h) Forced
				isolation.
(i) Stalking or
				harassment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 102 - Child Support Cooperation For W-2 › Section DCF 102.03 - Cooperation as a condition of eligibility

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) COOPERATION
				REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
Custodial
				parent.
Unless the W-2 agency determines that a good cause exemption
				applies, each custodial parent who is a member of a Wisconsin works group shall
				cooperate in good faith with efforts directed at all of the following for any
				minor child of that parent:
1. Identifying
				and locating an absent parent.
2.
				Establishing the paternity of any child of the custodial parent.
3. Obtaining any support payments or any
				other payments or property to which that parent and any minor child of that
				parent may have rights.