Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 103 - W-2 Worker Training › Section DCF 103.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Automated system" means a computer-supported process used by the department,
				including CARES.
(2) "CARES" means
				the department's automated client assistance for re-employment and economic
				support.
Note: CARES is the automated system used by the Dept. of
				  Children and Families to determine eligibility, calculate benefits, and retain
				  data for W-2.
(3) "Case
				management" means the family-centered and goal-oriented process for assessing
				the needs of a W-2 group member and his or her family for employment, training,
				and supportive services and assisting the W-2 group member in obtaining
				services to achieve self-sufficiency.
(4) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of children and families.
(5) "Experienced financial and employment
				planner" or "experienced FEP" means a FEP employed by a W-2 agency directly or
				by subcontract who has completed initial FEP training.
(6) "Experienced resource specialist" means a
				resource specialist employed by a W-2 agency who has completed initial resource
				specialist training.
(7) "Financial
				and employment planner" or "FEP" means a case manager employed by a Wisconsin
				works agency directly or by subcontract who determines eligibility, assists in
				the process of determining eligibility, or performs case management functions.
				"FEP" includes a case manager who specializes in employment attachment and
				retention, assists W-2 participants with special needs, or assists W-2
				participants with the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security
				Disability Income (SSDI) application process.
(7m) "New financial and employment planner"
				or "new FEP" means an individual who is employed as a financial and employment
				planner by a W-2 agency, directly or by subcontract, and who has not completed
				the initial FEP training. "New FEP" includes a permanent employee of the W-2
				agency who transfers into a FEP position and who has not completed initial FEP
				training within the previous year.
(8) "New resource specialist" means a person
				who is employed by a W-2 agency directly or by subcontract as a resource
				specialist who has not completed the initial resource specialist training,
				including a permanent employee who transfers into a resource specialist
				position and who has not completed initial resource specialist training within
				the previous year.
(8m)
				"Participant" means an individual who participates in any component of the
				Wisconsin works program.
(9)
				"Resource specialist" means a worker employed by a Wisconsin works agency who
				performs application entry, provides an initial assessment of a potential W-2
				applicant's needs, makes referrals to service providers, or evaluates an
				individual's need for W-2. "Resource specialist" may also include a worker
				employed by an agency contracted with the department to provide access
				services.
(9m) "Supervisor" means a
				worker employed by a Wisconsin Works agency directly or by subcontract who
				supervises W-2 financial and employment planners or resource
				specialists.
(10) "Wisconsin works"
				or "W-2" has the meaning given in s.
				DCF
				101.03(37).
Note: "Wisconsin works" or "W-2" is defined in s.
				  DCF
				  101.03(37), Wis. Adm. Code, as "the
				  assistance program for families with dependent children, administered under ss.
				  49.141
				  to
				  49.161,
				  Stats."
(11) "Wisconsin
				works agency" or "W-2 agency" has the meaning given in s.
				DCF
				101.03(38).
Note: "Wisconsin works agency" is defined in s.
				  DCF
				  101.03(38), Wis. Adm. Code, as "a
				  person, county agency, tribal governing body, or a private agency contracted
				  under s.
				  49.143,
				  Stats., by the department to administer the Wisconsin works program under ss.
				  49.141
				  to
				  49.161,
				  Stats., and ch. DCF 101. If no contract is awarded under s.
				  49.143,
				  Stats., `Wisconsin works agency' means the department."
(12) "W-2 handbooks, manuals, and
				instructional materials" means department-issued handbooks, manuals, and memos
				that are addressed to W-2 agencies and set forth eligibility and benefit
				criteria and case maintenance and case processing information for Wisconsin
				works.
(13) "W-2 worker" means a
				resource specialist and a financial and employment planner.