LRB-1432/P3
EHS:wlj&kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bong, BB0219 - Wisconsin works worker supplement
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Wisconsin Works
Under current law, the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program provides, among other things, work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old. The W-2 program provides work experience by placing participants in one of the following categories of employment positions: trial jobs, community service jobs, subsidized private sector employment, or transitional placements. Under current law, an individual who moves from a W-2 employment position to unsubsidized employment is eligible for case management services to help the individual retain the unsubsidized employment. Under this bill, an individual who receives such case management services is also eligible for a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the individual meets work participation requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program.
Under current law, DCF is directed to allocate in each fiscal year specific amounts of money, including federal moneys received under TANF, for various public assistance programs. This bill directs DCF to allocate in TANF moneys $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 for payments to individuals who transition from W-2 employment to unsubsidized employment and receive case management services.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.
Section
2. 49.255 of the statutes is created to read:
49.255 Case management incentive payments. An individual who receives case management services under s. 49.1475 is eligible to receive from the department a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the individual meets the federal work participation requirements under
42 USC 607.
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