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(3) Performance standards.
The In consultation with the statewide
10advisory group and special work groups established under sub. (3m), the department
11shall establish performance standards for the administration of Wisconsin works.
12If a Wisconsin works agency does not meet the standards established under this
13subsection, the department may withhold
or recover any or all payment from the
14Wisconsin works agency.
AB133-SSA1,662,1816
49.143
(3g) Performance bonuses. (a) The department shall base any
17performance bonus calculation that it makes for Wisconsin works agencies on all of
18the following performance criteria:
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1. The placement of applicants for and participants in Wisconsin works
20employment positions into unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c).
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2. Whether the placement under subd. 1. is full time or part time.
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3. The job retention rate, as defined by the department, of former applicants
23for, and former participants in, Wisconsin works employment positions.
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4. Wages and benefits earned by former applicants for, and former participants
25in, Wisconsin works employment positions.
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15. Appropriate implementation of Wisconsin works.
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6. Customer satisfaction.
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(b) The department may not base any performance bonus payments on
4caseload decreases, or reduced spending by the Wisconsin works agency, that are not
5directly attributable to placement of participants in unsubsidized employment.
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(c) The department shall develop a system by which the department may track
7former participants and former applicants for Wisconsin works to facilitate an
8assessment of how successfully each Wisconsin works agency has met the
9performance criteria specified in par. (a).
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49.143
(3m) Statewide advisory group. The department shall establish a
12statewide advisory group to provide a forum for any person to raise concerns and to
13receive or provide information about programs and policies regarding Wisconsin
14works, including the Wisconsin works agency contract process. The department
15shall develop regional forums and special work groups to address issues of concern
16raised at the meetings of the statewide advisory group and shall allow any person
17to participate in the work groups.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1224r
18Section 1224r. 49.145 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-SSA1,663,1919
49.145
(2) (d) The individual has residence in this state.
AB133-SSA1,663,2421
49.145
(2) (n) 1. a. The job opportunities and basic skills program under s.
2249.193
, 1997 stats. Active participation
on or after October 1, 1996, in the job
23opportunities and basic skills program
begins to count
counts toward the 60-month
24limit
beginning on October 1, 1996.
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149.145
(3) (a)
Resource limitations. The individual is a member of a Wisconsin
2works group whose assets do not exceed $2,500 in combined equity value. In
3determining the combined equity value of assets, the Wisconsin works agency shall
4exclude the equity value of vehicles up to a total equity value of $10,000,
the value
5of an individual development account established under s. 49.187 and one home that
6serves as the homestead for the Wisconsin works group.
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49.145
(3m) Placement. (a) Within 30 days after an individual applies for a
10Wisconsin works employment position, the Wisconsin works agency shall place the
11individual in a Wisconsin works employment position if the individual meets all of
12the eligibility requirements under this section and if the individual is unable to find
13unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c), despite the individual's
14reasonable effort to search for unsubsidized employment.
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(b) In the case of an individual who is incapable of performing a job search, the
16Wisconsin works agency shall place the individual in a Wisconsin works employment
17position immediately after making a determination that an individual otherwise
18meets the eligibility requirements under this section.
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(4) Review of eligibility. A Wisconsin works agency shall periodically
21review an individual's eligibility. The individual remains eligible under sub. (3) until
22the Wisconsin works group's assets
exceed the asset limits for at least 2 months or 23until the or income
of the Wisconsin works group is expected to exceed the
asset or 24income
limits limit under sub. (3) for at least 2 consecutive months.
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149.147
(1m) Educational needs assessment. Upon determining that the
2appropriate placement for an individual is in unsubsidized employment or a trial job,
3the Wisconsin works agency shall conduct an educational needs assessment of the
4individual. If the Wisconsin works agency determines that the individual needs
5basic education, including a course of study meeting the standards established under
6s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation,
7and if the individual wishes to pursue basic education, the Wisconsin works agency
8shall include basic education in an employability plan developed for the individual.
9The Wisconsin works agency shall pay for the basic education services identified in
10the employability plan.
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(4) Community service job. (a)
Administration. A Wisconsin works
14agency shall administer a community service job program as part of its
15administration of Wisconsin works to improve the employability of an individual who
16is not otherwise able to obtain employment, as determined by the Wisconsin works
17agency, by providing work experience and training, if necessary, to assist the
18individual to move promptly into unsubsidized public or private employment or a
19trial job. In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin
20works agency shall give placement under this subsection priority over placements
21under sub. (5). Community service jobs shall be limited to projects that the
22department determines would serve a useful public purpose or projects the cost of
23which is partially or wholly offset by revenue generated from such projects. After
24each 6 months of an individual's participation under this subsection and at the
1conclusion of each assignment under this subsection, a Wisconsin works agency shall
2reassess the individual's employability.
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(am)
Education or training activities. A participant under this subsection may
4be required to participate in education and training activities assigned as part of an
5employability plan developed by the Wisconsin works agency. The department shall
6establish by rule permissible education and training under this paragraph, which
7shall include a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4)
8for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, technical
9college courses and educational courses that provide an employment skill.
10Permissible education under this paragraph shall also include English as a 2nd
11language courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an
12individual's efforts to obtain employment and adult basic education courses that the
13Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual's efforts to obtain
14employment.
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(as)
Required hours. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av), a Wisconsin
16works agency shall require a participant placed in a community service job program
17to work in a community service job for the number of hours determined by the
18Wisconsin works agency to be appropriate for the participant at the time of
19application or review, but not to exceed 30 hours per week. Except as provided in
20pars. (at) and (av), a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in the
21community service job program to participate in education or training activities for
22not more than 10 hours per week.
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(at)
Motivational training. A Wisconsin works agency may require a
24participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection, to
25participate in an assessment and motivational training program identified by the
1community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a) 10. The Wisconsin works
2agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under this
3paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (as).
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(av)
Education for 18-year-old and 19-year-old students. A Wisconsin works
5agency shall permit a participant under this subsection who has not attained the age
6of 20 and who has not obtained a high school diploma or a declaration of equivalency
7of high school graduation to attend high school or, at the option of the participant,
8to enroll in a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4)
9for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to satisfy,
10in whole or in part, the required hours of participation under par. (as).
AB133-SSA1,667,2411
(b)
Time-limited participation. An individual may participate in a community
12service job for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for a 3-month extension
13under circumstances approved by the department. An individual may participate
14in more than one community service job, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of
15participation under this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. The
16department or, with the approval of the department, the Wisconsin works agency
17may grant an extension to the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the
18Wisconsin works agency determines that the individual has made all appropriate
19efforts to find unsubsidized employment and has been unable to find unsubsidized
20employment because local labor market conditions preclude a reasonable
21employment opportunity in unsubsidized employment for that participant, as
22determined by a Wisconsin works agency and approved by the department, and if the
23Wisconsin works agency determines, and the department agrees, that no trial job
24opportunities are available in the specified local labor market.
AB133-SSA1,668,4
1(c)
Worker's compensation. A participant under this subsection is an employe
2of the Wisconsin works agency for purposes of worker's compensation coverage,
3except to the extent that the person for whom the participant is performing work
4provides worker's compensation coverage.
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649.1475 Follow-up services. Following any follow-up period required by the
7contract entered into under s. 49.143, a Wisconsin works agency may provide case
8management services for an individual who moves from a Wisconsin works
9employment position to unsubsidized employment to help the individual retain the
10unsubsidized employment. Case management services may include the provision of
11employment skills training; English as a 2nd language classes, if the Wisconsin
12works agency determines that the course will facilitate the individual's efforts to
13retain employment; a course of study meeting the standards established under s.
14115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation;
15or other remedial education courses. The Wisconsin works agency may provide case
16management services regardless of the individual's income and asset levels.
AB133-SSA1,669,719
49.148
(1) (b) 1.
For Except as provided in subd. 1m., for a participant in a
20community service job under s. 49.147 (4)
(b), a monthly grant of $673, paid by the
21Wisconsin works agency or by the department under sub. (2). For every hour that
22the participant misses work or education or training activities without good cause,
23the grant amount shall be reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the
24financial and employment planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the
25department. Good cause shall include required court appearances for a victim of
1domestic abuse. If a participant in a community service job under s. 49.147 (4)
(b) is
2required to work fewer than 30 hours per week because the participant has
3unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c), the grant amount under this
4paragraph
may be reduced by an amount equal to the product of $5.15 and the
5difference between 30 and the number of hours the participant is required to work 6shall equal the amount specified under subd. 1m. minus $5.15 for each hour that the
7participant misses work or education or training activities without good cause.
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(1) (b) 1m. Except as provided in subd. 1., the Wisconsin works agency
10shall pay a participant in a community service job the following:
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a. For a participant placed in a community service job for not more than 10
12hours per week, one-third of the amount specified in subd. 1m. d.
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b. For a participant placed in a community service job for more than 10 hours
14but not more than 15 hours per week, one-half of the amount specified under subd.
151m. d.
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c. For a participant placed in a community service job for more than 15 hours
17but not more than 20 hours per week, two-thirds of the amount specified under subd.
181m. d.
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d. For a participant placed in a community service job for more than 20 hours
20per week, $673.
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49.148
(1m) (a) A custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less and
25who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may receive a
1monthly grant of $673 unless another adult member of the custodial parent's
2Wisconsin works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a Wisconsin
3works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment, as defined
4in s. 49.147 (1) (c). A Wisconsin works agency may not require a participant under
5this subsection to participate in any employment positions. Receipt of a grant under
6this subsection does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin works employment
7position for purposes of the time limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b)
82. or (c) 4. or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant not more than 10 months
9after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance
10under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position.
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49.148
(1m) (b) Receipt of a grant under this subsection constitutes
14participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for purposes of the time
15limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b)
2. or (c) 4. or (5) (b) 2. if the
16child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the
17participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a
18Wisconsin works employment position unless the child was conceived as a result of
19a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2) or (3) in which the mother did not
20indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in violation
21of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a
22physician and to law enforcement authorities.
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49.148
(2m) Pay period. Benefits under this section shall be paid on the first
25day of each month. The payment shall be for any participation from the 26th day of
1the month immediately preceding the month that immediately precedes the month
2in which the payment is made through the 25th day of the month that immediately
3precedes the month in which the payment is made. The payment may be prorated
4to account for participation that begins after the start of the payment period, but in
5any case shall be made not more than 36 days after the participation begins.
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49.155
(1) (aL) "Disabled" means physically or mentally incapable of caring for
8oneself.
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49.155
(1g) Distribution of funds. (intro.) Subject to sub. (1j)
and s. 16.54 (2),
11the department shall, within the limits of the availability of the federal child care and
12development block grant funds received under
42 USC 9858, do all of the following:
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(1g) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), distribute
15$4,315,000 $8,012,500 in fiscal year
1997-98 1999-2000 and
$4,315,000 $7,412,500 16in fiscal year
1998-99 2000-01 for the purposes of providing technical assistance for
17child care providers and of administering the child care program under this section
18and for grants under s. 49.136 (2) for the start-up and expansion of child day care
19services, and for child day care start-up and expansion planning, for grants under
20s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral services, for grants under s.
2149.137 (3) to assist child care providers in meeting the quality of care standards
22established under sub. (1d), and for a system of rates or a program of grants, as
23provided under sub. (1d), to reimburse child care providers that meet those quality
24of care standards and for grants under s. 49.137 (2) and contracts under s. 49.137 (4)
25to improve the quality of child day care services in this state.
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(1g) (c) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc)
, transfer
3$1,687,400 $3,596,900 in fiscal year
1997-98 1999-2000 and
$1,687,400 $3,745,200 4in fiscal year
1998-99 2000-01 to the appropriation under s. 20.435
(6) (3) (kx)
, and
5transfer $20,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $27,700 in fiscal year 2000-01 to the
6appropriation under s. 20.435 (8) (kx), for the purpose of day care center licensing
7under s. 48.65.
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(1g) (d) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), transfer
10$182,200 in each fiscal year to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (kx) for the
11administration of day care programs for foster parents in a county having a
12population of 500,000 or more.
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49.155
(1m) Eligibility. (intro.) A Wisconsin works agency shall determine
15eligibility for a child care subsidy under this section. Under this section, an
16individual may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the
17age of 13
or, if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, if the
18individual meets all of the following conditions:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1249
19Section
1249. 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,672,2420
49.155
(1m) (a) (intro.) The individual is a parent of a child who is under the
21age of 13
, or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; or is a person who, under
22s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n), is providing care and maintenance for a child who is under the
23age of 13
, or, if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; and child care services
24for that child are needed in order for the individual to do any of the following:
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(1m) (a) 3. Work in a Wisconsin works employment position, including
4participation in job search, orientation and training activities under s. 49.147 (2) (a)
5and in education or training activities under s. 49.147 (3) (am), (4)
(b) 1. a. (am) or
6(5) (bm).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1250
7Section
1250. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (a) 4. (intro.)
Participate in other employment skills training If the
9Wisconsin works agency determines that basic education would facilitate the
10individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment, participate in basic education,
11including an English as a 2nd language course
, if the Wisconsin works agency
12determines that the course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain
13employment;
literacy tutoring; or a course of study meeting the standards
14established by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4) for
15the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation
; a course of
16study at a technical college, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the
17course would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment; or 18participation in educational courses that provide an employment skill, as
19determined by the department. An individual may receive aid under this subdivision
20for up to
two 2 years. An individual may not receive aid under this subdivision unless
21the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
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49.155
(1m) (a) 4. a. The individual
has been is employed in unsubsidized
24employment
for 9 consecutive months and continues to be so employed.
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149.155
(1m) (a) 5. Participate in a course of study at a technical college, or
2participate in educational courses that provide an employment skill, as determined
3by the department, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the course or
4courses would facilitate the individual's efforts to obtain or maintain employment.
5An individual may receive aid under this subdivision for up to 2 years. An individual
6may not receive aid under this subdivision unless the individual meets at least one
7of the following conditions:
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a. The individual has been employed in unsubsidized employment for 3
9consecutive months and continues to be so employed.
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b. The individual is a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1254
12Section
1254. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 (1m) (c)
131. (intro.) and amended to read:
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(1m) (c) 1. (intro.) The gross income of the individual's family is at or
15below
165% 185% of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family
16or, for an individual who is already receiving a child care subsidy under this section,
17the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for
18a family the size of the individual's family. In calculating the gross income of the
19family, the Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145
20(3) (b) 1.
to and 3.
, except that, in calculating farm and self-employment income, the
21Wisconsin works agency shall include the sum of the following:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. a. Net earnings reported to the Internal Revenue Service.
AB133-SSA1,675,3
149.155
(1m) (c) 1. b. Depreciation expenses, personal business and
2entertainment expenses, personal transportation costs, purchases of capitol
3equipment and payments on the principal of loans.
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(1m) (c) 1g. The individual is a foster parent of the child and the child's
6biological or adoptive family
meets the asset limit under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a
7gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
8income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the Wisconsin works agency shall
9include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
to
and 3.
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(1m) (c) 1h. The individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
12for the child under a court order and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) on
13behalf of the child and the child's biological or adoptive family
meets the asset limit
14under s. 49.145 (3) (a) and has a gross income that is at or below 200% of the poverty
15line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological or adoptive family, the
16Wisconsin works agency shall include income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
to 17and 3.
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(1m) (c) 3. The individual was eligible for a child care subsidy under s.
2049.191 (2)
, 1997 stats., on or after May 10, 1996, and received a child care subsidy
21on or after May 10, 1996, but lost the subsidy solely because of increased income, and
22the gross income of the individual's family is at or below 200% of the poverty line for
23a family the size of the individual's family. This subdivision does not apply to an
24individual whose family's gross income increased to more than 200% of the poverty
25line for a family the size of the individual's family.