OC7 SB1: Bill Text

SB1,650,20 b. The individual is willing to work and has no barriers to employment.

SB1,650,22 c. The individual is job-ready, based on the individual's employment history or education.

SB1,650,24 d. The most appropriate placement for the individual is in unsubsidized employment.

SB1,651,3 2. In determining an appropriate placement for an applicant, a Wisconsin Works agency shall give priority to placement in unsubsidized employment and providing case management services over placements under subs. (3) to (5).

SB1, s. 1410 Section 1410. 49.147 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,651,8 49.147 (3m) Real work, real pay pilot project. (a) Administration and evaluation. Except as provided in par. (d), the department shall conduct and evaluate a real work, real pay pilot project from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2009.

SB1,651,13 (b) Eligibility and project limits. 1. Except as specifically provided in this subsection, all general and nonfinancial eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 apply to participants under this subsection, and all requirements under sub. (3), as they apply to Wisconsin Works agencies, employers, and participants, apply to Wisconsin Works agencies, employers, and participants under this subsection.

SB1,651,17 2. The project shall be limited to 100 individuals and shall be conducted in at least one of the geographical areas established by the department under s. 49.143 (6) that is in Milwaukee County and in at least 2 of those geographical areas that are not in Milwaukee County.

SB1,652,2 (c) Employer subsidies and reimbursements. The Wisconsin Works agency shall pay an employer that employs a participant under this subsection a monthly wage subsidy that does not exceed the federal minimum wage for no more than 30 hours of work per week. Worksite training activities prescribed by the employer that are consistent with training provided to other employees at the worksite are considered work for purposes of calculating the wage subsidy under this paragraph. In addition to the wage subsidy, the Wisconsin Works agency shall reimburse the employer for up to 100 percent of all of the following costs that are attributable to employment of the participant:

SB1,652,3 1. Federal social security taxes.

SB1,652,4 2. State and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, if any.

SB1,652,5 3. Worker's compensation insurance premiums, if any.

SB1,652,12 (d) Time-limited participation and payment extension. An individual may participate in the project under this subsection for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for an extension of up to 3 months. Notwithstanding the ending date for the project, payments under par. (c) for any participant who is accepted into the project before December 31, 2009, shall be made until the participant completes his or her 6-month participation period or any extension to it already commenced before that date.

SB1,652,16 (e) Mentors and stipends. The Wisconsin Works agency and employer of a participant under this subsection shall work together to find a mentor for the participant at the participant's work site. The Wisconsin Works agency shall pay each mentor a monthly stipend of $50.

SB1,652,25 (f) Employer effort to retain, refer, or evaluate participant. An employer that employs a participant under this subsection and receives a wage subsidy shall agree to make a good faith effort to retain the participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee after the wage subsidy ends if the participant successfully completes participation in the project under this subsection. An employer shall also agree that, if the employer does not retain a participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee, the employer will serve as an employment reference for the participant or provide to the Wisconsin Works agency a written performance evaluation of the participant, including recommendations for improvements.

SB1, s. 1411 Section 1411. 49.147 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,653,5 49.147 (6) (c) Distribution and administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (jL), the department shall distribute funds for job access loans to a Wisconsin Works agency, which shall administer the loans in accordance with rules promulgated by the department.

SB1, s. 1412 Section 1412. 49.147 (6) (cm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,653,14 49.147 (6) (cm) 1. The department of workforce development may, in the manner provided in s. 49.85, collect job access loan repayments that are delinquent under the terms of a repayment agreement. The department of workforce development shall credit all delinquent repayments collected by the department of revenue as a setoff under s. 71.93 to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (jL). Use of the process under s. 49.85 does not preclude the department of workforce development from collecting delinquent repayments through other legal means.

SB1, s. 1413c Section 1413c. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,653,16 49.148 (1m) (title) Custodial parent of infant; unmarried, pregnant woman.

SB1, s. 1414c Section 1414c. 49.148 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,653,19 49.148 (1m) (a) (intro.) Any of the following may receive a monthly grant of $673:

SB1, s. 1415c Section 1415c. 49.148 (1m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.148 (1m) (a) 1. and amended to read:

SB1,654,3 49.148 (1m) (a) 1. A An individual who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) and who is a custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks old or less and who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may receive a monthly grant of $673, unless another adult member of the custodial parent's Wisconsin works Works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate in, a Wisconsin works Works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c).

SB1,654,5 (bm) A Wisconsin works Works agency may not require a participant under this subsection to participate in any employment positions.

SB1,654,11 (c) 1. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant under par. (a) 1. does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin works Works employment position for purposes of the time limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b) or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant not more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works Works employment position.

SB1, s. 1416c Section 1416c. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,654,17 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. An unmarried woman who would be eligible under s. 49.145 except that she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child and who is in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy that is medically verified and that is shown by medical documentation to be at risk and to render the woman unable to participate in the workforce.

SB1, s. 1417c Section 1417c. 49.148 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.148 (1m) (c) 2. and amended to read:

SB1,655,4 49.148 (1m) (c) 2. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant under par. (a) 1. constitutes participation in a Wisconsin works Works employment position for purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b) or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works Works employment position unless the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3) in which the mother did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in violation of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a physician and to law enforcement authorities.

SB1, s. 1418c Section 1418c. 49.148 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,655,7 49.148 (1m) (c) (intro.) For purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b), and (5) (b) 2., all of the following apply:

SB1, s. 1419c Section 1419c. 49.148 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,655,11 49.148 (1m) (c) 3. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant under par. (a) 2. does not constitute participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position.

SB1, s. 1419g Section 1419g. 49.152 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,655,23 49.152 (1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any component of Wisconsin works Works is not acted upon by the Wisconsin works Works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, as defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part, whose benefit is modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit was calculated incorrectly or that the employment position in which the individual was placed or providing case management services under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin Works employment position is inappropriate, may petition the Wisconsin works Works agency for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the Wisconsin works Works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of the petition for review.

SB1, s. 1419k Section 1419k. 49.152 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,656,12 49.152 (3) (a) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin works Works agency or the department determines that an individual, whose application for a Wisconsin works Works employment position was denied based on eligibility, was in fact eligible, or that the individual was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin works Works employment position or inappropriately provided case management services under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin Works employment position, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall place the individual in the first available Wisconsin works Works employment position that is appropriate for that individual, as determined by the Wisconsin works Works agency or the department. An individual who is placed in a Wisconsin works Works employment position under this paragraph is eligible for the benefit for that position under s. 49.148 beginning on the date on which the individual begins participation under s. 49.147.

SB1, s. 1420f Section 1420f. 49.155 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,656,14 49.155 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section, except as otherwise provided:

SB1, s. 1420m Section 1420m. 49.155 (1g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB1,656,18 49.155 (1g) Distribution of funds. Within the limits of the availability of the federal child care and development block grant funds received under 42 USC 9858, the department shall do all of the following:

SB1,656,23 (a) Subject to sub. (1j), spend no more than the minimum amount required under 42 USC 9858 on programs to improve the quality and availability of child care. From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (cm), (kx), (mc), and (md), the department shall allocate and distribute funding in each fiscal year for all of the following:

SB1,656,25 1. A child care scholarship and bonus program, in the amount of at least $3,475,000 per fiscal year.

SB1,657,2 2. Grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care resource and referral services, in the amount of at least $1,225,000 per fiscal year.

SB1,657,4 3. A transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (kx) for child care licensing activities, in the amount of at least $4,800,600 per fiscal year.

SB1,657,5 4. Grants under s. 49.137 (4m).

SB1,657,6 5. Contracts under s. 49.137 (4) for training and technical assistance.

SB1,657,9 6. The department's share of the costs for the Child Care Information Center operated by the division for libraries, technology, and community learning in the department of public instruction.

SB1,657,12 (b) Subject to sub. (1j), from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (cm), (kx), and (mc), distribute $1,765,600 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $1,600,300 in fiscal year 2008-09 for administration of the department's office of child care.

SB1, s. 1420n Section 1420n. 49.155 (1g) (a) (intro.) and 3. and (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), are amended to read:

SB1,657,19 49.155 (1g) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (1j), spend no more than the minimum amount required under 42 USC 9858 on programs to improve the quality and availability of child care. From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (cm), (kx), (mc), and (md), the department shall allocate and distribute funding in each fiscal year for all of the following:

SB1,657,21 3. A transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) 20.437 (1) (kx) for child care licensing activities, in the amount of at least $4,800,600 per fiscal year.

SB1,657,24 (b) Subject to sub. (1j), from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (cm), (kx), and (mc), distribute $1,765,600 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $1,600,300 in fiscal year 2008-09 for administration of the department's office of child care.

SB1, s. 1425 Section 1425. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,658,2 49.155 (1m) (a) 3m. Participate in a job search or work experience component of the food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.13 49.79 (9).

SB1, s. 1433r Section 1433r. 49.159 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,658,8 49.159 (3) Other custodial parents. A custodial parent in a Wisconsin works Works group in which the other custodial parent is a participant in a Wisconsin works Works employment position or is receiving case management services under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) is eligible for employment training and job search assistance services provided by the Wisconsin works Works agency.

SB1, s. 1433t Section 1433t. 49.159 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,658,14 49.159 (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 Works agency.

SB1, s. 1434 Section 1434. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,658,23 49.1635 (1) To the extent permitted under federal law and subject to sub. (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (md) the department may distribute funds to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation in an amount up to the amount received by the foundation from private donations, but not to exceed $100,000 in a fiscal year. Except as provided in sub. (4), funds distributed under this subsection may be used only for the provision of legal services to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and whose incomes are at or below 200% of the poverty line.

SB1, s. 1435 Section 1435. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,659,4 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:

SB1, s. 1436 Section 1436. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,659,8 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $59,184,700 $44,390,300 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $51,930,000 $44,035,900 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1437 Section 1437. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,659,13 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works administration. For administration of Wisconsin Works performed under contracts under s. 49.143, $18,999,900 $10,701,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $16,834,100 $10,701,100 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1438 Section 1438. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 1439 Section 1439. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,659,19 49.175 (1) (f) Wisconsin Works ancillary services. For program services under Wisconsin Works provided under contracts under s. 49.143, $49,534,800 $38,471,500 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $43,463,000 $38,471,500 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1440 Section 1440. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,659,23 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $16,060,000 $16,670,100 in each fiscal year 2007-08 and $16,868,500 in fiscal year 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1441 Section 1441. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,660,2 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138, $4,500,000 $6,000,000 in each fiscal year.

SB1, s. 1442 Section 1442. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 5, is amended to read:

SB1,660,7 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $310,332,100 $340,601,800 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $343,432,100 $355,352,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1443c Section 1443c. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,660,12 49.175 (1) (q) Indirect child Child care services state administration. For indirect administration of child care services under s. 49.155 (1g), $9,926,700 (b), $1,765,600 in fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08 and $9,929,000 $1,600,300 in fiscal year 2006-07 2008-09.

SB1, s. 1444 Section 1444. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,660,16 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g) (d), $3,378,500 (a), $5,311,000 in each fiscal year.

SB1, s. 1444c Section 1444c. 49.175 (1) (qs) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,660,19 49.175 (1) (qs) Child care licensing. For child care licensing, at least $4,800,600 in each fiscal year.

SB1, s. 1445 Section 1445. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 1447b Section 1447b. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,661,2 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $300,000 $350,000 in each fiscal year.

SB1, s. 1448 Section 1448. 49.175 (1) (ze) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,661,5 49.175 (1) (ze) (title) Programs administered by the department of health and family services relating to children and families.