LRB-0544/P1
JAM:wlj
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0143 - Hire Heroes program eligibility requirement change
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Hire Heroes program
Under current law, DWD administers the Hire Heroes program that provides transitional jobs to veterans and reimburses employers of veterans for wages and other related costs. In order for a veteran to be eligible to participate in the program, he or she must be a DVA-certified veteran, be at least 18 years old, be ineligible to participate in the Wisconsin Works program, be unemployed for at least four weeks, and satisfy any applicable substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment. Prospective program participants must also submit an application to the program no later than seven years after the date of discharge from military service. This bill removes the seven-year limit on when veterans may submit an application to the program.
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. 106.38 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
106.38 (4) (a) 2m. Submit an application to the program no later than 7 years at any time after the date of discharge from military service.
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