49.26
49.26
Learnfare program. 49.26(1)(a)2.d.
d. A course of study meeting the standards established by the state superintendent of public instruction under
s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.
49.26(1)(c)
(c) A county department or Wisconsin works agency may provide services under this subsection directly or may contract with a nonprofit agency or a school district to provide the services.
49.26(1)(d)
(d) A county department or Wisconsin works agency that provides services under this subsection directly shall develop a plan, in coordination with the school districts located in whole or in part in the county, describing the assistance that the county department or Wisconsin works agency and school districts will provide to individuals receiving services under this subsection, the number of individuals that will be served and the estimated cost of the services. The county department or Wisconsin works agency shall submit the plan to the department of workforce development and the department of public instruction by January 15, annually.
49.26(1)(e)
(e) For an individual who is a recipient of aid under
s. 49.19, or whose custodial parent is a participant under
s. 49.147 (3) to
(5), who is the parent with whom a dependent child lives and who is subject to the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge), the department shall make a monthly payment to the individual or the child care provider for the month's child care costs in an amount based on need with the maximum amount per child equal to the lesser of the actual cost of the care or the rate established under
s. 49.155 (6) if the individual demonstrates the need to purchase child care services in order to attend school and those services are available from a child care provider.
49.26(1)(g)
(g) An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin works group that includes a participant under
s. 49.147 (3),
(4) or
(5) or who is a recipient of aid under
s. 49.19 is subject to the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge) if all of the following apply:
49.26(1)(g)1.
1. Before the first day of the fall 1994 school term, as defined in
s. 115.001 (12), the individual is 13 to 17 years of age. Beginning on the first day of the fall 1997 school term, as defined in
s. 115.001 (12), the individual is 6 to 17 years of age.
49.26(1)(g)2.
2. The individual has not graduated from a public or private high school or obtained a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation under
s. 115.29 (4).
49.26(1)(g)4.
4. The individual is a parent or is residing with his or her natural or adoptive parent.
49.26(1)(g)5.
5. If the individual is the caretaker of a child, the child is at least 45 days old and child care is available for the child at the school or the school provides an instruction program for the caretaker at home.
49.26(1)(g)6.
6. If child care services are necessary in order for the individual to attend school, child care from a child care provider is available for the child and transportation to and from child care is also available.
49.26(1)(g)8.
8. If the individual was expelled from a school under
s. 119.25 or
120.13 (1), there is another school available which the individual can attend.
49.26(1)(g)10.
10. The individual does not have good cause for failing to attend school, as defined by the department by rule.
49.26(1)(g)11.
11. If the individual is the mother of a child, a physician has not determined that the individual should delay her return to school after giving birth.
49.26(1)(g)12.
12. If the individual is on a waiting list for a children-at-risk program under
s. 118.153, a children-at-risk program that is appropriate for the individual is not available.
49.26(1)(ge)
(ge) An individual fails to meet the school attendance requirement if the individual is not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester. The Wisconsin works agency or county department shall verify enrollment.
49.26(1)(gm)1.1. The following individuals who are subject to the school attendance requirement under the learnfare program are required to participate in case management under
sub. (2) (b):
49.26(1)(gm)1.c.
c. Dropouts, as defined in
s. 118.153 (1) (b), including individuals who were dropouts and reenrolled in school in the same or immediately succeeding semester in which they dropped out of school.
49.26(1)(gm)2.
2. The department may, in accordance with rules promulgated by the department, sanction any individual specified under
subd. 1. who fails to cooperate with case management efforts.
49.26(1)(h)1.1. An individual who fails to cooperate with case management efforts under
par. (gm) is subject to sanctions as provided under
subd. 1s. only if all of the following apply:
49.26(1)(h)1.as.
as. The individual has failed to request a hearing or has failed to show good cause for not cooperating with case management efforts in a hearing. If the individual is a recipient of aid under
s. 49.19, the hearing shall be requested and held under
s. 49.21 (1). If the individual is a member of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in
s. 49.141 (1) (s), the hearing shall be requested and held under
s. 49.152. The department shall determine by rule the criteria for good cause.
49.26(1)(h)1.b.
b. The individual's family fails to cooperate with the case manager or fails to engage in the activities identified by the case manager as being necessary to improve the individual's school attendance.
49.26(1)(h)1.c.
c. The individual continues to fail to meet the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge).
49.26(1)(h)1s.a.a. Except as provided under
subd. 1s. b., an individual who fails to meet the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge) is subject to sanctions determined by the department by rule.
49.26(1)(h)1s.b.
b. An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin works group that includes a participant under
s. 49.147 (3),
(4) or
(5) and who fails to meet the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge) is subject to a monthly sanction.
49.26(1)(h)2.
2. If, as a result of the application of sanctions under this paragraph, no child in a family receives payment under
s. 49.19, the department shall make a payment to meet only the needs of the parent or parents who would otherwise be eligible for aid under
s. 49.19.
49.26(1)(hr)
(hr) If an individual subject to the school attendance requirement under
par. (ge) is enrolled in a public school, communications between the school district and the department, a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 or a Wisconsin works agency concerning the individual's school attendance may only be made by a school attendance officer, as defined under
s. 118.16 (1) (a).
49.26(2)
(2) Services for learnfare pupils. 49.26(2)(b)
(b) County departments or Wisconsin works agencies shall provide case management services to individuals who are subject to the school attendance requirement under the learnfare program under
sub. (1) and their families to improve the school attendance and achievement of those individuals.
49.27
49.27
Work-not-welfare pilot program. 49.27(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
49.27(1)(a)
(a) "Benefit period" means, with respect to a work-not-welfare group, a period commencing on the work-not-welfare group's enrollment date and ending 48 months later, except as the benefit period may be extended under
sub. (4) (g).
49.27(1)(b)
(b) "Enrollment date" means the first day of the first month for which a work-not-welfare group receives a benefit payment determined under
sub. (4), unless the work-not-welfare group has not received a benefit payment determined under
sub. (4) within the previous 36 months, in which case the enrollment date means the first day of the first month, after that 36-month period, for which the work-not-welfare group receives a benefit payment determined under
sub. (4).
49.27(1)(c)
(c) "Work-not-welfare group" means all persons in an aid to families with dependent children case, if the head of household of the case is subject, under
sub. (3), to the work-not-welfare pilot program under this section. "Work-not-welfare group" includes a caretaker of dependent children, regardless of whether the needs of the caretaker are not considered in determining the amount of the benefit determined under
sub. (4) or
(11) (a) to
(f).
49.27(2)
(2) Waiver; applicability. The department shall request a waiver from the secretaries of the federal department of health and human services and the federal department of agriculture to conduct a work-not-welfare pilot program as part of the aid to families with dependent children program under
s. 49.19, the food stamp program under
7 USC 2011 to
2029 and the medical assistance program under
subch. IV. If the department receives the federal waivers and if sufficient funds are available, the department shall pilot the program, beginning on January 1, 1995, in one or more pilot counties selected by the department. If a pilot county is a county in which a demonstration project under
s. 49.19 (11m) is being conducted or a county selected for participation in the parental responsibility pilot program under
s. 49.25, the department shall promulgate rules regarding the relationship between the work-not-welfare pilot program and the other demonstration or pilot programs operating in the pilot counties. These rules shall provide that a person may not be required to participate in more than one of these demonstration or pilot programs at a time.
Subsections (3) to
(11) apply only while the waiver is in effect and the department is conducting the program.
49.27(3)
(3) Participation. A person is subject to the work-not-welfare pilot program under this section if at least one of the following conditions is met:
49.27(3)(a)
(a) The person resides in a pilot county; is receiving, or is the caretaker of a child who is receiving, aid to families with dependent children benefits, other than benefits under s.
49.19 (10) or s.
49.19 (11) (b), 1993 stats., on January 1, 1995; and has had a regularly scheduled reinvestigation under
s. 49.19 (5) (e) after January 1, 1995.
49.27(3)(b)
(b) The person resides in a pilot county and applies for aid to families with dependent children benefits, other than benefits under s.
49.19 (10) or s.
49.19 (11) (b), 1993 stats., for himself or herself or for a dependent child, on or after January 1, 1995.
49.27(3)(c)
(c) The person moves to a pilot county on or after January 1, 1995, and, at the time of the move, the person is receiving, or is the caretaker of a child who is receiving, aid to families with dependent children benefits, other than benefits under s.
49.19 (10) or s.
49.19 (11) (b), 1993 stats.
49.27(3)(d)
(d) The person resides in this state in a county other than a pilot county and, within the preceding 36 months, the person had resided in a pilot county, was subject to the work-not-welfare program under
par. (a),
(b) or
(c) and received benefits determined under
sub. (4).
49.27(4)(a)(a)
Relation with other public assistance benefits. Except as determined under this subsection or
sub. (7) or
(11) (a) to
(f), a member of a work-not-welfare group may not receive an aid to families with dependent children benefit, other than aid to families with dependent children benefits under s.
49.19 (10) or s.
49.19 (11) (b), 1993 stats. Except as determined under this subsection or
sub. (11) (a) to
(f), a member of a work-not-welfare group may not receive food stamp benefits under
7 USC 2011 to
2029 for a month unless one of the following conditions is met:
49.27(4)(a)1.
1. The work-not-welfare group has received the maximum number of benefit payments permitted under
pars. (e) and
(g).
49.27(4)(a)2.
2. The portion of the benefit amount calculated under
par. (c) 1. for the work-not-welfare group equals $0 for a reason other than a sanction, an adult caretaker in the work-not-welfare group has earned income and the work-not-welfare group elects to apply for food coupons under
42 USC 2011 to
2029 in lieu of a cash benefit determined under this subsection.
49.27(4)(b)
(b)
Eligibility requirements. A county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 in a pilot county shall determine the eligibility of a work-not-welfare group for benefits determined under this subsection in the same manner as it determines eligibility for aid to families with dependent children benefits under
s. 49.19, except as follows:
49.27(4)(b)1.
1. Once eligibility for a work-not-welfare group is established, the work-not-welfare group does not lose continued eligibility solely because one or more wage earners in the work-not-welfare group work more than 100 hours in a month.
49.27(4)(b)2.
2. Once eligibility for a work-not-welfare group is established, the work-not-welfare group remains eligible until the next eligibility review, unless the benefit determined under this subsection could be adjusted under
par. (d) prior to the next regularly scheduled reinvestigation under
s. 49.19 (5) (e).
49.27(4)(b)3.
3. Instead of the child support disregard under
s. 49.19 (5) (a) 1m., the department shall disregard $50 of the unearned income received under
par. (h) by a work-not-welfare group in a month.
49.27(4)(c)
(c)
Calculation of benefit amount. Notwithstanding
s. 49.19, subject to the limitations in
pars. (d) to
(g) and except as provided in
subs. (5) (f) and
(9), a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 in a pilot county shall pay to a work-not-welfare group that is eligible under
par. (b) a combined monthly aid to families with dependent children benefit under
s. 49.19 and monthly food stamp benefit under
7 USC 2011 to
2029. The combined monthly benefit amount is equal to the sum of the following:
49.27(4)(c)1.
1. An amount equal to the aid to families with dependent children benefit that would be payable under
s. 49.19 if the waiver under
sub. (2) were not in effect, except as follows:
49.27(4)(c)1.b.
b. The amount of the portion of the benefit amount determined under this subdivision is not increased to reflect the birth of a child into the work-not-welfare group, if the birth occurs more than 10 months after the work-not-welfare group's enrollment date, unless the work-not-welfare group did not receive benefits determined under this paragraph for a period of at least 6 months, for a reason other than a sanction under
sub. (5) (f), and the child is born into the work-not-welfare group no more than 10 months after the date on which the work-not-welfare group began receiving benefits determined under this paragraph after that period or unless the child was conceived as a result of incest in violation of
s. 944.06 or
948.06 or 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 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to law enforcement authorities.
49.27(4)(c)1.c.
c. The amount of child support to be disregarded in determining the portion of the benefit amount determined under this subdivision is determined by applying
par. (b) 3. instead of
s. 49.19 (5) (a) 1m.
49.27(4)(c)1.d.
d. Instead of the earned income disregards under
s. 49.19 (5) (a) 2.,
4. and
4m. and
(am), $120 and an amount equal to one-sixth of the remaining monthly income earned from the unsubsidized employment of a person who is a member of a work-not-welfare group is disregarded from the monthly earned income of that person. Notwithstanding
s. 49.19 (5) (a) 4. or
4m. or
(am), the disregard in this
subd. 1. d. shall apply to a person as long as the person is a member of a work-not-welfare group.
49.27(4)(c)1.e.
e. The portion of the benefit amount calculated under this subdivision is based on the average income of the work-not-welfare group, estimated prospectively for a 6-month period, except that for the first 2 months for which benefits calculated under this paragraph are paid the portion of the benefit amount calculated under this subdivision is based on the estimated income for those first 2 months.
49.27(4)(c)1.f.
f. The income received as a result of the application of
subd. 2. is not considered income in determining the portion of the benefit amount calculated under this subdivision.
49.27(4)(c)2.
2. An amount equal to the cash value of the food coupons that the work-not-welfare group would receive under
7 USC 2011 to
2029 if the waiver under
sub. (2) were not in effect, except as follows:
49.27(4)(c)2.b.
b. The portion of the benefit amount calculated under this subdivision is based on the average income of the work-not-welfare group, estimated prospectively for a 6-month period, except that for the first 2 months for which benefits calculated under this paragraph are paid the portion of the benefit amount calculated under this subdivision is based on the estimated average income for those first 2 months.
49.27(4)(d)1.1. Notwithstanding
s. 49.19 (2) (a),
(4) (es) and
(k) and
(11), the benefit amount calculated under
par. (c) may be adjusted, after the first 2 months for which benefits calculated under
par. (c) are paid, only at a regularly scheduled reinvestigation under
s. 49.19 (5) (e), except as follows:
49.27(4)(d)1.a.
a. The benefit amount calculated under
par. (c) may be adjusted to reflect a significant change in circumstances under
subd. 2.
49.27(4)(d)1.b.
b. The benefit amount calculated under
par. (c) may be adjusted to reflect a decrease in earned income if there is good cause, as defined by the department by rule, for the decrease.
49.27(4)(d)1.c.
c. The benefit amount calculated under
par. (c) may be adjusted to reflect an increase in earned income if the head of household of the work-not-welfare group requests a reduction in the benefit amount determined under this subsection.
49.27(4)(d)2.
2. A work-not-welfare group experiences a significant change in circumstances, for purposes of
subd. 1. a., in any month in which at least one of the following occurs:
49.27(4)(d)2.a.
a. The number of persons in the work-not-welfare group changes.
49.27(4)(d)2.c.
c. A person in the work-not-welfare group obtains a new source of unsubsidized employment or experiences an increase or a decrease in unsubsidized employment of 10 or more hours per week.
49.27(4)(d)2.d.
d. A person in the work-not-welfare group receives a new source of unearned income in an amount greater than was estimated and that source of unearned income is expected to continue until the next regularly scheduled reinvestigation under
s. 49.19 (5) (e).
49.27(4)(d)2.e.
e. The work-not-welfare group experiences an increase or decease in the amount of unearned income in a month that differs from the estimated amount of monthly unearned income by more than $50.
49.27(4)(d)2.em.
em. The work-not-welfare group experiences an increase or decrease in child care expenses of more than $50 per month or a change in the maximum allowable child care disregard under
s. 49.19 (5) (a) 4s.
