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49.13
(2) (a) The department shall contract with the department of health and
20family services as provided under s. 49.79 (10) to administer an employment and
21training program for recipients under the food stamp program. The department may
22subcontract with a Wisconsin
works Works agency to administer the employment
1and training program under this subsection. Except as provided in pars. (b) and
2(bm), the department
may shall require able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of
3age who are not participants in a Wisconsin
works
Works employment position to
4participate in the employment and training program under this subsection.".
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8"
Section 1409j. 49.147 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (2) (a) 3.
9and amended to read:
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49.147
(2) (a) 3.
Job search assistance. A Wisconsin
works Works agency shall
11assist a participant in his or her search for unsubsidized employment.
In
12determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency
13shall give priority to placement in unsubsidized employment over placements under
14subs. (3) to (5).
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49.147
(2) (bm)
Case management services. 1. In lieu of placing the individual
17in a Wisconsin Works employment position under subs. (3) to (5), the department
18may provide case management services, which may include those services specified
19in s. 49.1475, to an individual who applies for a Wisconsin Works employment
20position if the department determines all of the following:
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a. The individual meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3).
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b. The individual is willing to work and has no barriers to employment.
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c. The individual is job-ready, based on the individual's employment history or
24education.
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1d. The most appropriate placement for the individual is in unsubsidized
2employment.
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2. In determining an appropriate placement for an applicant, a Wisconsin
4Works agency shall give priority to placement in unsubsidized employment and
5providing case management services over placements under subs. (3) to (5).".
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49.152
(1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any
13component of Wisconsin
works Works is not acted upon by the Wisconsin
works 14Works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, as
15defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part, whose benefit is
16modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit was calculated incorrectly or
17that the employment position in which the individual was placed
or providing case
18management services under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin
19Works employment position is inappropriate, may petition the Wisconsin
works 20Works agency for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the
21Wisconsin
works Works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of
22the petition for review.
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(3) (a) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin
works Works 2agency or the department determines that an individual, whose application for a
3Wisconsin
works Works employment position was denied based on eligibility, was in
4fact eligible, or that the individual was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin
works 5Works employment position
or inappropriately provided case management services
6under s. 49.147 (2) (bm) in lieu of placement in a Wisconsin Works employment
7position, the Wisconsin
works Works agency shall place the individual in the first
8available Wisconsin
works Works employment position that is appropriate for that
9individual, as determined by the Wisconsin
works
Works agency or the department.
10An individual who is placed in a Wisconsin
works
Works employment position under
11this paragraph is eligible for the benefit for that position under s. 49.148 beginning
12on the date on which the individual begins participation under s. 49.147.".