49.138(4)(b)2. 2. Abandons the petition. Abandonment occurs if the petitioner fails to appear in person or by representative at a scheduled review without good cause, as defined by the department by rule.

49.138(4)(c) (c) If the administering agency is a Wisconsin works agency, the department may review the decision of the Wisconsin works agency if, within 14 days after the date on which the certified copy of the decision of the Wisconsin works agency is mailed, the applicant or participant petitions the department for a review of that decision.

49.138(5) (5) 

49.138(5)(a) (a) The department shall recover from an individual receiving emergency assistance under this section an overpayment of the emergency assistance if the overpayment resulted from a misrepresentation by the individual applying for the assistance with respect to any fact having an effect on the individual’s eligibility for, or the amount of, the assistance granted.

49.138(5)(b) (b) If an overpayment of emergency assistance provided under this section resulted from an error made by a Wisconsin Works agency, the department shall recover the overpayment from the Wisconsin Works agency and may do so by offsetting the amount from amounts otherwise due the agency under a contract under s. 49.143.

49.138(5)(c) (c) The department may recover overpayments of emergency assistance under par. (a) or (b) in the manners provided in ss. 49.195 (3m) and 49.85. Nothing in this paragraph or par. (b) precludes the department from recovering emergency assistance overpayments through any other legal means.

49.138 History History: 1995 a. 289 ss. 83e, 103d; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 45; 2015 a. 55.

49.138 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. DCF 120, Wis. adm. code.

49.1385 49.1385 Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth. The department may award not more than $400,000 in each fiscal year in grants to support programs that provide services for homeless and runaway youth.

49.1385 History History: 2017 a. 59; 2019 a. 9.

49.139 49.139 Emergency shelter funding. From the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (f), the department shall provide $50,000 annually, beginning on October 1, 2009, to the Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley to provide services to homeless individuals and families.

49.139 History History: 2009 a. 28.

49.141 49.141 Wisconsin works; general provisions.

49.141(1) (1) Definitions. As used in ss. 49.141 to 49.161 and 49.26:

49.141(1)(a) (a) “Community service job” means a work component of Wisconsin works administered under s. 49.147 (4).

49.141(1)(b) (b) “Custodial parent” means, with respect to a dependent child, a parent who resides with that child and, if there has been a determination of legal custody with respect to the dependent child, has legal custody of that child. For the purposes of this paragraph, “legal custody” has the meaning given in s. 767.001 (2) (a).

49.141(1)(c) (c) “Dependent child” means a person who resides with a parent and who is under the age of 18 or, if the person is a full-time student at a secondary school or a vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before attaining the age of 19, is under the age of 19.

49.141(1)(d) (d) “Financial and employment planner” means a caseworker employed by a Wisconsin works agency who provides financial or employment counseling services to a participant.

49.141(1)(e) (e) “Job access loan” means a loan administered under s. 49.147 (6).

49.141(1)(f) (f) “Migrant worker” has the meaning given in s. 103.90 (5).

49.141(1)(g) (g) “Minimum wage” means the state minimum hourly wage under s. 104.035 (1) or the federal minimum hourly wage under 29 USC 206 (a) (1), whichever is applicable.

49.141(1)(h) (h) “Noncustodial parent” means, with respect to a dependent child, a parent who is not the custodial parent.

49.141(1)(i) (i) “Nonmarital coparent” means, with respect to an individual and a dependent child, a parent who is not married to the individual, who resides with the dependent child, and who is one of the following:

49.141(1)(i)1. 1. An adjudicated parent.

49.141(1)(i)2. 2. A parent who has signed and filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. a statement acknowledging paternity.

49.141(1)(i)3. 3. A parent who has been conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804.

49.141(1)(j) (j) “Parent” means any of the following:

49.141(1)(j)1. 1. A biological parent.

49.141(1)(j)2. 2. A person who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40.