49.145(3)(b)1.1. All earned and unearned income of the individual, except any amount received under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6), any amount received under s. 71.07 (9e), any payment made by an employer under section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6), any student financial aid received under any federal or state program, any scholarship used for tuition and books, and any assistance received under s. 49.148. In determining the earned and unearned income of the individual, the Wisconsin works agency may not include income earned by a dependent child of the individual. 49.145(3)(b)3.3. The income of a nonmarital coparent or of the individual’s spouse, if the spouse resides in the same home as the dependent child. 49.145(3)(c)(c) Hardship exemption. The department may promulgate a rule that establishes a hardship exemption for the resource limitation under par. (a). If an individual qualifies for a hardship exemption under the department’s rule, the Wisconsin Works agency shall exclude the equity value of vehicles up to a total equity value of $10,000, and of one home, valued at any amount, that serves as the homestead for the Wisconsin Works group in determining whether the Wisconsin Works group’s combined equity value of assets exceeds $2,500. 49.145(4)(4) Review of eligibility. A Wisconsin works agency shall periodically review an individual’s eligibility. The individual remains eligible under sub. (3) until the Wisconsin works group’s assets or income is expected to exceed the asset or income limit under sub. (3) for at least 2 consecutive months. 49.145 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. DCF 101.09, Wis. adm. code. 49.145249.1452 Payment of support arrears. If an individual who formerly participated in, but is no longer participating in, Wisconsin Works assigned to the state under s. 49.145 (2) (s) his or her right or the right of any dependent child of the individual to support or maintenance from any other person, the department shall pay to the individual all money in support or maintenance arrears that is collected by the department after the individual’s participation ceased and that accrued while the individual was participating in Wisconsin Works. 49.1452 HistoryHistory: 2009 a. 28. 49.145549.1455 Child support demonstration project. The department may conduct a demonstration project, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a federal waiver, under which the department may pay to an individual whom the department has selected to be part of a control group a portion of the amount of child support received by the department under an assignment by the individual under s. 49.145 (2) (s). 49.1455 HistoryHistory: 1997 a. 27. 49.14649.146 Employer criteria. The department shall establish by rule criteria that an employer providing a Wisconsin works employment position must meet in order to employ a participant under s. 49.147 (3) to (5). An employer that does not meet the criteria established under this section is ineligible to receive any subsidy for any position provided to a participant. 49.146 HistoryHistory: 1995 a. 289. 49.146 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. DCF 101.14, Wis. adm. code. 49.14749.147 Wisconsin works; work programs and job access loans. 49.147(1)(1) Definition. In this section, “unsubsidized employment” means employment, including self-employment and entrepreneurial activities, for which the employer receives no wage subsidy. 49.147(1m)(a)(a) A Wisconsin Works agency shall conduct an educational needs assessment of each individual who applies for a Wisconsin Works employment position. If the individual and the Wisconsin Works agency determine that the individual needs, or would benefit from, education or training activities, including a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) (a) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, and if the Wisconsin Works agency determines that the individual is eligible for a Wisconsin Works employment position, the Wisconsin Works agency shall include education or training activities in any employability plan developed for the individual. 49.147(1m)(b)(b) If the Wisconsin Works agency determines that the appropriate placement for an individual is in unsubsidized employment or a trial employment match program job and that the individual needs and wishes to pursue basic education, including a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) (a) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation, the Wisconsin Works agency shall pay for the basic education services identified in the employability plan developed for the individual. 49.147(2)(a)(a) Job search, orientation and training activities. 49.147(2)(a)1.1. An individual who applies for a Wisconsin Works employment position may be required by the Wisconsin Works agency to search for unsubsidized employment during the period that his or her application is being processed as a condition of eligibility. A participant in a Wisconsin Works employment position or who is receiving case management services under par. (am) shall search for unsubsidized employment throughout his or her participation. The department shall define by rule satisfactory search efforts for unsubsidized employment. 49.147(2)(a)2.2. A Wisconsin Works agency may require an applicant for a Wisconsin Works employment position to participate in job orientation during the period that his or her application is being processed as a condition of eligibility. A Wisconsin Works agency may require a participant in a Wisconsin Works employment position or who is receiving case management services under par. (am) to engage in training activities in accordance with rules promulgated by the department as part of the participant’s participation requirements. 49.147(2)(am)1.1. In lieu of placing the individual in a Wisconsin Works employment position under subs. (3) to (5), a Wisconsin Works agency may provide case management services, which may include those services specified in s. 49.1475, to an individual who applies for a Wisconsin Works employment position if the Wisconsin Works agency determines all of the following: 49.147(2)(am)1.b.b. The individual is willing to work and has no barriers to employment that cannot be addressed with Wisconsin Works services. 49.147(2)(am)1.c.c. The individual is job-ready, based on the individual’s employment history or education. 49.147(2)(am)1.d.d. The most appropriate placement for the individual is in unsubsidized employment. 49.147(2)(am)2.2. A Wisconsin Works agency shall, every 30 days, review the provision of case management services to an individual under this paragraph, if the individual is not successful in obtaining unsubsidized employment after legitimate efforts to secure employment, to determine whether the individual should be placed in a trial employment match program job, community service job, or transitional placement. The department shall promulgate rules that specify the criteria for the review process under this subdivision.