AB40,546,2016 49.155 (7) (b) (intro.) The department or the county department under s.
1746.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may refuse to pay allow payment to a child care provider for
18child care provided under this section if any of the following applies to the child care
19provider or to a caregiver specified in s. 48.685 (1) (ag) 1. a. or nonclient resident, as
20defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the child care provider:

AB40,547,523 49.159 (1) (a) (intro.) An individual who would be eligible under s. 49.145
24except that the individual is the noncustodial parent of a dependent child, is eligible
25for services and benefits under this subsection if the dependent child's custodial

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1parent is a participant and par. (b) if the individual is subject to a child support order.
2The Wisconsin works agency may provide job search assistance and case
3management designed to enable eligible noncustodial parents to obtain and retain
4employment. and any of the following applies to the custodial parent of the
5dependent child:

AB40,547,87 49.159 (1) (a) 1. The custodial parent is receiving case management services
8under s. 49.147 (2) (am).

AB40,547,1110 49.159 (1) (a) 2. The custodial parent is participating in a Wisconsin Works
11employment position.

AB40,547,1313 49.159 (1) (a) 3. The custodial parent is receiving a grant under s. 49.148 (1m).

AB40,547,1615 49.159 (1) (a) 4. The custodial parent is receiving a subsidy for child care for
16the dependent child under s. 49.155.

AB40,547,1918 49.159 (1) (b) A Wisconsin Works agency may provide to an individual who is
19eligible under par. (a) any of the following services or benefits:

AB40,547,2120 1. Job search assistance and case management designed to enable the
21individual to obtain and retain employment.

AB40,547,2222 2. Placement in one job under s. 49.147 (3).

AB40,548,223 3. A stipend in an amount determined by the Wisconsin Works agency for not
24more than 4 months. A stipend under this subdivision terminates if the individual

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1is placed in a job under s. 49.147 (3) or obtains unsubsidized employment, as defined
2in s. 49.147 (1).

AB40,548,44 49.161 (1) (title) Trial employment match program jobs overpayments.

AB40,548,7 649.163 Transform Milwaukee Jobs program. (1) Definitions. In this
7section:

AB40,548,88 (a) "Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).

AB40,548,109 (b) "Wisconsin Works employment position" has the meaning given in s. 49.141
10(1) (r).

AB40,548,13 11(2) Eligibility for program. (a) The department shall establish a Transform
12Milwaukee Jobs program in Milwaukee County. To be eligible to participate in the
13program, an individual must satisfy all of the following criteria:

AB40,548,1414 1. Be at least 18 years of age.

AB40,548,1715 2. If over 24 years of age, be a biological or adoptive parent of a child under 18
16years of age whose parental rights to the child have not been terminated or be a
17relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of age.

AB40,548,1918 3. Have an annual household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty
19line.

AB40,548,2020 4. Be unemployed for at least 4 weeks.

AB40,548,2121 5. Be ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

AB40,548,2222 6. Not be participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position.

AB40,549,223 (b) For purposes of par. (a) 3., the household income of an individual
24transitioning from foster care to independent living shall be based on the individual's

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1own income over a period determined by the department and shall not include the
2household income of the individual's foster parents.

AB40,549,43 (c) The department may establish additional eligibility criteria consistent with
4its mission and the funding available.

AB40,549,6 5(3) Program description. (a) The program under this section shall include all
6of the following features and requirements:

AB40,549,87 1. An individual may participate in the program for a maximum of 1,040 hours
8actually worked.

AB40,549,129 2. The department shall determine and specify in a contract whether a
10contractor under sub. (4) or an employer is the individual's employer of record. The
11employer of record shall pay the individual for hours actually worked at not less than
12the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.

AB40,549,1613 3. The department may reimburse an employer, or a contractor under sub. (4),
14that employs an individual participating in the program for a minimum of 20 hours
15per week at a location in this state for any of the following costs that are attributable
16to the employment of the individual under the program:

AB40,549,1917 a. A wage subsidy equal to the amount of wages that the employer or contractor
18pays to the individual for hours actually worked, not to exceed 40 hours per week at
19the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.

AB40,549,2020 b. Federal social security and Medicare taxes.

AB40,549,2121 c. State and federal unemployment contributions or taxes, if any.

AB40,549,2222 d. Worker's compensation insurance premiums, if any.

AB40,550,223 4. An employer, or, subject to the approval of the department, a contractor
24under sub. (4), that employs an individual participating in the program may pay the

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1individual an amount that exceeds any wage subsidy paid to the employer or
2contractor by the department under subd. 3. a.

AB40,550,43 5. The employment of an individual under this section may not do any of the
4following:

AB40,550,75 a. Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer terminating a
6regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an
7individual under this section.

AB40,550,98 b. Fill a position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or
9a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.

AB40,550,1110 c. Fill a position when any other person is engaged in a labor dispute regarding
11the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.

AB40,550,1312 (b) The department may set priorities for the program consistent with its
13mission and available funding.

AB40,550,19 14(4) Contract for administration. The department may contract with any
15person to administer the program under this section, including a Wisconsin Works
16agency; county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23; local workforce
17development board established under 29 USC 2832; or community action agency
18under s. 49.265. The department, or the agency or agencies with which the
19department contracts under this subsection, shall do all of the following:

AB40,550,2020 (a) Determine the eligibility of applicants for the program.

AB40,550,2321 (b) Provide, or identify employers to provide, jobs for individuals transitioning
22to unsubsidized employment from unemployment, underemployment, limited work
23history, foster care, or other circumstances identified by the department.

AB40,550,2424 (c) Conduct job orientation activities.

AB40,551,2

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1(d) Provide employment services, as specified by the department, for program
2participants.

AB40,551,43 (e) Maintain and update participant demographic, eligibility, and employment
4records in the manner required by the department.

AB40,551,8 5(5) Recovery of overpayments. (a) The department may recover from any
6individual participating, or who has participated, in the program under this section
7any overpayment resulting from a misrepresentation by the individual as to any
8criterion for eligibility under sub. (2) (a).

AB40,551,119 (b) The department shall recover from a contractor under sub. (4) any
10overpayment resulting from the failure of the contractor to comply with the terms
11of the contract or to meet performance standards established by the department.

AB40,551,14 12(6) Rules not required. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the department need
13not promulgate regulations, standards, or policies related to implementing or
14administering the program under this section as rules under ch. 227.

AB40,551,1816 49.165 (1) (d) (intro.) "Organization" means a nonprofit corporation, or a public
17agency or a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band that provides or
18proposes to provide any of the following domestic abuse services:

AB40,551,2321 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
22$74,650,100 $72,131,500 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $72,131,500
23$64,294,000 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.

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149.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works administration agency contracts; job access
2loans. For administration of Wisconsin Works performed under contracts with
3Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143, $10,107,200 and for job access loans
4under s. 49.147 (6), $57,586,500 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $10,107,200
5$58,336,500 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.

AB40,552,118 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
9overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and
10the collection of public assistance overpayments, $12,918,900 $12,775,600 in fiscal
11year 2013-14 and $12,891,200 in each fiscal year 2014-15.

AB40,552,1613 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138
14and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
15weatherization assistance programs, $6,200,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 and
16$6,000,000 $7,500,000 in each fiscal year 2012-13.

AB40,552,2018 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee Jobs program. For contract costs under
19the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program under s. 49.163, $3,750,000 in fiscal year
202013-14 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15.

AB40,552,2523 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
2449.155, $301,631,000 $272,976,700 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $298,523,500
25$273,156,500 in fiscal year 2012-13 2014-15.

AB40,553,62 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and child care licensing
3activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and the
4allocation under s. 49.155 (1g) (c) for child care licensing activities, $19,702,100
5$30,240,600 in fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14 and $19,783,800 $32,305,700 in fiscal
6year 2012-13 2014-15.

AB40,553,108 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
9improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $13,486,700 in fiscal year 2011-12
10and $13,169,400 $13,095,800 in each fiscal year 2012-13.

AB40,553,1512 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
13payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
14recipients of supplemental security income, $31,232,200 $33,688,000 in each fiscal
15year.

AB40,553,2417 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care, and long-term kinship care, and foster care
18assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57
19(3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments,
20and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for
21the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under
22s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and (3p) and for foster care for relatives under s. 48.62,
23$21,375,800 within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $20,582,700
24in each fiscal year.

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149.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
2in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children
3who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate
4services are provided, and for ongoing services provided in those counties to families
5with children placed in out-of-home care, $6,350,300 $7,711,100 in each fiscal year.

AB40,554,168 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
9Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
10improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
11temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $350,000 focusing
12on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career
13options and role models, $1,500,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
14paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs
15that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
16those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.).

AB40,554,2118 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
19moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
20account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $43,664,200
21$70,664,200 in each fiscal year.

AB40,555,223 49.26 (1) (g) (intro.) An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin
24Works group that includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (3m), (4), or (5) or who

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1is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 is subject to the school attendance requirement
2under par. (ge) if all of the following apply: