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Selected Employment and Family Support Programs

This report, sorted by Wisconsin agency, displays the number of enrolled work program participants as of the end of each month. Brief descriptions of the work programs included in this report are as follows:

Children First (CF)
The non-custodial parent who has no current means of meeting a child support obligation and does not work full-time may be court ordered into the Children First program. Children First is a program that promotes the emotional and financial responsibility that a non-custodial parent has towards his/her child(ren). The program provides job search assistance, work experience, education and training opportunities, and case management services designed to enable eligible non-custodial parents to obtain and retain employment.

Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET)
The Food Stamp Employment and Training program serves recipients of food stamp benefits. This program allows adult food stamp applicants and recipients to "register for work". FSET consists of several employment and training components intended to enable FSET participants to move promptly into unsubsidized employment.

Learnfare (LF)
Learnfare is a program designed to assist at-risk students ages 6-17 to maintain and/or improve school attendance. It is for children in families whose parents are in W-2 employment positions who need case management to enable the student to maintain/improve school attendance, gain a high school diploma, and break the cycle of welfare dependency.

Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)
Refugee Cash Assistance is a federally funded benefit program which provides temporary assistance to help refugees become self-sufficient during the period immediately after arrival in the United States.

Caseload data for RCA can be found at : Refugee Cash Assistance Program

Welfare to Work (WtW)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and non-custodial parents of children receiving TANF assistance benefit from the job placement, training and post-employment support services provided through the Welfare to Work program. The program objectives include job placement, job retention, increased earnings and increased child support collections.

Note: The WtW grant ended January 23, 2004.

Wisconsin Works (W-2)
W-2 is Wisconsin's TANF block grant program for families with dependent children that replaces the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Individuals who meet program eligibility requirements are maintained in the Work Programs (WP) subsystem to record/document individual activities and services provided to assist the individual to gain and maintain self-sufficiency. The program is available to all parents with minor children, low assets, and low income.

Workforce Attachment and Advancement Program (WAA)
WAA is a voluntary program for both custodial and non-custodial parents that is intended to assist in job retention and job advancement. The non-custodial parent, in order to be eligible, must have paternity for at least one child. The program provides individualized services including training, job retention, job readiness/placement and basic skills training.

Note: WAA contracts ended December 31, 2003 and new funding was not authorized.

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