10.5.2  Protective and Vendor Payments

If mismanagement of funds is a threat to the health and safety of a child in the W-2Wisconsin Works group as determined by the FEPFinancial and Employment Planner, all or part of the CSJCommunity Service Job or W-2 TW-2 Transition payment may be a:

·        Protective payment;

·        Vendor Payment Payment made on behalf of the household by a third party to another source; or

·        Combination of a direct payment, protective payment, and/or vendor payment.

The agency must investigate reports of mismanagement before initiating protective or vendor payments.

The W-2 agency must document in the case record the:

·        Reason for the authorization of protective or vendor payments;

·        Name of the eligible participant;

·        Name of the protective or vendor payee; and

·        Amount and form of payment authorized.

Participants may voluntarily choose to receive all or part of the CSJ or W-2 T payment as a protective payment or vendor payment, without being subject to an investigation by a FEP into the participant’s use of funds.

History:Release 24-13; Release 22-07.