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Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Wisconsin Works (W-2) Manual |
2.10.3.1 Restoring 24-Month Time Limits
Participation in a TEMP, CSJ, or W-2 T employment position is limited to 24 cumulative months. Each employment position has its own 24-month placement time limit and, therefore, a participant has 24 months in each of the placement types. If the individual’s payment is reduced, even to $0, the month in the placement still counts toward the 24-month placement time limit. There are also times when a participant is in a CMC placement and the month(s) counts toward a 24-month placement time limit. (See 2.10.8)
The 24-month placement time limit is determined by the employment position placement on the last business day of the month. If the W-2 placement on the last business day of the month is not a TEMP, CSJ, or W-2 T, the most recent employment position placement will determine the 24-month placement time limit. The month will still count toward the appropriate 24-month placement time limit if the individual participated even one day during that month in a TEMP, CSJ or W-2 T.
EXAMPLE 1: John is placed in a CSJ on January 1. On January 28, John is placed in a W-2 T placement and remains in the placement through the end of the month. The month of January will count toward John’s W-2 T 24-month placement time limit because that was John’s last placement in the month that is subject to a 24-month placement time limit. January will not count toward John’s CSJ 24-month placement time limit.
EXAMPLE 2: Rebecca is placed in a CSJ placement on April 1. On April 4, Rebecca finds unsubsidized employment, is placed in a CMF placement, and remains in that placement through the end of the month. The month of April will count toward Rebecca’s CSJ 24-month placement time limit because Rebecca participated at least one day in April in a placement that is subject to a 24-month placement time limit.
EXAMPLE 3: Lucy is placed in a CSJ on June 2. On June 29, Lucy loses W-2 eligibility and her case closes. The month of June will count toward Lucy’s CSJ 24-month placement time limit because Lucy participated at least one day in June in a placement that is subject to a 24-month placement time limit.
The 2009-2011 Biennial Budget (2009 Wisconsin Act 28) eliminated the 24-month placement time limit for Trial Jobs, CSJ, and W-2 T employment positions, and, in some instances, CMC placements effective October 30, 2009.
The 2011-2013 Biennial Budget (2011 Wisconsin Act 32) restored the 24-month placement time limit for Trial Jobs, CSJ, W-2 T, and, in some instances, CMC placements effective January 1, 2012. The restored language is the same language that was eliminated under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28.
For a 26-month time period (November 2009 through December 2011), there were no 24-month employment position placement time limits. However, while the 24-month placement time limit was eliminated during this time period, the Department of Children and Families continued to count months that participants accumulated in these W-2 employment positions for both federal and state time limits (as applicable) in WWP and displays this count in the Time Limit Tracking module.
History: Release 21-09; Release 17-02; Release 11-06.