7.2.1  Unpaid Placements

The W-2Wisconsin Works program is designed to help individuals prepare for and achieve unsubsidized employment. Ideally, all W-2 participants end up in a placement related to unsubsidized employment.

The following case management placements are related to unsubsidized employment:

·        CMUCase Management Underemployed – For individuals who are employed when they apply for W-2 (see 7.2.2);

·        CMFCase Management Follow-Up or CMF+Case Management Follow-Up Plus – For participants who obtain unsubsidized employment while in a W-2 placement or through up-front job search (see 7.2.3); and

·        CMJCase Management Job Ready – For individuals who are unemployed but are ready for unsubsidized employment (see 7.2.4).

Participants in these placements receive case management services but do not receive a monthly W-2 cash payment, with the exception of the CMF+ supplemental payment.

Time in a case management placement does not count toward the:

·        60-month federal TANFTemporary Assistance for Needy Families lifetime limit; or

·        48-month state lifetime limit.

Participants in a CMU, CMF, CMF+, or CMJ placement are required to cooperate with child support as a condition of eligibility. (See 15.3.1) However, they are not required to assign a portion of the child support payments to the state. (See 15.1.1)

History: Release 25-04; Release 21-09; Release 18-02.