7.2.2  Case Management Underemployed (CMU)

The CMUCase Management Underemployed placement is for applicants entering the W-2Wisconsin Works program who are working full-time or who are working part-time and who do not have any barriers to full-time employment. The goal of CMU is to give participants the assistance they need to stay employed and advance in their careers. FEPFinancial and Employment Planners may place applicants with farming and self-employment income in a CMU.

Participants may stay in CMU as long as they are working, do not have barriers to full-time employment, and meet financial and nonfinancial eligibility requirements. FEPs must not place marginally employed applicants in a CMU. Depending on the individual’s specific circumstances, the agency may place a marginally employed applicant in a W-2 TW-2 Transition, CSJCommunity Service Job, or pro-rated CSJ placement.

CMU is not for ongoing W-2 participants who find employment. The appropriate placements for these individuals are CMF or CMF+. (See 7.2.3)

A participant in the CMDCase Management Denied placement who finds unsubsidized employment may be placed in the CMU placement. FEPs should document this in PIN comments.

History: Release 23-06; Release 22-05; Release 16-01; Release 12-06.