7.2.5  Denying or Terminating an Unsubsidized Employment Case Management Placement

If an individual placed in a CMDCase Management Denied, CMUCase Management Underemployed, CMFCase Management Follow-Up, CMF+Case Management Follow-Up Plus, or CMJCase Management Job-Ready  declines case management services or does not participate without good cause, the FEPFinancial and Employment Planner must:  

1.             Terminate eligibility for the placement; and

2.             Document the refusal in PIN comments.

CWWCARES Worker Web will issue a W-2Wisconsin Works denial notice.

There is no hourly payment reduction for noncooperation in CMD, CMU, CMF, CMF+, or CMJ placements. However, the FEP may close a CMD or CMJ placement if an individual:

·        Does not cooperate with job search requirements;

·        Misses an EPEmployability Plan review appointment without good cause (see 11.5.1); or

·        Loses contact with the FEP.

The FEP should close a CMF, CMF+, or CMU placement if:

·        A participant fails to attend an EP or eligibility review appointment without good cause; or

·        The FEP has made repeated and varied attempts but is unable to connect with a participant.

Eligibility reviews must be conducted at least once every six months to maintain nonfinancial eligibility.

History: Release 25-04; Release 20-03; Release 16-01; Release 12-04.