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Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Wisconsin Works (W-2) Manual |
As shown in the chart below, current W-2 participants subject to assignment of child support receive 75% of current child support payments and receive either 75% or 100% of past-due (arrears) child support payments, depending on whether the payment is past-due from the period of W-2 participation or from a period when the W-2 participant was not on W-2.
Type of Child Support
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Portion Paid to the Family
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Portion Paid to the State
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Current child support payments paid to parents in the W-2 Group subject to assignment of child support*
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75%
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25%**
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Past due child support payments that accrued during months when the parent(s) in the W-2 Group was subject to child support assignment*
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75%
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25%**
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Past due child support payments that accrued during months when the parent(s) in the W-2 Group was not subject to child support assignment
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100%
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None
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* The following W-2 placements are subject to child support assignment: W-2 T; CSJ; and CMC when the individual in a CMC placement previously received AFDC, W-2 or CTS.
** When the child support paid amount is more than the assigned child support amount, the amount that exceeds the assigned child support amount is paid to the family.
Once a W-2 case closes, all child support received is paid to the family. If current or past due child support is paid when the family is no longer on W-2, the family receives 100% of the child support paid even if the child support previously was assigned to the state.
Any child support owed for periods while the children received AFDC remains owed to the state and no portion of the assigned child support is passed through to the family.
History: There are no previous versions of this policy.