Division of Family and Economic Security, Bureau of Working Families

Wisconsin Works (W-2) Manual

15.1.2 Distribution of Child Support Payments

As shown in the chart below, current W-2W-2Wisconsin Works participants subject to assignment of child support receive:

  • 75% of current child support payments; and

  • Either 75% or 100% of past-due (arrears) child support payments, depending on whether the W-2 Group was subject to child support assignment during the month of accrual.

Type of Child Support

Portion Paid to the Family

Portion Paid to the State

Current child support payments paid to parents in the W-2 Group subject to assignment of child support.*

75%

25%**

Past due child support payments that accrued during months when the parent(s) in the W-2 Group were subject to child support assignment.*

75%

25%**

Past due child support payments that accrued during months when the parent(s) in the W-2 Group were not subject to child support assignment.

100%

None

*See 15.1.1 for the list of W-2 placements subject to child support assignment.

**When the child support paid amount is more than the assigned child support amount, the amount that exceeds the assigned child support 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 was previously assigned to the state.

Any child support owed for periods while the children received AFDCAFDCAid to Families with Dependant Children remains owed to the state and no portion of the assigned child support is passed through to the family.