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Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Wisconsin Works (W-2) Manual |
16.3.4.1 Learnfare Case Management Activities
A Learnfare Case Management Plan is required for each child subject to Learnfare case management and must include:
1. Goals for the child during Learnfare case management;
2. Description of the activities planned;
3. Planned begin and end dates for each activity;
4. Agencies/parties that will provide the services; and
5. Signature of the parent(s).
The Learnfare Case Manager must coordinate with the FEP if the Learnfare Case Management Plan includes required activities for the parent. (See Chapter 6 for more information on the W-2 Employability Plan.)
The Learnfare Case Management Plan must integrate plans prepared by other local government agencies, community-based organizations, judicial entities, or professional health providers with whom the Learnfare participant is currently involved or the Learnfare Case Manager deems appropriate. It must also incorporate any plans already developed by the school to address school attendance/achievement or at-risk indicators.
The school or school district should be the primary provider of services to Learnfare participants. Therefore, collaboration and coordination with the school is essential to the development of the Learnfare Case Management Plan.
As part of the Learnfare Case Management Plan, W-2 agencies must provide services which maintain school enrollment, improve school attendance, and prepare children for a career.
For those children in high school, Learnfare case management should focus on graduation, career and/or employment planning, job readiness, and job seeking/job retention activities as appropriate.
For those children in elementary and middle schools, Learnfare case management should focus on maintaining school enrollment and attendance.
For minor parents, Learnfare case management should also focus on parenting skills and family planning. The overall goals for Learnfare case management with minor parents are to complete school, prepare children for a career, and delay subsequent pregnancies until the minor parents are ready emotionally and economically to support additional children.
History: There are no previous versions of this policy.