Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families - Division
of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Child Care Subsidy Administration
Wisconsin Shares Handbook
Foster
care parents, subsidized guardians, interim caretakers, relatives with
court-ordered placement receiving the Kinship Care payment, and individuals
caring for children in tribal placement homes under a substantially similar
Wisconsin tribal law are not subject to the minimum wage calculation (see 16.2.2) for
the children placed in these homes. In these cases, authorizations must
be based on the parent’s stated need (up to 50 hours per week including
travel time) regardless of the business being new or ongoing. Justification
for authorized hours must be documented in case comments (see
12.2). The authorization limits for self-employment continue to apply
to authorizations for the biological or adopted children in these families.
| Example: Ava and Elijah are foster parents for two (2) children. They do not have any children of their own. Ava works full-time at the local elementary school and Elijah operates a business as a web designer. Ava provides verification of her full-time employment and copies of last year’s taxes. During the authorization assessment, the agency worker enters Ava’s work schedule and Elijah’s stated work schedule into CSAW. CSAW determines an average number of weekly authorized hours based on these two (2) work schedules, plus any travel time needed. The agency worker must accept this calculation without regard to the monthly adjusted self-employment income and the minimum wage calculation. |
This section last updated 12/1/2022