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AB56,518,96 49.147 (3) (am) Education or training activities. A trial employment match
7program job
subsidized employment placement includes education and training
8activities, as prescribed by the employer as an integral part of work performed in
9trial employment match program the subsidized employment placement.
AB56,618 10Section 618. 49.147 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,518,2311 49.147 (3) (c) Time-limited participation. A participant under this subsection
12may participate in a trial employment match program job subsidized employment
13placement
for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for a 3-month extension
14under circumstances determined by the Wisconsin Works agency. A participant may
15participate in more than one trial employment match program job subsidized
16employment placement
, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation
17under this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. The department or, with
18the approval of the department, the Wisconsin Works agency may grant an extension
19of the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the participant has made all
20appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized employment and has been unable to find
21unsubsidized employment because local labor market conditions preclude a
22reasonable job opportunity for that participant, as determined by a Wisconsin Works
23agency and approved by the department
.
AB56,619 24Section 619. 49.147 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.147 (4) (a) Administration. A Wisconsin Works agency shall administer a
2community service job program as part of its administration of Wisconsin Works to
3improve the employability of an individual who is not otherwise able to obtain
4employment, as determined by the Wisconsin Works agency, by providing work
5experience and training, if necessary, to assist the individual to move promptly into
6unsubsidized public or private employment or a trial employment match program job
7subsidized employment placement. In determining an appropriate placement for a
8participant, a Wisconsin Works agency shall give placement under this subsection
9priority over placements under sub. (5). Community service jobs shall be limited to
10projects that the department determines would serve a useful public purpose or
11projects the cost of which is partially or wholly offset by revenue generated from such
12projects. After each 6 months of an individual's participation under this subsection
13and at the conclusion of each assignment under this subsection, a Wisconsin Works
14agency shall reassess the individual's employability.
AB56,620 15Section 620. 49.147 (4) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,519,2416 49.147 (4) (as) Required hours. Except as provided in pars. (at) and (av) and
17sub. (5m), a Wisconsin Works agency shall require a participant placed in a
18community service job program to work in a community service job for the number
19of hours determined by the Wisconsin Works agency to be appropriate for the
20participant at the time of application or review and may require a participant to
21participate in education or training activities for not more than 10 hours per week
,
22except that the Wisconsin Works agency may not require a participant under this
23subsection to spend more than 40 hours per week in combined activities under this
24subsection.
AB56,621 25Section 621. 49.147 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,520,15
149.147 (4) (b) Time-limited participation. An individual may participate in a
2community service job for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for a
33-month extension under circumstances approved by the department. An
4individual may participate in more than one community service job , but may not
5exceed a total of 24 months of participation under this subsection. The months need
6not be consecutive. The department or, with the approval of the department, the
7Wisconsin Works agency may grant an extension to the 24-month limit on a
8case-by-case basis if the Wisconsin Works agency determines that the individual
9has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized employment and has been
10unable to find unsubsidized employment because local labor market conditions
11preclude a reasonable employment opportunity in unsubsidized employment for that
12participant, as determined by a Wisconsin Works agency and approved by the
13department, and if the Wisconsin Works agency determines, and the department
14agrees, that no trial employment match program job opportunities are available in
15the specified local labor market
.
AB56,622 16Section 622. 49.147 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,520,1917 49.147 (5) (a) 3. The Wisconsin Works agency determines that the individual
18is incapable of performing a trial employment match program job subsidized
19employment placement
or community service job.
AB56,623 20Section 623. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.147 (5)
21(b) (intro.).
AB56,624 22Section 624 . 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to d. of the statutes are renumbered 49.147 (5)
23(b) 1m. to 4m.
AB56,625 24Section 625 . 49.147 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,626 25Section 626. 49.147 (5) (bs) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.147 (5) (bs) Required hours. Except as provided in par. (bt) and sub. (5m),
2a Wisconsin Works agency may require a participant placed in a transitional
3placement to participate in education or training activities for not more than 12
4hours per week
and to engage in activities under par. (b) 1., but may not require a
5participant under this subsection to spend more than 40 hours per week in combined
6activities under this subsection.
AB56,627 7Section 627 . 49.147 (5m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,521,108 49.147 (5m) (a) 4. The participant is employed or engages in work under a
9community service job or transitional placement for 25 hours per week in addition
10to participation under this subsection.
AB56,628 11Section 628. 49.148 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,521,2212 49.148 (1) (a) Trial employment match program jobs Subsidized employment
13placement
. For a participant in a trial employment match program job subsidized
14employment placement
, the amount established in the contract between the
15Wisconsin Works agency and the trial employment match program job subsidized
16employment placement
employer, but not less than minimum wage for every hour
17actually worked in the trial employment match program job subsidized employment
18placement
, not to exceed 40 hours the maximum number of allowable hours per
19week, as negotiated between the Wisconsin Works agency and the employer, paid by
20the employer. Hours spent participating in education and training activities under
21s. 49.147 (3) (am) shall be included in determining the number of hours actually
22worked.
AB56,629 23Section 629 . 49.148 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,522,624 49.148 (1) (c) Transitional placements. For a participant in a transitional
25placement under s. 49.147 (5) or in a transitional placement and in technical college

1education under s. 49.147 (5m), a monthly grant of $608. For every hour that the
2participant fails to participate in any required activity without good cause, including
3any activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to d. 1m. to 4m., the grant amount shall be
4reduced by $5. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment
5planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall
6include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.
AB56,630 7Section 630. 49.148 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,522,128 49.148 (1m) (a) 1. A custodial parent of a child 8 12 weeks old or less who meets
9the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3), unless another adult member
10of the custodial parent's Wisconsin Works group is participating in, or is eligible to
11participate in, a Wisconsin Works employment position or is employed in
12unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1).
AB56,631 13Section 631 . 49.148 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,522,1514 49.148 (1m) (c) (intro.) For purposes of the time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n)
15and 49.147 (3) (c), and (4) (b), and (5) (b) 2., all of the following apply:
AB56,632 16Section 632. 49.148 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,522,2517 49.148 (2) Internet service provider subscriptions. A person who meets the
18eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may apply to the department for
19a monthly amount sufficient to pay the cost of an Internet service provider
20subscription or $57, whichever is lower. An application submitted under this
21subsection shall include documentation of the Internet service provider and the
22monthly cost of the subscription. If the department determines that an applicant is
23eligible, the department shall coordinate with a Wisconsin Works agency to make
24payments on behalf of the person to the appropriate Internet service provider. The
25department may promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
AB56,633
1Section 633. 49.155 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,523,52 49.155 (6) (b) The department shall set maximum payment rates for Level I
3certified family child care providers certified under s. 48.651 (1) (a) for services
4provided to eligible individuals under this section. The maximum rates set under
5this paragraph may not exceed 75 percent of the rates established under par. (a).
AB56,634 6Section 634. 49.155 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,523,107 49.155 (6) (c) The department shall set maximum payment rates for Level II
8certified family child care providers for services provided to eligible individuals
9under this section. The maximum rates set under this paragraph may not exceed 50
10percent of
the rates established under par. (a).
AB56,635 11Section 635. 49.155 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,523,2312 49.155 (7) (a) 1. If a child care provider is convicted of a serious crime, as defined
13in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. a. or a nonclient
14resident, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the
person subject to a background check
15under s. 48.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a
child care provider is
16convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a serious crime on or after his or
17her 10th birthday
, as defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), or if the department provides written
18notice under s. 48.686 (4p) that the child care provider, caregiver, or nonclient
19resident
person is ineligible for certification, employment, or residence to operate,
20work at, or reside
at the child care provider, the department or the county
21department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall refuse to allow payment to the child
22care provider for any child care provided under this section beginning on the date of
23the conviction or delinquency adjudication.
AB56,636 24Section 636. 49.155 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.155 (7) (a) 2. If a child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal
2charge alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, as defined in s. 48.686
3(1) (c), or if a caregiver specified in s. 48.686 (1) (ag) 1. or a nonclient resident, as
4defined in s. 48.686 (1) (bm), of the
person subject to a background check under s.
548.686 (2) who operates, works at, or resides at a
child care provider is the subject
6of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has
7committed a serious crime on or after his or her 10th birthday, as defined in s. 48.686
8(1) (c)
, the department or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall
9immediately suspend refuse to allow payment to the child care provider for any child
10care provided under this section until the department obtains information regarding
11the final disposition of the charge or delinquency petition indicating that the person
12is not ineligible to receive such a payment operate, work at, or reside at the child care
13provider
.
AB56,637 14Section 637. 49.155 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,524,2215 49.155 (7) (b) 1. If a person subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2)
16who operates, works at, or resides at a child care provider has been convicted or
17adjudicated delinquent for committing an offense that is not a serious crime, as
18defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), but the department determines under s. 48.686 (5m) that
19the offense substantially relates to the care of children or the department determines
20that the offense substantially relates to the operation of a business, the department
21or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may refuse to allow
22payment to the child care provider for child care provided under this section.
AB56,525,523 2. If a person subject to a background check under s. 48.686 (2) who operates,
24works at, or resides at a child care provider is the subject of a pending criminal charge
25or delinquency petition for committing an offense that is not a serious crime, as

1defined in s. 48.686 (1) (c), but the department determines under s. 48.686 (5m) that
2the offense substantially relates to the care of children or the department determines
3that the offense substantially relates to the operation of a business, the department
4or the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may refuse to allow
5payment to the child care provider for child care provided under this section.
AB56,638 6Section 638. 49.159 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,525,127 49.159 (1) (a) (intro.) An individual who would be eligible under s. 49.145
8except that the individual is the noncustodial parent of a dependent child is eligible
9for services and benefits under par. (b) if the individual is subject to a child support
10order, the individual satisfies all of the requirements related to substance abuse
11screening, testing, and treatment under s. 49.162 that apply to the individual,
and
12any of the following applies to the custodial parent of the dependent child:
AB56,639 13Section 639. 49.161 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,525,1514 49.161 (1) (title) Trial employment match program jobs Subsidized
15employment placement
overpayments.
AB56,640 16Section 640. 49.162 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,641 17Section 641. 49.163 (2) (am) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,642 18Section 642. 49.164 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,525,22 1949.164 Transform Milwaukee Jobs for Childless Adults. The department
20shall establish a program identical to the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program under
21s. 49.163 except that a participant is not required to meet the eligibility criterion
22under s. 49.163 (2) (am) 2.
AB56,643 23Section 643 . 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,526,424 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) In this section, with respect to any
25of the following that fund a contract for services, “allocation” means the amount

1under the contract that the department is obligated to pay.
Except as provided in
2subs. sub. (2) and (3), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a),
3(cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s) and (3) (kp), the department shall
4allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
AB56,644 5Section 644. 49.175 (1) (a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (i), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (qm), (r),
6(s), (t), (u), (w), (y), (z) and (zh) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB56,526,97 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
8$42,500,000 $41,156,900 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $44,625,000
9$41,157,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,526,1310 (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with
11Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147
12(6), $52,000,000 $51,528,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $54,600,000
13$51,528,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,526,1614 (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to
15individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and
16$2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,526,2017 (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities
18under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated
19under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505
20(7) (kg).
AB56,526,2421 (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment
22collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection
23of public assistance overpayments, $15,987,000 $16,461,200 in fiscal year 2017-18
242019-20 and $15,902,900 $16,608,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,527,3
1(i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for
2transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
3weatherization assistance programs, $7,000,000 $6,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB56,527,74 (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs
5under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program
6under s. 49.163, $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and
7$8,000,000 $9,000,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,527,98 (m) Children first. For services under the work experience program for
9noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,140,000 $2,280,000 in each fiscal year.
AB56,527,1310 (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to
11interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with
12formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 and
13$560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19
$560,300 in each fiscal year.
AB56,527,1514 (o) Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants. For grants awarded
15under s. 48.545 (2) (c), $500,000 in each fiscal year 2018-19.
AB56,527,1816 (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155,
17$289,215,200
or 49.257, $367,967,800 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and
18$318,369,200 $376,852,600 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,527,2219 (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
20administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
21activities, $36,189,400 $39,722,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $36,030,000
22$40,215,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,527,2523 (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement
24activities specified in s. ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $15,652,700 $16,532,900 in each
25fiscal year 2019-20 and $16,683,700 in fiscal year 2020-21.
AB56,528,3
1(r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made
2under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of
3supplemental security income, $26,938,000 $25,013,300 in each fiscal year.
AB56,528,104 (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and
5long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for
6assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under
7s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the
8kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the
9reservations of those tribes, $22,012,100 $26,847,200 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20
10and $22,741,200 $28,448,100 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.
AB56,528,1911 (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure
12the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at
13home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with
14children placed in out-of-home care, $6,282,500 $9,300,900 in fiscal year 2017-18
152019-20 and $7,314,300 $10,191,900 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21. To receive
16funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount
17received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a
18distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the
19department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).
AB56,528,2220 (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect,
21$5,289,600 in each fiscal year $6,302,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $7,464,600 in
22fiscal year 2020-21
.
AB56,529,323 (w) Wisconsin Community Services grants. For a grant to Wisconsin
24Community Services for the community building workshop facilitator training to
25provide services that are targeted to individuals in the city of Milwaukee who are

1eligible for funds under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block
2grant program under 42 USC 601 et seq., $400,000 in each fiscal year , and for a grant
3to the We Got This program in the city of Milwaukee, $25,000 in each fiscal year
.
AB56,529,64 (y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry
5demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and
6$250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19
$825,000 in each fiscal year.
AB56,529,247 (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin
8Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social,
9academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary
10assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits,
11intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role
12models, $1,275,000 $2,675,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
13paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs
14that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
15those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the
16grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT:
17Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up
18to $75,000 $1,400,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which
19federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.
20The total amount of the grants also includes funds to be equally distributed among
21the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Appleton Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT:
22Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up
23to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal
24Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.
AB56,530,4
1(zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the
2appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under
3s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $69,700,000 in each fiscal year
4$85,700,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $86,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.
AB56,645 5Section 645. 49.175 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,530,176 49.175 (2) (a) The department may not reallocate funds that are allocated
7under a paragraph under sub. (1) for any purpose specified in a paragraph under sub.
8(1) unless the department first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of
9the proposed reallocation. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the
10department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification
11that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reallocation, the
12department may make the proposed reallocation. If, within 14 working days after
13the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify
14the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed
15reallocation, the department may make the proposed reallocation only upon
16approval of the committee
if the secretary of administration approves the
17reallocation
.
AB56,646 18Section 646. 49.175 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,531,819 49.175 (2) (c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required
20to be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md) are less
21than the amounts appropriated under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md), the department
22shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance secretary of administration for
23reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under sub. (1). If the cochairpersons of
24the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date
25the department submits the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to

1review the proposed reduction plan,
If the secretary of administration approves the
2plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated under sub. (1) may be reduced
3as proposed by the department and
the department shall allocate the moneys as
4specified in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date the department
5submits the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the
6committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed reduction plan, the
7department may allocate the moneys as specified in the plan only upon approval of
8the committee.
AB56,647 9Section 647 . 49.175 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,648 10Section 648. 49.257 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,531,12 1149.257 Milwaukee child care grant program. (1) In this section, “child
12care provider” has the meaning given in s. 49.155 (1) (ag).
AB56,531,21 13(2) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (p), the department may award
14grants to child care providers to support access to high-quality child care for families
15that reside in a geographic area with high-poverty levels, as identified by the
16department, in the city of Milwaukee. A grant under this section may be used for
17start-up costs, ongoing operational costs, including subsidy payments for eligible
18families, and quality improvement activities. A child care provider that is awarded
19a grant under this subsection shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent
20of the amount awarded. The matching contribution may be in the form of money or
21in-kind goods or services.
AB56,531,24 22(3) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), the department may award
23grants to any of the following to improve overall child care quality in the geographic
24area identified under sub. (2):
AB56,531,2525 (a) Child care providers and employees of child care providers.
AB56,532,2
1(b) Educational institutions for the purpose of educating employees of child
2care providers.
AB56,649 3Section 649. 49.36 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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