DCF 101.16(3)(b)3.3. Educational courses that provide an employment skill.
DCF 101.16(3)(b)4.4. English as a 2nd language courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual’s efforts to obtain employment.
DCF 101.16(3)(b)5.5. Adult basic education courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual’s efforts to obtain employment.
DCF 101.16(3)(b)6.6. Employer-sponsored training.
DCF 101.16(3)(c)(c) Required hours.
DCF 101.16(3)(c)1.1. Except as provided in par. (d) and s. 49.147 (4) (av) and (5m), Stats., a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a community service job program to work not more than 30 hours per week in a community service job. Except as provided in subd. 2., a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in the community service job program to participate in education or training activities under par. (b) for not more than 10 hours per week.
DCF 101.16(3)(c)2.2. A W-2 agency may aggregate education and training activities hours in combination with work activities to allow participants access to approved training programs which may require more than 10 hours per week within the first months of participation in a CSJ. The FEP shall modify the participant’s employability plan to reflect the aggregated education and training activities hours. Failure to participate in the aggregated education and training activities hours without good cause as determined by the FEP may result in application of a sanction under s. DCF 101.18 (1) (b).
DCF 101.16(3)(d)(d) Motivational training. A Wisconsin works agency may require a CSJ participant, during the first 2 weeks of participation under this subsection, to participate in an assessment and motivational training program identified by the community steering committee under s. 49.143 (2) (a), Stats. The Wisconsin works agency may require not more than 40 hours of participation per week under this paragraph in lieu of the participation requirement under par. (c).
DCF 101.16(3)(e)(e) Time-limited participation.
DCF 101.16(3)(e)1.1. An individual may participate in a community service job for a maximum of 6 months, with an opportunity for a 3-month extension under circumstances approved by the department. An individual may participate in more than one community service job, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation under this subsection. The months need not be consecutive.
DCF 101.16(3)(e)2.2. The department, or the Wisconsin works agency with the approval of the department, may grant an extension to the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the individual has made all appropriate efforts to find and accept unsubsidized employment and has been unable to find unsubsidized employment because local labor market conditions preclude a reasonable employment opportunity in unsubsidized employment for that participant, as determined by a Wisconsin works agency and approved by the department, and if the Wisconsin works agency determines, and the department agrees, that no trial employment match program job opportunities are available in the specified local labor market.
DCF 101.16(3)(f)(f) Worker’s compensation. A participant under this subsection is an employee of the Wisconsin works agency for purposes of worker’s compensation coverage, except to the extent that the person for whom the participant is performing work provides worker’s compensation coverage.
DCF 101.16(4)(4)Transitional placement.
DCF 101.16(4)(a)(a) Additional eligibility criteria. An individual is eligible to participate in a transitional placement under this subsection if, in addition to meeting the eligibility requirements under s. DCF 101.09 (2) to (4), the W-2 agency determines that any of the following conditions are met with respect to the individual:
DCF 101.16(4)(a)1.1. The individual is incapable of performing a trial employment match program job or community service job.
DCF 101.16(4)(a)2.2. On the basis of an independent assessment by the division of vocational rehabilitation or similar agency or business, that the individual has been incapacitated, or will be incapacitated, for a period of at least 60 days.
DCF 101.16(4)(a)3.3. The individual is needed in the home because of the illness or incapacity of another member of the Wisconsin works group.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)(b) Assignment to activities.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)1.1. The Wisconsin works agency shall assign a transitional placement participant to work activities such as a community rehabilitation program, work experience and training activities similar to those included under s. DCF 101.16 (3) or a volunteer activity.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)2.2. A Wisconsin works agency may require a participant under this subsection to participate in any of the following:
DCF 101.16(4)(b)2.a.a. An alcohol and other drug abuse evaluation, assessment, and treatment program.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)2.b.b. Mental health activities. In this subparagraph, “mental health activities” means activities prescribed by an appropriate mental health care professional such as a psychiatrist including evaluation by a health professional such as a physician, therapy and medication management.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)2.c.c. Counseling or physical rehabilitation activities.
DCF 101.16(4)(b)2.d.d. Other activities that the Wisconsin works agency determines are consistent with the capabilities of the individual.
DCF 101.16(4)(c)(c) Time-limited participation. An individual may participate in a transitional placement for a maximum of 24 months. The months need not be consecutive. This period may be extended on a case–by–case basis by the department or by the Wisconsin works agency with the approval of the department if the participant has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized employment by participating in all assigned activities and significant barriers prevent advancement to a higher W-2 employment position or unsubsidized employment.
DCF 101.16(4)(d)(d) Education or training activities.
DCF 101.16(4)(d)1.1. The Wisconsin works agency may require a transitional placement participant to participate in education and training activities assigned as part of an employability plan developed by the Wisconsin works agency.
DCF 101.16(4)(d)2.2. Permissible education and training shall include only the following:
DCF 101.16(4)(d)2.a.a. A course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4), Stats., for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.