DCF 101.09(3m)(c)1.b.b. The home is jointly owned with a person who is not in the Wisconsin works group and who refuses to consent to the individual in the Wisconsin works group selling their share.
DCF 101.09(3m)(c)2.2. The individual had a recent sudden loss of income due to death, divorce, separation, or nonpayment of child support.
DCF 101.09(3m)(c)3.3. The Wisconsin works group includes an incapacitated adult or a disabled child.
DCF 101.09(3m)(c)4.4. The individual is or has been a victim of domestic abuse or is at risk of further domestic abuse, the home is jointly owned with the abuser, and the abuser is not a member of the Wisconsin works group. The W-2 agency shall administer the domestic abuse screening under s. DCF 101.15 (3) (b) to determine the individual’s eligibility for this exemption if the individual is otherwise financially eligible under this subsection and sub. (4).
DCF 101.09(4)(4)Financial eligibility; income limitations.
DCF 101.09(4)(a)(a) An individual is eligible for a Wisconsin works employment position and job access loan only if the individual is a member of a Wisconsin works group whose gross income is at or below 115% of the poverty line.
DCF 101.09(4)(b)(b) Except as provided in par. (c), the W-2 agency shall include all of the following in calculating the gross income of an individual who is a member of a Wisconsin works group:
DCF 101.09(4)(b)1.1. All earned and unearned income of the individual.
DCF 101.09(4)(b)2.2. The income of the individual’s nonmarital coparent or spouse, if the individual’s nonmarital coparent or spouse resides in the same home as the dependent child.
DCF 101.09(4)(b)3.3. If the individual is a sponsored alien pursuant to 8 USC 1183a, the income of the sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse as provided under 8 USC 1631.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)(c) In calculating the gross income of an individual who is a member of a Wisconsin works group, the W-2 agency shall exclude all of the following:
DCF 101.09(4)(c)1.1. Any payments or benefits made under any federal law that specifically exempts such payments or benefits from being considered in determining eligibility for any federal means-tested program.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)2.2. Any federal earned income tax credit received under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in s. 71.01 (6), Stats.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)3.3. Any state earned income tax credit received under s. 71.07 (9e), Stats.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)4.4. Any student financial aid received under any federal or state program.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)5.5. Any scholarship used for tuition and books.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)6.6. Any Wisconsin works employment position wages or benefits under s. 49.148, Stats.
DCF 101.09(4)(c)7.7. Income earned by a dependent child of the individual.
DCF 101.09 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 11-1-97; r. and recr. (2) (d), am. (2) (n) (intro.) and (3) (b) 2. a., r. (3) (b) 2. b., Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01; CR 02-050: r. and recr. (2) (c) and (e) 1., am. (2) (e) 2., (n) (intro.), and (3) (b) 2. a. Register January 2003 No. 565, eff. 2-1-03; corrections in (2) (e), (f), (n) (intro.) and (p) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 18-016: r. and recr. (2) (n) Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21; CR 21-090: am. (1), r. (3), cr. (3m), (4) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22; correction in (3m) (c) 4., (4) (c) 4. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2022 No. 799; CR 21-091: am. (2) (c) (intro.), (m), (q) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22.
DCF 101.095DCF 101.095Lifetime limit on program participation or receipt of benefits.
DCF 101.095(1)(1)Lifetime limit of 48 months. Beginning on the date on which an individual has attained the age of 18, the total number of months in which the individual, or any other adult member of the Wisconsin works group, has participated in or received benefits under, any combination of the following may not exceed 48 months, whether or not consecutive, except as otherwise provided in this section:
DCF 101.095(1)(a)(a) The JOBS program under s. 49.193, 1997 Stats., on or after October 1, 1996.
DCF 101.095(1)(b)(b) A Wisconsin works employment position.
DCF 101.095(1)(c)(c) Any TANF-funded program in this state or any other state, if the individual received benefits attributable to funds provided by the federal government while in that program.
DCF 101.095 NoteNote: Sections 49.148 (1m) (c), Stats., and DCF 101.18 specify the criteria for determining whether receipt of a custodial parent of an infant grant in a month is considered participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for that month.
DCF 101.095(2)(2)Adult Wisconsin works group members. Except as provided in sub. (4), if an individual was an adult member of a Wisconsin works group during a month in which any member of the Wisconsin works group participated in a W-2 employment position, the W-2 agency shall include that month in the calculation of the total number of months of the individual’s participation or receipt of benefits for purposes of this section.
DCF 101.095(3)(3)Months included. A W-2 agency shall include a month in which a JOBS program participant or W-2 participant received a reduced monthly AFDC or W-2 benefit or no monthly AFDC or W-2 benefit due to a sanction under the JOBS program or s. DCF 101.18 (1) (b) or (c) or 101.21 in the calculation of the total number of months of the individual’s participation or receipt of benefits for purposes of this section.
DCF 101.095(4)(4)Months excluded. When calculating the total number of months of an individual’s participation or receipt of benefits for purposes of this section, a W-2 agency shall exclude, to the extent permitted under federal law, any month in which the individual was living on a federally recognized American Indian reservation, in an Alaskan Native village, or in Indian country, as defined in 18 USC 1151, occupied by an Indian tribe, if during that month, all of the following applied:
DCF 101.095(4)(a)(a) At least 1,000 individuals were living on the reservation or in the village or Indian country.