Chapter DCF 120

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

DCF 120.01   Purpose.

DCF 120.02   Applicability.

DCF 120.03   Definitions.

DCF 120.04   Application.

DCF 120.05   Nonfinancial eligibility.

DCF 120.06   Financial eligibility.

DCF 120.07   Payment amounts.

DCF 120.08   Eligibility determination and payment procedures.

DCF 120.085   Overpayments.

DCF 120.09   Social services.

DCF 120.10   Review of agency decisions.

Ch. DCF 120 Note Note: Chapter DWD 16 was renumbered to chapter DCF 120 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.

DCF 120.01 DCF 120.01 Purpose. This chapter implements s. 49.138, Stats., which directs the department to administer a program of emergency assistance for persons who are in need due to fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness, impending homelessness, or energy crisis and who meet the eligibility criteria under this chapter.

DCF 120.01 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; am. Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01.

DCF 120.02 DCF 120.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all applicants for emergency assistance, all recipients of emergency assistance, and all county and tribal economic support agencies and W-2 agencies administering the emergency assistance program under s. 49.138, Stats.

DCF 120.02 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99.

DCF 120.03 DCF 120.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

DCF 120.03(1m) (1m) “Client error” means an error caused by an individual who is a member of an emergency assistance group reporting incorrect information or failing to report information due to a misunderstanding or mistake that results in an overpayment of emergency assistance.

DCF 120.03(1p) (1p) “Destitution” means extreme want of resources or of the means of subsistence.

DCF 120.03(2) (2) “Emergency assistance” means the program under s. 49.138, Stats., for emergency assistance to families with needy children in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness, impending homelessness, or energy crisis.

DCF 120.03(3) (3) “Emergency assistance group” or “group” means family as referred to in s. 49.138, Stats., and includes one or more dependent children as defined by s. 49.141 (1) (c), Stats., and a qualified caretaker relative with whom the child is living or was living at the time the emergency occurred.