DCF 101.16(1)(am)(am) Review process for participants in a case management services for job-ready individuals placement. Every 30 days that a Wisconsin works agency has provided case management services to a participant in a case management services for job-ready individuals placement and the participant has not obtained unsubsidized employment after legitimate efforts to secure employment, the agency shall review the participant’s case to determine whether the participant should continue in the case management services for job-ready individuals placement or be placed in a trial employment match program job under s. 49.147 (3), Stats., community service job, or transitional placement. In reviewing the participant’s case, the Wisconsin works agency shall consider all of the following: DCF 101.16(1)(am)1.1. Whether the participant obtained interviews or job offers that matched the participant’s skills, abilities, and interests. DCF 101.16(1)(am)2.2. Whether previously identified barriers that could be addressed with Wisconsin works services were addressed effectively. DCF 101.16(1)(b)(b) Job search assistance. A Wisconsin works agency shall assist a participant with the search for unsubsidized employment. In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give priority to placement in unsubsidized employment over placements under subs. (2) to (4). DCF 101.16(2)(a)(a) In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give priority to placement in a trial employment match program job over a placement in a community service job or transitional placement under subs. (3) and (4). DCF 101.16(2)(b)1.1. A Wisconsin works agency shall pay a wage subsidy to an employer that employs a participant in a trial employment match program job and agrees to make a good faith effort to retain the participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee after the wage subsidy is terminated. DCF 101.16(2)(b)2.2. The wage subsidy for full-time employment of a participant may not exceed the amount provided under s. 49.147 (3) (a), Stats. For less than full-time employment of a participant during a month, the wage subsidy may not exceed a dollar amount determined by multiplying the amount provided under s. 49.147 (3) (a), Stats., for full-time employment of a participant by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours worked by the participant in the month and the denominator of which is the number of hours which would be required for full-time employment in that month. DCF 101.16(2)(c)(c) Education or training activities. A trial employment match program job includes education and training activities, as prescribed by the employer as an integral part of work performed in the trial employment match program job. DCF 101.16(2)(e)1.1. A W-2 participant may participate in a trial employment match program job for a maximum of 3 months, with an opportunity for a 3-month extension under circumstances determined by the Wisconsin works agency. A participant may participate in more than one trial employment match program job, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation under this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. DCF 101.16(2)(e)2.2. The department, or the Wisconsin works agency with the approval of the department, may grant an extension of the 24-month limit on a case-by-case basis if the participant has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized employment and has been unable to find unsubsidized employment because local labor market conditions preclude a reasonable job opportunity for that participant, as determined by a Wisconsin works agency and approved by the department. DCF 101.16(3)(a)(a) In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give placement in a community service job priority over a transitional placement under sub. (4). After each 6 months of an individual’s participation under this subsection and at the conclusion of each assignment under this subsection, a Wisconsin works agency shall reassess the individual’s employability. DCF 101.16(3)(b)(b) Education or training activities. A CSJ participant may be required to participate in education and training activities assigned as part of an employability plan developed by the Wisconsin works agency. Permissible education and training activities shall include only the following: DCF 101.16(3)(b)1.1. 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. 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)(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).