49.163 Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
(am) “Program" means the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program, or the Transitional Jobs program, under this section.
(aw) “Wisconsin Works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).
(b) “Wisconsin Works employment position" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (r).
(2) Eligibility for program.
(a) The department shall establish a Transform Milwaukee Jobs program in Milwaukee County and, if funding is available, may establish a Transitional Jobs program outside of Milwaukee County. To the extent of available funds, the department shall conduct the Transitional Jobs program, if established, in one or more geographic areas in the state that are not in Milwaukee County. In selecting the geographic area or areas in which to conduct the Transitional Jobs program, the department shall give priority to those areas with relatively high rates of unemployment and childhood poverty and to other areas with special needs that the department determines should be given priority.
(am) To be eligible to participate in the program, an individual must satisfy all of the following criteria:
1. Be at least 18 years of age.
2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological or adoptive parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of age.
3. Have an annual household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line.
4. Be unemployed for at least 4 weeks.
5. Be ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
6. Not be participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position.
7. Satisfy all of the requirements related to substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment under s. 49.162 that apply to the individual.
(b) For purposes of par. (am) 3., the household income of an individual transitioning from foster care to independent living shall be based on the individual's own income over a period determined by the department and shall not include the household income of the individual's foster parents.
(c) The department may establish additional eligibility criteria consistent with its mission and the funding available.
(3) Program description.
(a) The program under this section shall include all of the following features and requirements:
1. An individual may participate in the program for a maximum of 1,040 hours actually worked.
2. The department shall determine and specify in a contract whether a contractor under sub. (4) or an employer is the individual's employer of record. The employer of record shall pay the individual for hours actually worked at not less than the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.
3. The department may reimburse an employer, or a contractor under sub. (4), that employs an individual participating in the program for a minimum of 20 hours per week at a location in this state for any of the following costs that are attributable to the employment of the individual under the program:
a. A wage subsidy that is equal to an amount negotiated between the department and the employer or contractor, that is paid for each hour the individual actually worked, not to exceed 40 hours per week, and that is not more than the federal or state minimum wage that applies to the individual.
b. Federal social security and Medicare taxes.
c. State and federal unemployment insurance contributions or taxes, if any.
d. Worker's compensation insurance premiums, if any.
4. An employer, or, subject to the approval of the department, a contractor under sub. (4), that employs an individual participating in the program may pay the individual an amount that exceeds any wage subsidy paid to the employer or contractor by the department under subd. 3. a., except that the employer or contractor must pay the individual at least minimum wage.
5. The employment of an individual under this section may not do any of the following:
a. Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer terminating a regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an individual under this section.
b. Fill a position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.
c. Fill a position when any other person is engaged in a labor dispute regarding the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.
(b) The department may set priorities for the program consistent with its mission and available funding.
(4) Contract for administration. The department may contract with any person to administer the program under this section, including a Wisconsin Works agency; county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23; local workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832; or community action agency under s. 49.265. The department, or the agency or agencies with which the department contracts under this subsection, shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine the eligibility of applicants for the program.
(b) Provide, or identify employers to provide, jobs for individuals transitioning to unsubsidized employment from unemployment, underemployment, limited work history, foster care, or other circumstances identified by the department.
(c) Conduct job orientation activities.
(d) Provide employment services, as specified by the department, for program participants.
(e) Maintain and update participant demographic, eligibility, and employment records in the manner required by the department.
(5) Recovery of overpayments.
(a) The department may recover from any individual participating, or who has participated, in the program under this section any overpayment resulting from a misrepresentation by the individual as to any criterion for eligibility under sub. (2) (am).
(b) The department shall recover from a contractor under sub. (4) any overpayment resulting from the failure of the contractor to comply with the terms of the contract or to meet performance standards established by the department.
(6) Rules not required. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the department need not promulgate regulations, standards, or policies related to implementing or administering the program under this section as rules under ch. 227.
History: 2013 a. 20, 113; 2013 a. 151 s. 27; 2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 9.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.
49.02 - Relief block grant administration.
49.029 - Block grants to tribal governing bodies; medical relief.
49.08 - Recovery of relief and other assistance.
49.114 - Contract powers of the department.
49.131 - Electronic transfer of benefits.
49.134 - Child care resource and referral service grants.
49.136 - Child care start-up and expansion.
49.137 - Child care quality improvement.
49.1375 - Early childhood excellence initiative.
49.138 - Emergency assistance for families with needy children.
49.1385 - Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth.
49.139 - Emergency shelter funding.
49.141 - Wisconsin works; general provisions.
49.143 - Wisconsin works; agency contracts.
49.145 - Wisconsin works; eligibility for employment positions.
49.1452 - Payment of support arrears.
49.1455 - Child support demonstration project.
49.147 - Wisconsin works; work programs and job access loans.
49.1473 - Wisconsin works; domestic abuse screening and training.
49.148 - Wisconsin works; wages and benefits.
49.149 - Wisconsin works; education and training.
49.15 - Wisconsin works; 2-parent families.
49.151 - Wisconsin works; sanctions.
49.1515 - Determining nonparticipation.
49.152 - Review of agency decisions.
49.153 - Notice before taking certain actions.
49.155 - Wisconsin Shares; child care subsidy.
49.157 - Wisconsin works; transportation assistance.
49.159 - Wisconsin works; noncustodial and minor and other custodial parents.
49.161 - Wisconsin works; overpayments.
49.162 - Substance abuse screening and testing for certain work experience programs.
49.163 - Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program.
49.1635 - Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation.
49.165 - Domestic abuse grants.
49.167 - Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program.
49.175 - Public assistance and local assistance allocations.
49.19 - Aid to families with dependent children.
49.197 - Fraud investigation and reduction and error reduction.
49.22 - Child and spousal support; establishment of paternity; medical liability.
49.225 - Ordering genetic tests.
49.227 - Program for publication of delinquent child support obligors.
49.24 - Child support incentive payments.
49.25 - Incentive payments for identifying children with health insurance.
49.255 - Case management incentive payments.
49.257 - Milwaukee child care grant program.
49.265 - Community action agencies.
49.273 - Research, investigations.
49.275 - Cooperation with federal government.
49.32 - Department; powers and duties.
49.325 - County department budgets and contracts.
49.34 - Purchase of care and services.
49.343 - Rates for residential care centers, group homes, and child welfare agencies.
49.348 - Recidivism reduction program.
49.35 - Public assistance; supervisory functions of department.
49.36 - Work experience program for noncustodial parents.
49.37 - Offender reentry demonstration project.
49.38 - Menominee Enterprises, Inc., bonds, acquisition.
49.385 - No action against members of the Menominee Indian tribe in certain cases.
49.45 - Medical assistance; administration.
49.452 - Counting promissory notes as assets for certain Medical Assistance programs.
49.453 - Divestment of assets.
49.454 - Treatment of trust amounts.
49.455 - Protection of income and resources of couple for maintenance of community spouse.
49.46 - Medical assistance; recipients of social security aids.
49.463 - Ineligibility for noncompliance with child support determinations and obligations.
49.465 - Presumptive medical assistance eligibility.
49.468 - Expanded medicare buy-in.
49.47 - Medical assistance; medically indigent.
49.472 - Medical assistance purchase plan.
49.475 - Information about assistance program beneficiaries; electronic submission of claims.
49.49 - Medical assistance offenses.
49.493 - Benefits under uninsured health plans.
49.496 - Recovery of correct medical assistance payments.
49.498 - Requirements for skilled nursing facilities.
49.499 - Nursing facility resident protection.
49.68 - Aid for treatment of kidney disease.
49.682 - Recovery from estates; disease aids and funeral expenses.
49.683 - Cystic fibrosis aids.
49.685 - Hemophilia treatment services.
49.686 - AZT and pentamidine reimbursement program.
49.687 - Disease aids; patient requirements; rebate agreements; cost containment.
49.688 - Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons.
49.70 - County home; establishment.
49.703 - County homes; commitments; admissions.
49.71 - County hospitals; establishment.
49.713 - County hospitals; admissions.
49.72 - County infirmaries; establishment.
49.723 - County infirmaries, admissions; standards.
49.726 - County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients.
49.729 - County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings.
49.73 - Residential care institutions; establishment.
49.74 - Institutions subject to chapter 150.
49.76 - Department duties relating to hunger prevention.
49.77 - State supplemental payments.
49.775 - Payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients.
49.776 - Payment of support arrears.
49.78 - Income maintenance administration.
49.79 - Food stamp administration.
49.791 - Substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment for employment and training programs.
49.793 - Recovery of food stamps.
49.796 - Food stamp reinstatement.
49.797 - Electronic benefit transfer.
49.81 - Public assistance recipients' bill of rights.
49.82 - Administration of public assistance programs.
49.823 - Public benefit database review.
49.825 - Department administration in Milwaukee County.
49.826 - Administration of child care provider services in certain counties.
49.83 - Limitation on giving information.
49.835 - Statements in applications.
49.84 - Verification of public assistance applications.
49.845 - Fraud investigation and error reduction.
49.846 - Jurisdiction of the department of justice.
49.847 - Recovery of incorrect payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.849 - Recovery of correct payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.852 - Delinquent support payments; pension plans.
49.853 - Financial record matching program.
49.854 - Liens against property for delinquent support payments.
49.855 - Certification of delinquent payments.
49.856 - Notification of delinquent payments.
49.858 - General provisions related to administrative support enforcement.
49.86 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
49.89 - Third party liability.