2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 49. Public assistance and children and family services.
49.173 Workforce attachment and advancement program.

49.173

49.173 Workforce attachment and advancement program.

49.173(1)

(1) The department shall distribute funds to Wisconsin works agencies and to local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 to provide all of the following to any person who is eligible for the federal temporary assistance to needy families program under 42 USC 601 et. seq.:

49.173(1)(a)

(a) Job readiness training and job placement services to unemployed persons.

49.173(1)(b)

(b) Basic job skills development to unemployed or recently employed persons.

49.173(1)(c)

(c) Services to assist recently employed persons with job retention.

49.173(1)(d)

(d) Incumbent worker training to promote job advancement and increased earnings.

49.173(1)(e)

(e) Services to employers to assist them in retaining workers and providing workers with position advancement.

49.173(2)

(2)

49.173(2)(a)

(a) The department shall allocate a portion of the amount to be distributed under sub. (1) and shall distribute that portion in equal amounts among all of the Wisconsin works agencies.

49.173(2)(b)

(b) The department shall distribute the amount that remains after the distribution under par. (a) to each Wisconsin works agency and local workforce development board based on the criteria specified in sub. (3).

49.173(3)

(3)

49.173(3)(a)

(a) The department shall allocate and distribute funds under sub. (2) (b) to Wisconsin works agencies based on the number of persons in all of the following case categories served by that Wisconsin works agency:

49.173(3)(a)1.

1. Case management.

49.173(3)(a)2.

2. Food stamp employment and training.

49.173(3)(a)3.

3. Diversion, as defined by the department.

49.173(3)(a)4.

4. Noncustodial parents.

49.173(3)(a)5.

5. Child care.

49.173(3)(b)

(b) The department shall allocate and distribute to each local workforce development board funds under sub. (2) (b) based on a formula that takes into account all of the following:

49.173(3)(b)1.

1. The percentage of the population of the area served by the local board with an income at or below 200% of the poverty line.

49.173(3)(b)2.

2. Labor force participation.

49.173(3)(b)3.

3. The unemployment rate of the area served by the local board.

49.173(4)

(4) The department shall require recipients of the funds distributed under this section to meet performance standards that are based on employment placement for unemployed persons, job retention rates of the persons served by the fund recipients, increased earnings of the persons served by the fund recipients, and increased child support collections for noncustodial parents served by the fund recipients.

49.173 - ANNOT.

History: 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.