9.3.3 Form and Documentation

W-2 agencies must use the Family Stabilization Payment Request form (5751) to track issuance of these payments; no other application form can be used. The Family Stabilization Payment Request form must be completed by the participant.

W-2 agencies must scan the completed form into ECF Electronic Case File under the APP scan code following disbursement of the funding. Additionally, for payments requiring Contract Administration Section Manager approval, the approval must be scanned into ECF with the Family Stabilization Payment Request form.

Workers must document in PIN comments when a participant requests a family stabilization payment and if the payment was approved or denied. Family stabilization payments are not tracked through the CARES Client Assistance for Reemployment and Economic Support system.

Workers must document family stabilization payments on the Supportive Services page in WWP Wisconsin Work Programs . (See 4.3.4 )

The W-2 agency may issue the payment to:

The participant; or

A third party by participant request.

Workers must offer the participant a choice in how this payment is issued, either to the participant or to a third party. Workers must document in PIN comments the details of the participant's preferred method of payment.

EXAMPLE : Stan receives a family stabilization payment at placement before his first initial W-2 payment. Stan participates in the W-2 program for six months and exits. Stan applies and is approved to enter the W-2 program again. He is in need of a mobile phone and money for phone payments. He is approved for a family stabilization payment for this, as it is before his initial W-2 payment and is his second family stabilization payment within 12 months.