10.5.2 Protective and Vendor Payments

If mismanagement of funds is a threat to the health and safety of a child in the W-2 Wisconsin Works group as determined by the FEP Financial and Employment Planner , all or part of the CSJ Community Service Job or W-2 T W-2 Transition payment may be a:

Protective payment;

Vendor Payment Payment made on behalf of the household by a third party to another source ; or

Combination of a direct payment, protective payment, and/or vendor payment.

The agency must investigate reports of mismanagement before initiating protective or vendor payments.

The W-2 agency must document in the case record the:

Reason for the authorization of protective or vendor payments;

Name of the eligible participant;

Name of the protective or vendor payee; and

Amount and form of payment authorized.

Participants may voluntarily choose to receive all or part of the CSJ or W-2 T payment as a protective payment or vendor payment, without being subject to an investigation by a FEP into the participant’s use of funds.