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Example 2: Rhonda has two (2) children: Roberta (age 6) and Chad (age 8). She does not have authorizations for the children during the school year, but she previously requested authorizations for June 1 – August 31 for both children. On May 8, Rhonda reports that she lost her job that day, and is placed in an ACTS period for June 1 – August 31. Because the summer authorizations did not start prior to the day that Rhonda lost her job (May 8), she is not able to keep the future authorizations. The agency worker must delete the future authorizations for both children. Rhonda may still maintain Wisconsin Shares eligibility without authorizations.

Example 3: Pam had a part-time authorization during the school year for her child, Tina, for February 1 – June 12 and then a full-time summer authorization for June 20 – August 31. On June 20, she reports to the local agency that she lost her job on June 15. Pam’s ACTS period will be July 1 – September 30. Tina’s full-time authorization may not be used for Pam’s ACTS period because it has not started by the date Pam lost her job. However, she may choose to maintain the hours from the part-time authorization during the ACTS period because that authorization started prior to the day that Pam lost her job.

Example 4: Catalina has one (1) child, Javier (age 8). Javier had an authorization from January 1 – March 22 at Rosa’s Playhouse. On April 20, Catalina reports that she started maternity leave on April 18. A TBRK period is created from May 1 – the next renewal. The agency worker extends Javier’s authorization to the next renewal because the authorization ended within the 30 days prior to the first day of Catalina’s maternity leave (April 18).

Example 5: Nan has an authorization for her child, Mai, to Sparkling Stars from March 3 – June 30. She recently lost her job and was placed in an ACTS period for June 1 – August 31. On June 25, she reports that after Mai’s authorization ends on June 30, Mai will be attending a day camp through the end of summer. However, the day camp does not have a slot available for Mai until July 5. Mai is not eligible for an authorization to the day camp because there is a gap between the end of Mai’s enrollment at Sparkling Stars on June 30 and the begin date of her attendance at the day camp on July 5. If Mai’s attendance at the day camp started the day after her enrollment with Sparkling Stars ended, she would be eligible for an authorization to the day camp because there would be no gap between authorizations.

This section last updated 7/1/2026

Section 17.2.3 Ending Activity Break Period Authorizations Eligibility will end systematically at the end of an ACTS if a parent has not started a new verified approved activity. If the parent has not returned to their approved activity by the end of a TBRK, eligibility will systematically end in CWW (see 5.3.1). Authorizations will end systematically in CSAW on the last day of the last month in which the child was