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24 If an SSN is not provided by the verification due date (see 7.4), the child without an SSN is no longer eligible for authorizations. Eligibility may continue for other children in the Wisconsin Shares AG for whom a valid SSN has been provided.

This section last updated 7/1/2026

Section 4.7 Child Support Cooperation Each parent in the Wisconsin Shares Assistance Group (AG) must cooperate with the Child Support Agency (CSA) only when there is a new child care program request (application or program add) and at renewal for all their minor biological or adopted children over the age of 60 days, unless a good cause exception has been granted for a particular child (see 4.7.4).

Cooperation means that the custodial parent must assist with: • Identifying and locating an absent parent • Establishing the legal parentage of any child of the custodial parent • Obtaining any support payments or any other payments or property to which that parent and any minor child of that parent may have rights

Relatives or non-relative adults caring for a child that is not their biological or adopted child are not required to cooperate with the CSA for that child.

The Income Maintenance (IM) Agency must refer the following individuals through CWW to the local CSA: • Unmarried pregnant women, including minors • Families where the biological or adoptive parent is absent from the home (but not cases where the absence is due to military service) • Non-marital co-parent cases (families where the parents either are not married to each other or were not married to each other when the child was conceived or born), when paternity has not been established

For more information about the automated Client Assistance for Re-employment and Economic Support (CARES) referral process, see Process Help Sections 11.3.3 and 10.2.

Establishing Legal Parentage For non-marital children, parentage is legally established by a court order, a Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment (VPA) form (F-05024) filed with the Wisconsin Vital Records office, or through the administrative paternity process, in which genetic testing establishes the man as the father and paternity is entered in the Kids Information Data System (KIDS) system by the CSA. When paternity is established using any of these