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Process: If the child welfare professional involved in the child’s case can provide the biological or adoptive parents’ income and AG size, the agency worker must enter the information on the Manual Child Care Eligibility page in CWW. The agency worker must manually determine the FPL based on the income amount and AG size. If the family’s FPL is 200% or less, the agency worker must enter “S – Passes the income test” as the Eligibility Result.

If the biological parent’s income is more than 200% FPL, the agency worker must enter “F – Fails the income test” as the Eligibility Result. Eligibility is then systematically tested against the caregiver household income at 200% FPL. If the caregivers’ household income exceeds 200% FPL, the children in out-of-home care are not eligible for Wisconsin Shares.

If the child welfare professional is unable to provide the biological or adoptive parents’ income and AG size, the agency worker must leave the Family Size and Total Income fields blank and enter “S – Passes the income test” as the Eligibility Result. The agency worker must enter a case comment (see 12.1) that the child welfare professional was unable to provide the information.

Note: This financial eligibility determination and verification exception is separate from the requirement that all parents must verify participation in approved activity (see 7.8)

For Wisconsin Shares, approval to receive the Kinship Care payment qualifies as receiving the Kinship Care payment. Being on the waitlist does not qualify as receipt of a Kinship Care payment. Proof of Kinship Care payment approval may be provided by written confirmation from or collateral contact with the Kinship Care Coordinator.

Note: Confirmation provided by the Kinship Care Coordinator must state that the Kinship Care payment has been approved. Stating that the family will probably receive the Kinship Care payment does not qualify as approval to receive a Kinship Care payment.

If the Kinship Care payment status is verified through collateral contact, the agency worker must enter a case comment (see 12.1) that includes the name and title of the individual with whom the agency worker had contact, the telephone number or email address, the date and time of the conversation or email response, and whether the family has been approved to receive the payment.

Foster care parents, subsidized guardians, interim caretakers, relatives with court- ordered placement who receive the Kinship Care payment and individuals caring for children in tribal placement homes under a substantially similar Wisconsin tribal law who need Wisconsin Shares for their biological or adopted children must meet financial