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This page last updated in Release Number: 23-03 Release Date: 08/14/2023 Effective Date: 08/14/2023 19.2 Releasing Information 19.2.1 Disclosure Without Consent DHS and its contractees may disclose information from the agency record to other programs routinely and without the person's consent for a purpose compatible with the data's collection. Income Maintenance (IM) agencies may disclose information from that record to the following compatible agencies: 1. County child support agencies. 2. County departments of social or human services. 3. DHS-contracted county, tribal, and private W-2 agencies. 4. Weatherization agencies under contract with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) providing weatherization services to low income persons. 5. Tribal agencies administering DHS programs. 6. General relief/assistance agencies. 7. State of Wisconsin DCF staff for administering W-2. 8. FSET agencies administering the FoodShare Employment and Training program. 9. Any fiscal agent of the state administering benefit payments under the BadgerCare Plus program (currently Gainwell Technologies). 10. The Social Security Administration for administering the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. 11. Local public housing authorities where the member applies for public housing or for federal rent assistance. 12. DWD, Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI) for computer matching to Unemployment Insurance Benefit payments. 13. Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) agencies to the extent that the information is necessary to determine JTPA program eligibility. 14. Any other federally assisted program providing cash or in-kind assistance or services directly to persons on the basis of need. Federally-assisted school food service programs are included in this category. Families may apply for free or reduced meals in that program. Do not provide a school or school district with a list of students receiving FoodShare. However, if the school requests you to confirm the recipient status of a child or a list of children who have applied for free or reduced meals, provide the confirmation. 15. US Comptroller General's Office. 16. Any official conducting an investigation, prosecution, or civil proceeding in connection with the administration of an Income Maintenance program. They must submit to the agency a written request to obtain information. The request must include the identity of the person requesting the information, their authority to request, the violation being investigated, and identify the person being investigated. Do not apply this restriction to the agency’s District Attorney or fraud investigator. 17. Persons directly connected with the administration or enforcement of the programs which are required to participate in the state income and eligibility verification system (IEVS), to the extent