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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

10 6. CMP placements are for pregnant women who do not have custody of any children. Activities include job search, child care related activities, and activities designed to reduce barriers to employment. Once the child is born, the participant may be eligible for the paid CMC placement, discussed above. CMPs typically transition to the CMC placement after the birth of the child. 7. CMD placements are for individuals who have reached their W-2 time limit and are no longer eligible for a W-2 paid placement. Activities include help to match the individual to employment, to connect the individual and family to services in the community, and to reassess on a monthly basis whether the individual is eligible for an extension. (See W-2 Manual Chapter 7.)

Time Limits The maximum period of participation in a TEMP, CSJ, or W-2 T placement is limited to 24 months for each placement. Extensions of the 24month limit may be available on a limited basis when barriers exist that prevent employment. (See W-2 Manual, Chapter 2.) Under provisions of 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, Wisconsin changed its maximum lifetime limit from 60 months for W-2 participation to 48 months, as well as the criteria for approving extensions. Under the amended statute, W-2 agencies may grant extensions of the 48-month lifetime limit if they determine, in accordance with rules promulgated by DCF, that an individual is experiencing hardship or that the individual’s family includes a member who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. Act 55 also contained non-statutory language that gives DCF discretion to allow individuals participating in W-2 on the effective date of the 48- month lifetime limit to remain in W-2 for an appropriate time beyond 48 months in order to allow for transition out of W-2. DCF promulgated rules to define “hardship” and the criteria for the transition period, which was implemented November 1, 2021 (See W-2 Manual Chapter 2.)

Hardship Definition From Wis. Admin. Code DCF 101.095(5) A W-2 agency may, subject to subs. (6) and (7), extend the 48-month lifetime limit under sub. (1) if the agency determines that the individual meets the conditions in par. (a) or (b) as follows: (a) Hardship. The individual is experiencing hardship due to any of the following: 1. The individual is unable to work due to a personal disability or incapacitation. 2. The individual needs to remain at home to care for a member of the individual's Wisconsin works group whose incapacity is so severe that without in-home care provided by the individual the health and well-being of the Wisconsin works group member would be significantly affected. 3. The individual has significant limitations to employment such as any of the following: a. Low achievement ability, learning disability, or emotional problems of such severity that they prevent the individual from obtaining or retaining unsubsidized employment but are not sufficient to meet the criteria for eligibility for supplemental security income under 42 USC 1383c or social security disability insurance under 42 USC 401 to 433. b. Family problems of such severity that they prevent the individual from obtaining or retaining unsubsidized employment.