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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

11 4. The individual has made all appropriate efforts to find work and is unable to find employment because local labor market conditions preclude a reasonable job opportunity. In this subdivision, “reasonable job opportunity” means a job that pays at least minimum wage and conforms to all applicable federal and state laws. The W-2 agency shall document at least one of the following: a. The inability of W-2 participants with similar skills, or engaged in job searches in similar geographic and occupational areas, to find unsubsidized jobs. b. The unavailability of jobs in labor market sectors that match the individual's skills, as supported by specific examples of layoffs in these labor market sectors or by labor market data published by the department of workforce development or the United States department of labor. c. The unavailability of jobs in the labor market within a reasonable distance and travel time of the individual's home, as supported by specific examples of layoffs in this labor market or by labor market data published by the department of workforce development or the United States bureau of labor statistics. 5. The individual is unable to work to due to current participation in a substance abuse treatment program certified to provide treatment for substance abuse under ss. DHS 75.10 to 75.15 or psychosocial rehabilitation services as approved by the department. (a) Battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. The individual's Wisconsin works group includes a member who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty based on the fact that the member has been subjected to any of the following: 1. Physical acts that resulted in, or threatened to result in, physical injury to the individual. 2. Sexual abuse. 3. Sexual activity involving a dependent child. 4. Being forced as the caretaker relative of a dependent child to engage in nonconsensual sexual acts or activities. 5. Threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse. 6. Mental abuse. 7. Neglect or deprivation of medical care.

Drug Felons If a participant in a CSJ or W-2 T placement was convicted in any state or federal court of a drug-related felony within five years of applying for a W-2 paid placement, the individual must submit to a test for use of a controlled substance as a condition of continued eligibility.

If the test results are positive, the W-2 agency must decrease the pre-sanction benefit amount for that participant by up to 15 percent for no fewer than 12 months, or for the remainder of the participant's period of participation in the employment position, if less than 12 months. The W-2 agency may also require an individual who tests positive for use of a controlled substance to participate in a drug abuse evaluation, assessment, and treatment program as part of the work or education and training requirements for that employment position. The participant will be required to take another drug test at the end of the sanction