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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

19 regarding Foreign Earned Income. This program falls under Purpose 2, reducing the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage

Educational Support Services to Needy Students DPI administers funding that assists needy families and their children through educational and non-educational programs provided through the public school system. Wisconsin anticipates claiming for MOE in the Plan period only aid programs that are highly targeted to provide enhanced services to needy families and the portion of the expenditure that is reasonably allocable to eligible families, based on those qualifying for free-and-reduced lunch programs. Specifically: • State-funded School Nutrition Programs (state supplemental funding for school lunch and breakfast programs, and a state funded “School Day Milk” program); and • The Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program. This program replaced the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program, and only schools that previously participated in SAGE are permitted to participate in AGR. Under SAGE, DPI made grants to schools with a high percentage of low-income pupils which agreed to reduce classroom sizes and enact certain other policies. The other policies included a curriculum designed to improve academic achievement and a requirement to keep the school open every day for extended hours to make educational and recreational opportunities, as well as community and social services available in the school for all district residents. The last SAGE contracts expired at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Under AGR, schools continue to provide highly targeted programming (intended to reduce achievement gaps) not generally available in Wisconsin public schools and will be reimbursed by DPI as a payment for each low-income pupil attending an AGR classroom. AGR schools must implement one or more of the following in K-3 classrooms: 1. Maintain the 18:1 or 30:2 pupil-teacher ratios in place under SAGE; and/or 2. Provide one-to-one tutoring by a licensed teacher; and/or 3. Provide one or more licensed teachers to offer instructional coaching. Students are eligible for this program if they receive free or reduced-price lunch. Based on a 2023 notice from USDA, the free lunch income threshold is 130 percent FPL, while reduced price is 185 percent FPL. Categorical eligibility for FRL can also be extended through SNAP or TANF participation, as well as enrollment in Head Start (or other pre-K programs with same or stricter eligibility than Head Start) or status as homeless, a migrant, runaway, or foster child. This program falls under Purpose 1, assisting needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes.

Energy Services DOA administers the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP), TANF, and state funds that assist needy families (those under 60 percent of the State Median Income adjusted for family size) with utility and energy bills, reconnection services, crisis intervention services (e.g. furnace replacements), and weatherization services. TANF and TANF MOE funds are used only for families with children. This program falls under Purpose 1, assisting needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes.

In-Home Safety Services DCF administers child welfare services in Milwaukee County through the Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS). DMCPS contracts with local service agencies