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Jobs for America’s Graduates Students need more than a diploma to be successful, especially students facing challenges like poverty, trauma, and other situations that put them at risk of learning loss and disconnection. Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) improves social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive TANF in an in-school program that provides the support, connections, and training these students need to transition to adulthood. Eligibility is for youth from households with income at or below 200 percent FPL. Students who take part in this program have multiple barriers that traditionally prevent students from graduating high school on time. This program is designed to specifically address those barriers. Graduating participants in this program receive 12 months of follow- up services to ensure they are successfully transitioning into employment, post-secondary education, or the military. Foundations of JAG include: • Project Based Learning • Employer Engagement • Trauma Informed Care

Current TANF funding results in $1 million in total funding. Wis. Stat. § 49.175 (1)(LM). This program falls under Purpose 1, as it supports keeping TANF-eligible youth in school through graduation and provides supportive services to assist participants with transitioning to work, military, and/or post-secondary education.

Wisconsin’s Non-TANF Programs and Services In addition to Wisconsin’s other TANF programs and services, DCF supports a number of non- TANF programs and services, described below, that assist needy families and children.

Note: Some of these programs and services are identified as part of the state’s annual determination of TANF MOE while other programs and services may not be counted for TANF MOE based on specific requirements of TANF MOE. Programs and services supported by state funding which are not identified in other sections of this Plan are described below

Substance-Abuse Screening and Testing for Work Experience Programs 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 created a program under which NCPs eligible for services (including a TEMP placement) under W-2, all applicants for the TMJ or TJ programs (described in this plan), and all NCPs ordered by a court to participate in the Children First work-experience and job-training program (also described in this plan) are required to complete a controlled- substance abuse screening questionnaire. If, on the basis of answers to the questionnaire, the administering agency determines there is a reasonable suspicion that the individual is abusing a controlled substance, the individual must undergo a drug test. Individuals who test positive for a controlled substance without evidence of a valid prescription are required to participate in a treatment program in order to remain eligible for W-2 NCP services, TMJ, TJ, or Children First. DCF is required to pay or reimburse its contractors for testing and treatment costs that are not covered by Medical Assistance (MA) or insurance in effect covering the individual. 2017 Wisconsin Act 195 also created the “Hire Heroes” program, a transitional jobs program for veterans, administered by Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD), under which the screening, testing, and treatment requirements also apply to program applicants and participants. Wis. Stat. § 49.162