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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

38 In addition, the following elements of the design of the W-2 program implements Wisconsin’s goals to prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies in the population served by W-2: 1. Flat grants: W-2 provides payments based on participation, not family size. 2. Family cap: W-2 does not treat parents who have additional children while on assistance differently for W-2 time limits. Parents caring for a child who is younger than eight weeks old may be eligible to receive a monthly payment for their living expenses that does not include a work requirement. However, parents receiving such payments are exempt from the state lifetime limit only if the child is born less than ten months after the individual was first determined eligible for W-2 or if the child was the result of sexual assault or incest. 3. Case management: W-2 FEPs may counsel participants to delay subsequent births or provide referrals to family planning services. FEPs assist participants in making choices about their career and family, make appropriate referrals based on the family’s needs, and encourage the use of resources available to families. Each W-2 agency maintains a list of family-planning referral agencies and health care providers which is available to all customers.

Boys and Girls Club

DCF provides grants to Boys and Girls Clubs (BGC) to operate two programs in Wisconsin. TANF funds from DCF are used to fund the Wisconsin After 3 program, and the BE GREAT: Graduate program. Funds are provided to the Boys and Girls Club of Fox Valley (BGCFV), who acts as the fiscal agent, and distributes funding to other clubs providing programs throughout the state.

Wisconsin After 3 Boys and Girls Club provides a program to support afterschool programming focused on improving fluency in reading and math and career preparation for low-income youth. Services provided through this program are the Stride Online Learning Academy, NBA Math Hoops, Power Hour/Homework Help, and Career Launch. These services focus on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models.

BE GREAT: Graduate BGC provides the BE GREAT: Graduate afterschool program focused on increasing academic achievement, school engagement, and college and career readiness among low-income youth identified as being at risk of dropping out of high school.

BE GREAT: Graduate follows the evidence-based Check and Connect program model, which links each student with a Graduation Coach to provide weekly interactions with a positive adult and includes intentional efforts to establish a connection between each student’s school, parents, and BGC.

Brighter Futures Under the administration of DCF, the Brighter Futures program awarded grants to private nonprofit and public agencies in Milwaukee County, and county social services agencies in other counties, and tribes. These grants, which fund programs for the prevention of non-marital pregnancy, youth violence, substance use and abuse, and child abuse and neglect, and the promotion of self-sufficiency for pregnant adolescents and adolescents who are parents.