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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

59 1. (h) Name of Benefit or Service Program: Educational Support Services to Needy Students

2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services, and Activities: Wisconsin provides a number of services to needy students, pre-K through grade 12, including: reducing class sizes for low-income students; providing more resources for needy students in rural districts; and providing more resources for students in high poverty districts.

3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: TANF Purpose(s): (a) Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives; (b) End the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; (c) Prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and (d) Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

4. Program Type (Check one)

__x___ This Program is operated under the TANF program ______ This Program is a Separate State program

5. Description of Work Activities (Complete only if this program is a Separate State program)

6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $75,005,722

7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $75,005,722

8. Total Number of Families Served under the Program with MOE funds: 374,558 This last figure represents (check one):

______ The average monthly total for the fiscal year

___x__ The total served over the fiscal year

9. Financial Eligibility Criteria for Receiving MOE-funded Program Benefits or Services: Eligibility for Federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch Program

10. Prior Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? (check one)

Yes ______No ___x__