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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

9 approval, for activities that help them prepare for work and the demands of being a parent.

W-2 Subsidized Employment Placement The W-2 program’s subsidized employment placement is the Trial Employment Match Program (TEMP) job placement. TEMP job placements are for individuals who have some basic employment skills but still need some assistance and work experience to succeed in unsubsidized employment. An individual working in a TEMP job earns at least minimum wage, and the W-2 agency subsidizes all or a portion of the hourly wages paid to the individual by the employer. There are two TEMP placements: TEMP for custodial parents (CPs) and TEMP for non-custodial parents (NCPs). TEMP placements are available to CPs and NCPs statewide as of January 1, 2019. NCP TEMP is an exception to the general requirement that W-2 participants be CPs. An NCP that is cooperating with child support and shares a child in common with a CP who is in W-2 or receiving a Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy (due to participation in other qualifying activities, typically unsubsidized employment), is eligible for a TEMP job and enhanced case management, including a monetary stipend for up to four months.

W-2 Unpaid Placements The W-2 program’s unpaid placements are: Case Management Job Ready (CMJ); Case Management Follow-Up (CMF); Case Management for Underemployed (CMU); Case Management for Non-Custodial Parents (CMN); Case Management for Minor Parents (CMM); Case Management for Pregnant Women (CMP); and Case Management Denied (CMD). 1. CMJ placements are for unemployed individuals who are able to find and keep employment. The goal of the CMJ placement is to rapidly connect individuals who are job ready to employment. CMJ participants are generally assigned to employment search, career planning, and job readiness/motivation activities. 2. CMF placements support job retention for 12 months for on-going W-2 participants who progress from a paid placement to unsubsidized employment. CMF activities encourage participants to stay employed and advance in their careers. Qualifying CMF placed participants may be eligible for a worker supplement, known as CMF+. 3. CMU placements are for employed applicants who do not have any barriers to full-time employment and meet the W-2 nonfinancial and financial eligibility requirements. The goal of CMU is to give participants the assistance they need to stay employed and advance in their careers. CMU placements are also for participants that participated in the CMF placement for twelve months and wish to receive additional case management services. 4. CMN placements are for NCPs of children whose CP is either participating in W-2 or receiving subsidized child care assistance. CMN activities may include employment search, job retention services, career advancement services, and education and training. A stipend may be paid to NCPs who are unemployed, participating in education and training in certain counties, and are not ready for a TEMP job. 5. CMM placements are for custodial minor parents. Case management services include providing individuals with information on family planning services, available child care services to enable the individual to complete school, employment and training services, and eligibility for other programs, including medical assistance and nutrition programs.