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Published under s. 35.93, Wis. Stats., by the Legislative Reference Bureau. 9 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DCF 101.16 ment position for an applicant who fails to complete required un- subsidized employment search activities or an applicant who fails to accept a bona fide offer of employment without good cause un- der s. DCF 101.20. 3. As a condition of eligibility, a Wisconsin works agency may require an applicant for a Wisconsin works employment po- sition to participate in job orientation while the application is be- ing processed. In this subdivision, “job orientation” means activ- ities designed to help applicants prepare for work by learning general workplace expectations, work behavior and attitudes nec- essary to successfully compete in the labor market, help an appli- cant build self-esteem and increase an applicant’s self- confidence. 4. A Wisconsin works agency may require a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position to engage in training ac- tivities permitted as part of the participant’s placement under sub. (2), (3) or (4) and included in the W-2 participant’s employability plan. (am) Review process for participants in a case management services for job-ready individuals placement. Every 30 days that a Wisconsin works agency has provided case management ser- vices to a participant in a case management services for job-ready individuals placement and the participant has not obtained un- subsidized employment after legitimate efforts to secure employ- ment, the agency shall review the participant’s case to determine whether the participant should continue in the case management services for job-ready individuals placement or be placed in a trial employment match program job under s. 49.147 (3), Stats., community service job, or transitional placement. In reviewing the participant’s case, the Wisconsin works agency shall consider all of the following: 1. Whether the participant obtained interviews or job offers that matched the participant’s skills, abilities, and interests. 2. Whether previously identified barriers that could be ad- dressed with Wisconsin works services were addressed effectively. 3. Whether previously unidentified barriers have been identified. (b) Job search assistance. A Wisconsin works agency shall assist a participant with the search for unsubsidized employment. In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wis- consin works agency shall give priority to placement in unsubsi- dized employment over placements under subs. (2) to (4). (2) TRIAL EMPLOYMENT MATCH PROGRAM JOBS. (a) In deter- mining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give priority to placement in a trial employ- ment match program job over a placement in a community ser- vice job or transitional placement under subs. (3) and (4). (b) 1. A Wisconsin works agency shall pay a wage subsidy to an employer that employs a participant in a trial employment match program job and agrees to make a good faith effort to re- tain the participant as a permanent unsubsidized employee after the wage subsidy is terminated. 2. The wage subsidy for full-time employment of a partici- pant may not exceed the amount provided under s. 49.147 (3) (a), Stats. For less than full-time employment of a participant during a month, the wage subsidy may not exceed a dollar amount deter- mined by multiplying the amount provided under s. 49.147 (3) (a), Stats., for full-time employment of a participant by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours worked by the par- ticipant in the month and the denominator of which is the number of hours which would be required for full-time employment in that month. (c) Education or training activities. A trial employment match program job includes education and training activities, as prescribed by the employer as an integral part of work performed in the trial employment match program job. (d) Worker’s compensation. The employer shall provide the participant with worker’s compensation coverage as provided un- der s. DCF 101.14 (2) (c). (e) Time-limited participation. 1. A W-2 participant may participate in a trial employment match program job for a maxi- mum of 3 months, with an opportunity for a 3-month extension under circumstances determined by the Wisconsin works agency. A participant may participate in more than one trial employment match program job, but may not exceed a total of 24 months of participation under this subsection. The months need not be consecutive. 2. The department, or the Wisconsin works agency with the approval of the department, may grant an extension of the 24- month limit on a case-by-case basis if the participant has made all appropriate efforts to find unsubsidized employment and has been unable to find unsubsidized employment because local la- bor market conditions preclude a reasonable job opportunity for that participant, as determined by a Wisconsin works agency and approved by the department. (3) COMMUNITY SERVICE JOB. (a) In determining an appro- priate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin works agency shall give placement in a community service job priority over a transitional placement under sub. (4). After each 6 months of an individual’s participation under this subsection and at the conclu- sion of each assignment under this subsection, a Wisconsin works agency shall reassess the individual’s employability. (b) Education or training activities. A CSJ participant may be required to participate in education and training activities as- signed as part of an employability plan developed by the Wiscon- sin works agency. Permissible education and training activities shall include only the following: 1. A course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4), Stats., for the granting of a declaration of equiva- lency of high school graduation. 2. Technical college courses. 3. Educational courses that provide an employment skill. 4. English as a 2nd language courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual’s efforts to obtain employment. 5. Adult basic education courses that the Wisconsin works agency determines would facilitate an individual’s efforts to ob- tain employment. 6. Employer-sponsored training. (c) Required hours. 1. Except as provided in par. (d) and s. 49.147 (4) (av) and (5m), Stats., a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in a community service job program to work not more than 40 hours per week in a community service job. Except as provided in subd. 2., a Wisconsin works agency may require a participant placed in the community service job program to participate in education or training activities under par. (b) for not more than 10 hours per week, but may not require a participant placed in a community service job program to par- ticipate in more than 40 hours per week in combined activities. 2. A W-2 agency may aggregate education and training activ- ities hours in combination with work activities to allow partici- pants access to approved training programs which may require more than 10 hours per week within the first months of participa- tion in a CSJ. The FEP shall modify the participant’s employa- bility plan to reflect the aggregated education and training activi- ties hours. Failure to participate in the aggregated education and Published under s. 35.93, Stats. Updated on the first day of each month. Entire code is always current. The Register date on each page is the date the chapter was last published. Register May 2026 No. 845