Contract requirements.
Each contract under sub. (1) shall contain performance-based incentives established by the department. The contract shall require a Wisconsin works agency to do all of the following:
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Each contract under sub. (1) shall contain performance-based incentives established by the department. The contract shall require a Wisconsin works agency to do all of the following:
Establish at least one community steering committee within 60 days after the date on which the contract is signed. A Wisconsin Works agency must establish as many committees as necessary to allow the representation required under subd. 1m. on each committee without exceeding the maximum number of members under subd. 1m. All of the following apply to a community steering committee created under this paragraph: 1m. The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint the members of the committee within the following parameters: a. The total number of members on the committee may not exceed 20. b. Each county that the Wisconsin Works agency serves must be represented on a committee by a member who is a representative of a county department responsible for economic development, of a city department responsible for economic development for a city that is in that county, or of the business community in that county. The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint at least one representative of business interests as a member of the committee. 2m. The members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson who shall be a person who represents business interests. 3m. The committee may foster and guide the entrepreneurial efforts of participants who are eligible for Wisconsin Works and provide mentors, both from its membership and from recruitment of members of the community, to provide job-related guidance, including assistance in resolving job-related issues and the provision of job leads or references, to persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. 4m. The committee shall do all of the following: a. Advise the Wisconsin works agency concerning employment and training activities. b. Identify and encourage employers to provide permanent jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. c. Create, and encourage others to create, subsidized jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. d. Create, and encourage others to create, work experience opportunities, including supported work experience, for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. e. Coordinate with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 to ensure compatibility of purpose and no duplication of effort.
The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint the members of the committee within the following parameters: a. The total number of members on the committee may not exceed 20. b. Each county that the Wisconsin Works agency serves must be represented on a committee by a member who is a representative of a county department responsible for economic development, of a city department responsible for economic development for a city that is in that county, or of the business community in that county. The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint at least one representative of business interests as a member of the committee.
The total number of members on the committee may not exceed 20.
Each county that the Wisconsin Works agency serves must be represented on a committee by a member who is a representative of a county department responsible for economic development, of a city department responsible for economic development for a city that is in that county, or of the business community in that county. The Wisconsin Works agency shall appoint at least one representative of business interests as a member of the committee.
The members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson who shall be a person who represents business interests.
The committee may foster and guide the entrepreneurial efforts of participants who are eligible for Wisconsin Works and provide mentors, both from its membership and from recruitment of members of the community, to provide job-related guidance, including assistance in resolving job-related issues and the provision of job leads or references, to persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works.
The committee shall do all of the following: a. Advise the Wisconsin works agency concerning employment and training activities. b. Identify and encourage employers to provide permanent jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. c. Create, and encourage others to create, subsidized jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. d. Create, and encourage others to create, work experience opportunities, including supported work experience, for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works. e. Coordinate with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 to ensure compatibility of purpose and no duplication of effort.
Advise the Wisconsin works agency concerning employment and training activities.
Identify and encourage employers to provide permanent jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works.
Create, and encourage others to create, subsidized jobs for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works.
Create, and encourage others to create, work experience opportunities, including supported work experience, for persons who are eligible for Wisconsin Works.
Coordinate with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 to ensure compatibility of purpose and no duplication of effort.
Employ at least one financial and employment planner. The financial and employment planner shall work with a participant to facilitate the participant’s achievement of the maximum degree of self-sufficiency. The department shall ensure that a financial and employment planner employed by a Wisconsin works agency meets certification and training requirements established by the department by rule and that appropriate training is provided by a Wisconsin works agency.
Employ staff, if necessary, to meet the needs of participants who are refugees and who have cultural or linguistic barriers to participation in Wisconsin works.
If a significant proportion of the population served by the Wisconsin works agency is comprised of a refugee group, employ staff that is proficient in the language of the refugee group to aid the financial and employment planner in locating appropriate employment opportunities that do not require English proficiency for participants who are members of that refugee group.
Provide, or contract with another person to provide, credit establishment and credit repair assistance to participants. Prior to providing, or contracting with another to provide, the assistance specified under this paragraph, the Wisconsin works agency shall submit a proposed plan for the provision of that assistance to the department.
If the Wisconsin works agency is not a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or tribal governing body, cooperate with the county department or tribal governing body to ensure that services delivered under Wisconsin works, the food stamp program and medical assistance are coordinated with the county or tribal governing body in a manner that most effectively serves the recipients of those services.
Determine eligibility for and administer child care assistance under s. 49.155, if the department contracts with the Wisconsin Works agency to do so.
Provide to every individual who requests assistance from the Wisconsin works agency a single-page description of all of the benefits and services that may be provided to any individual by the Wisconsin works agency. The department shall develop the description and distribute it to all Wisconsin works agencies. The department shall update the description as frequently as necessary to reflect all benefits and services that may be offered by Wisconsin works agencies.
Perform any other tasks specified by the department in the contract that the department determines are necessary for the administration of Wisconsin works.
If the Wisconsin Works agency is not a county department under s. 46.21, 46.22, or 46.23 or a tribal governing body, provide to the department, one year after the date on which the contract under sub. (1) was signed, a filing fee of $50 and an updated statement of economic interests that discloses the information specified in sub. (1) (ac) 1. a. to d.