Handbook References:

For BadgerCare+, see the BC+ Handbook chapter 4 Citizenship and Immigration Status

For Medicaid (elderly, blind, or disabled individuals) see the Medicaid Eligibility Handbook chapter 7 U.S. Citizen or Qualifying Immigrants

For CARES processing, see the CWW Process Help chapter 68 Citizenship and Identity Verification.  Note that only users with CARES access can use this site.  For non-CARES users, see the Documentation/Verification Code List.

Other links:

• Operations Memorandum 09-23 
• Recently Asked Questions (RAQ)
• Documentation/ Verification Code List
• Directory of Vital Records Contacts  (exit DHS)
• Obtaining a Wisconsin State Identity Card 
  
• IM Agency Forms for requesting out of state birth certificates:
  
  • State Vital Records Cover Letter  (Word 32KB)
  • Authorization to Request Birth Records  (Word 76KB)
    

• Publications
  

  • Brochure, P-10162 (English)

  • Fact Sheet*,  P-10159 (English), (Spanish), (Hmong)

  • Poster*, P-10158 (English), (Spanish), (Hmong)
    

• Letter to Clients Regarding Documentation Requirements  (English), (Spanish)
  
• Affidavits/Statements of Identity and Citizenship
  
  • Statement of Identity for Persons in Institutional Care Facilities,  HCF 10175 (English) 
  • Special Populations,  F-10161 (English)
  • Children Under 18,  F-10154 (English) (Spanish) 
   

* Paper copies available by request from the DHFS forms center.