36-Month Certification Periods for Certain Eligible FoodShare Households and New Option to Budget One-Time Medical Expenses
36-Month Certification Periods for Certain Eligible FoodShare Households and New Option to Budget One-Time Medical Expenses
This memo announces a new policy of 36-month FoodShare certification periods for certain elderly, blind, or disabled (EBD) FoodShare households. It also announces a new option to budget one-time medical expense deductions for FoodShare households with 36-month certification periods.
FoodShare Work Requirement Time Limit Suspension for High Unemployment Areas for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
FoodShare Work Requirement Time Limit Suspension for High Unemployment Areas for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
This operations memo announces updates to the suspension of the FoodShare work requirement time limit for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) who live in geographic areas experiencing unemployment at higher rates than the national average.
Social Services Block Grant – 2025 Eligibility Requirements
Social Services Block Grant – 2025 Eligibility Requirements
This memo states the eligibility categories and standards for the 2025 Social Services Block Grant. It supersedes DMS Numbered Memo 2023-03/Numbered and DSP Memo Series 2016-27.
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program Statement on the National Tuberculosis Coalition of America (NTCA) Guidelines for Respiratory Isolation and Restrictions to Reduce Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Community Settings (2024)
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program Statement on the National Tuberculosis Coalition of America (NTCA) Guidelines for Respiratory Isolation and Restrictions to Reduce Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Community Settings (2024)
Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread from person to person through the air when someone with active infectious tuberculosis (TB) coughs, sings, or speaks. Isolation is the practice of separating individuals with infectious TB from others to prevent the spread of infection. In Wisconsin, most patients with infectious TB reside at home or in another community setting during the required isolation period.
FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments
FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments
The purpose of this Operations Memo is to announce the FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA), new Standard Utility Allowance (SUA), and federal standard deductions for meals provided by self-employed child care providers for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025. FFY 2025 is October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
Continued Fiscal Responsibility Act Update to the FoodShare Work Requirement
Continued Fiscal Responsibility Act Update to the FoodShare Work Requirement
This operations memo announces an age change related to the FoodShare work requirement for members who are Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD).
Wisconsin Shares Safe at Home Participant Authorization Card
Wisconsin Shares Safe at Home Participant Authorization Card
The purpose of this operations memo is to inform local agencies of a change in policy regarding the collection of verification for Safe at Home participants.
DHS Actions to Address County Waiver Agency (CWA) Failure to Meet CLTS Program Enrollment Timeliness Requirements
DHS Actions to Address County Waiver Agency (CWA) Failure to Meet CLTS Program Enrollment Timeliness Requirements
This memo describes the steps that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will take to address county waiver agencies (CWAs) that fail to meet the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program’s enrollment timeliness requirements for eligible participants.