Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security
Chapter DCF 103 - W-2 Worker Training
Section DCF 103.02 - Definitions

(1) "Automated system" means a computer-supported process used by the department, including CARES.

(2) "CARES" means the department's automated client assistance for re-employment and economic support.

Note: CARES is the automated system used by the Dept. of Children and Families to determine eligibility, calculate benefits, and retain data for W-2.

(3) "Case management" means the family-centered and goal-oriented process for assessing the needs of a W-2 group member and his or her family for employment, training, and supportive services and assisting the W-2 group member in obtaining services to achieve self-sufficiency.

(4) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of children and families.

(5) "Experienced financial and employment planner" or "experienced FEP" means a FEP employed by a W-2 agency directly or by subcontract who has completed initial FEP training.

(6) "Experienced resource specialist" means a resource specialist employed by a W-2 agency who has completed initial resource specialist training.

(7) "Financial and employment planner" or "FEP" means a case manager employed by a Wisconsin works agency directly or by subcontract who determines eligibility, assists in the process of determining eligibility, or performs case management functions. "FEP" includes a case manager who specializes in employment attachment and retention, assists W-2 participants with special needs, or assists W-2 participants with the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) application process.

(7m) "New financial and employment planner" or "new FEP" means an individual who is employed as a financial and employment planner by a W-2 agency, directly or by subcontract, and who has not completed the initial FEP training. "New FEP" includes a permanent employee of the W-2 agency who transfers into a FEP position and who has not completed initial FEP training within the previous year.

(8) "New resource specialist" means a person who is employed by a W-2 agency directly or by subcontract as a resource specialist who has not completed the initial resource specialist training, including a permanent employee who transfers into a resource specialist position and who has not completed initial resource specialist training within the previous year.

(8m) "Participant" means an individual who participates in any component of the Wisconsin works program.

(9) "Resource specialist" means a worker employed by a Wisconsin works agency who performs application entry, provides an initial assessment of a potential W-2 applicant's needs, makes referrals to service providers, or evaluates an individual's need for W-2. "Resource specialist" may also include a worker employed by an agency contracted with the department to provide access services.

(9m) "Supervisor" means a worker employed by a Wisconsin Works agency directly or by subcontract who supervises W-2 financial and employment planners or resource specialists.

(10) "Wisconsin works" or "W-2" has the meaning given in s. DCF 101.03(37).

Note: "Wisconsin works" or "W-2" is defined in s. DCF 101.03(37), Wis. Adm. Code, as "the assistance program for families with dependent children, administered under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, Stats."

(11) "Wisconsin works agency" or "W-2 agency" has the meaning given in s. DCF 101.03(38).

Note: "Wisconsin works agency" is defined in s. DCF 101.03(38), Wis. Adm. Code, as "a person, county agency, tribal governing body, or a private agency contracted under s. 49.143, Stats., by the department to administer the Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, Stats., and ch. DCF 101. If no contract is awarded under s. 49.143, Stats., `Wisconsin works agency' means the department."

(12) "W-2 handbooks, manuals, and instructional materials" means department-issued handbooks, manuals, and memos that are addressed to W-2 agencies and set forth eligibility and benefit criteria and case maintenance and case processing information for Wisconsin works.

(13) "W-2 worker" means a resource specialist and a financial and employment planner.