Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority

2. Removing the ten-hour limit on the time during which a participant in a community service job, and the 12-hour limit on the time during which a participant in a transitional placement, may be required to participate in educational or training activities per week.

3. Restoring the maximum monthly grant received by a participant in a community service job to $673 and by a participant in a transitional placement to $628. Act 32 reduced the monthly grants to $653 and $608, respectively.

4. Restoring the requirement that DCF make certain determinations, such as whether good cause exists for a participant's failure to participate and that the services offered to a participant are appropriate for him or her, before determining that a participant is ineligible for three months to participate in W-2 due to a failure to participate in an assigned placement.

5. Restoring the requirement that, before a participant who has refused to participate in an assigned placement loses eligibility for three months, he or she must be given a conciliation period during which he or she must participate in all assigned activities.

6. Restoring the requirement that, after a W-2 agency has provided written notice to a W-2 participant whose benefits are about to be reduced by at least 20 percent or whose eligibility is about to be terminated, the W-2 agency also must orally explain the proposed action.

7. Eliminating the W-2 placement category under which a participant who is job-ready may receive case-management services but no job placement or grant.

8. Providing that the custodial parent of an infant up to 12 weeks old may receive a grant and not be required to work in a W-2 placement. Act 32 reduced the maximum age of such an infant to eight weeks.

9. Eliminating the authority of DCF to modify child care provider reimbursement rates under Wisconsin Shares on the basis of a provider's quality rating and to disqualify a provider with a low-quality rating from receiving any payment.

10. Eliminating the authority of DCF to institute a number of cost-saving measures under Wisconsin Shares, such as implementing a waiting list and increasing child care subsidy copayments.

11. Eliminating the prohibition that a child care provider under Wisconsin Shares may not receive a subsidy for a child whose parent is also a child care provider unless the provider has been granted a waiver.

12. Eliminating the prohibition that a person receiving a child care subsidy under Wisconsin Shares may not personally benefit from any marketing or promotional offerings made by a child care provider to attract clients.