Eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Children and Families administers temporary wage subsidy programs for individuals who meet all of the following qualifications: 1) are at least 18 years old and, if over 25 years old, are the parent or primary relative caregiver of a child under the age of 18; 2) have a household income below 150 percent of the poverty line; 3) have been unemployed for at least four weeks; 4) are ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits; 5) are not participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position; and 6) satisfy applicable substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements.

This bill modifies the qualifications for participating in the programs by removing the requirement that the individual has been unemployed for at least four weeks and by specifying that anyone who has not filed for unemployment benefits or who has filed but is ineligible for unemployment benefits may participate.

Who's behind it

Van Wanggaard, a Republican, is its author⁠.

18 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DCF