Memos Library

We issue memos to share updates on federal and state policies, procedures, and regulations with partner agencies and service providers. These memos outline actions that must be taken because of new or revised policies, procedures, and regulations.

This library contains six (6) full calendar years of memos, plus the current year. Memos not available in this library are no longer current and unenforceable.

DCTS Memos

The Division of Care and Treatment Services (DCTS) issues memos about mental health and substance use services.

DMS Administrator's Memos

The Division of Medicaid Services (DMS) issues Administrator's Memos to provide direction about policies, program administration, funding, and more.

DMS Information Memos

DMS issues Information Memos to communicate information with its partners and providers.

DMS Numbered Memos

DMS issues Numbered Memos to detail actions that our partners and providers could or should take about the programs they administer.

DMS Operations Memos

DMS issues Operations Memos to the consortia about public assistance policies and procedures and how they should be operationalized.

DPH BADR Memos

The Division of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources (BADR) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH BCD Memos

DPH Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH BCHP Memos

DPH Bureau of Community Health Promotion (BCHP) issues memos to inform partners and providers of immediate action required about programs and policies.

DPH BEOH Memos

DPH Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health (BEOH) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH EMS Memos

DPH Emergency Medical Services (EMS) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DQA Memos

The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) issues memos to provide policies, information, and interpretation of federal and state regulations and guidelines of the programs they regulate.

Use the filters to search by keyword, memo series, year issued, and/or subject.

Memo number Title Issue date Sort ascending Discontinued date Attachments
24-05 Estate Recovery Incentive Funds
24-35 Annual Update to Income Thresholds for Determining Whether a Child or Tax Dependent is Expected to Be Required to File a Tax Return
24-34 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Medicaid
24-33 Update to Good Cause Policy for Not Meeting FoodShare Work Requirement
24-32 Private Pay Nursing Home and Group B Plus Waivers Rates
24-31 Health Care and FoodShare Eligibility Policy for New Categories of Immigrants
24-29 No Longer Counting Potential Cash Benefits as Available Income
24-30 FoodShare Eligibility for Citizens of Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Countries
BCD 2024-04 Changes to Pertussis Reporting Requirements in Wisconsin
24-04 Customer Service
24-28 Wisconsin Shares Copayment Changes
24-27 Virtual School Authorizations for Wisconsin Shares
BEOH 2024-02 Conducting Clearance in Stages Due to Snow Cover
24-26 36-Month Certification Periods for Certain Eligible FoodShare Households and New Option to Budget One-Time Medical Expenses
24-23 Changes to Family Maintenance Allowance for Long-Term Care Cases
24-21 Changes to Support Individual-Level Health Care Eligibility Determinations Amended - 10/11/2024
24-24 Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid Eligibility Begin Date and Late Renewal Processing
24-25 Electronic and Telephonic Food Benefits Replacement Requests
24-22 FoodShare Application Time Frame
24-20 FoodShare Work Requirement Time Limit Suspension for High Unemployment Areas for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
2024-03 Social Services Block Grant – 2025 Eligibility Requirements
BCD 2024-03 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)
24-18 FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments
24-19 Continued Fiscal Responsibility Act Update to the FoodShare Work Requirement
24-17 Wisconsin Shares Safe at Home Participant Authorization Card

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Last revised December 29, 2025