2009 Wis. Act 318 authorizes up to $250,000 from Tribal gaming revenues to fund high-cost mental health placements of Tribal nation members when Tribal nation or county costs exceed $50,000 annually and when treatment services are ordered by a Tribal court. This memo outlines the criteria for these funds and how to apply.

This memo announces Medicaid policy changes related to the treatment of individual retirement annuities owned by an ineligible spouse. It also announces changes related to the treatment of irrevocable annuities purchased on or after March 1, 2004, that are currently paying out.

This memo details the updated procedure for the local Birth to 3 Program verification and correction of pre-findings and findings of noncompliance. OSEP updated guidance on the verification correction process for instances of child-specific compliance. Updated guidance is provided for both the pre-finding correction period and the final issuance of findings process.

This memo announces the new unclear Information policy. The policy defines how workers must respond to unclear information received during the FoodShare certification period. This policy is intended to reduce the chance of terminating eligibility for households based upon unclear changes that are not required to be reported.

This operations memo announces changes to benefit proration when a member loses and gains eligibility after untimely completion of a six-month report form (SMRF) or untimely submission of verification that is required as part of the SMRF.

This operations memo provides the 2025 amounts for the spousal impoverishment community spouse income allowance minimum allocation, the spousal impoverishment dependent family member income allowance standard, and the shelter base amount.

This memo announces changes to ensure Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus members’ existing coverage is maintained while the agency is redetermining their eligibility at renewal or due to a change in their circumstances.

This memo announces updated policies regarding 12-month continuous coverage for children enrolled in certain health care benefits.

This memo outlines the reporting requirements for calendar year (CY) 2024 Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (CMHSBG) funds and expenditure requirements for the use of CY 2026 CMHSBG funds. Counties must comply with the reporting requirements in the Program Participation System, including reporting consumer functional outcomes every six months through the Consumer Status Data Set in the Program Participation System.

This memo references Profile #516 of the State and County Contract for Social and Community Programs, outlines the reporting requirements for reporting the use of Community Mental Health Allocation for calendar year 2024, and outlines expenditure requirements for the use of calendar year 2025 funds. This memo is distributed now to foreshadow reporting requirements for calendar year 2025 mental health services. Counties must comply with the reporting requirements in the Program Participation System.