The purpose of this operations memo is to announce policy, process, and system changes related to the collection of parent and child schedules when creating authorizations. 

This memo announces a change to federal law which allows certain people arriving from Ukraine to be treated like refugees when determining eligibility for BadgerCare Plus, Medicaid, and FoodShare.

This memo announces an increase to the personal needs allowance for Institutional Medicaid members.

The purpose of this Operations Memo is to announce new policy regarding initial income eligibility and copayment changes.

This memo describes updates to the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Program’s children’s foster care service’s rates, funding methodology, and forms. The guidance in this memo is designed to promote access to CLTS funding for children in foster care across Wisconsin and promote consistent program and benefit operations.

This memo announces updated eligibility policies related to universal basic income (UBI) payments and payments from guaranteed income programs.

This operations memo announces an additional requirement for the oral explanation of the FoodShare basic work rules and FoodShare work requirement.

The 2025 city and county fairs and agricultural events season in Wisconsin is underway. During recent seasons, swine exhibitions at agricultural fairs and other direct or indirect exposure to swine have been associated with human infections caused by variant influenza A viruses that include influenza A(H3N2)v, A(H1N2)v, and A(H1N1)v. 

This memo announces the removal of limitations on the number of reasonable opportunity periods granted to members who must verify their U.S. citizenship, identity, or immigration status. It also announces the addition of Wisconsin’s birth records query and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program as sources of verification of U.S. citizenship that do not require an individual to also provide verification of identity. 

This memo announces the reinstatement of premiums for Medicaid Purchase Plan (MAPP) members, which were temporarily suspended during the federal public health emergency (PHE) related to COVID19.