This memo announces a new policy of 36-month FoodShare certification periods for certain elderly, blind, or disabled (EBD) FoodShare households. It also announces a new option to budget one-time medical expense deductions for FoodShare households with 36-month certification periods. 
 

This operations memo announces updates to the suspension of the FoodShare work requirement time limit for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) who live in geographic areas experiencing unemployment at higher rates than the national average.

This memo states the eligibility categories and standards for the 2025 Social Services Block Grant. It supersedes DMS Numbered Memo 2023-03/Numbered and DSP Memo Series 2016-27.

The purpose of this Operations Memo is to announce the FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA), new Standard Utility Allowance (SUA), and federal standard deductions for meals provided by self-employed child care providers for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025. FFY 2025 is October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.

This operations memo announces an age change related to the FoodShare work requirement for members who are Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD).

The purpose of this operations memo is to inform local agencies of a change in policy regarding the collection of verification for Safe at Home participants.

This memo describes the steps that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will take to address county waiver agencies (CWAs) that fail to meet the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program’s enrollment timeliness requirements for eligible participants.