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 operations memo provides the 2024 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.

The purpose of this memo is to communicate information about the addition of incentive funds earned for the Estate Recovery Program for counties within the Consortium under the Income Maintenance (IM) contract between the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Consortia for the period of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.