HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 1996 (15) ST. CROIX COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO. /5 () 4
ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN
RE: Designation of Health and Human Services Department
as Wisconsin Works Administrative Agency
WHEREAS, 1995 Wisconsin Act 289 amended Chapter 29 of the Wisconsin Statutes to
replace the aid to families with dependent children program with the Wisconsin Works program
and to include the Wisconsin Works program as part of the food stamp program and medical
assistance program, and
WHEREAS, state statutes had required that county agencies administer the aid to families
with dependent children, food stamp and medical assistance programs and therefore the St. Croix
County Department of Health and Human Services had been designated to administer those
programs within St. Croix county, and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Works program will be administered by an agency selected
by the state Department of Workforce Development to administer the Wisconsin Works program
in geographical areas determined by the department, and
WHEREAS, the County Department of Health and Human Services has met the AFDC
caseload performance standards established by the department, and
WHEREAS, our Health and Human Services Department has a fully qualified staff of
trained and experienced specialists who are familiar with the procedures and regulations of the
AFDC program, and
WHEREAS, the non -W -2 caseload must be administered by the County agency, and
WHEREAS, joint administration by the County of W -2 and non -W -2 programs will be
cost effective, and
WHEREAS, there are significant financial benefits to St. Croix County as W -2
administrator, which benefits include the potential for this county to retain thousands of dollars
of program funds if the expenditures are kept under the targeted amount, and
WHEREAS, St. Croix County wishes to participate in implementing the Wisconsin
Works prpgram which is designed to move public assistance recipients into the workforce and
to self-sufficiency.
-- NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Health and Human
Services elects to enter into a contract to administer the Wisconsin Works program, including
Children FOX; in St. Croix County as the Wisconsin Works agency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if selected to be the Wisconsin Works agency for
St. Croix County, the Department of Health and Human Services may enter into an acceptable
contract for 28 months to administer the Wisconsin Works program and shall review and
determine, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Board, the benefits for it to
continue as the Wisconsin works agency.
Dated this of b day of av , 1996.
OFFERED : Y HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD:
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