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State of Wisconsin |
Release 26-01 |
The State Supplementary Payment (SSP) is the portion of an SSI payment paid by a state, not by the federal government. A person receiving SSP payments is a resident of the state making the SSP payment.
Any child placed in or receiving foster care, adoption assistance, subsidized guardianship or court-order kinship care is eligible for Foster Care Medicaid in Wisconsin
Federal financial participation is available under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act to pay for all or part of a child’s foster care, adoption assistance, subsidized guardianship or court-order kinship care. IV-E eligible children are categorically eligible for Foster Care Medicaid in the state where they reside.
Foster Care Medicaid does not impact maintenance payments.
Wisconsin certifies Foster Care Medicaid eligibility for non IV-E foster children living in Wisconsin and other states when Wisconsin or one of its county/tribal agencies has legal custody of the child or when the adoption assistance/subsidized guardianship agreement was established in the State of Wisconsin.
Non IV-E foster children are eligible for Foster Care Medicaid.
A homeless person living in Wisconsin meets the requirement of being physically present in Wisconsin. The agency is responsible for using its own address or some other fixed address for purposes of mailing the BadgerCare Plus card to eligible applicants who have no fixed dwelling place or mailing address.
This page last updated in Release Number: 25-03
Release Date: 08/13/2025
Effective Date: 08/13/2025
The information concerning the BadgerCare Plus program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI, XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapter 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Notice: The content within this manual is the sole responsibility of the State of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS). This site will link to sites outside of DHS where appropriate. DHS is in no way responsible for the content of sites outside of DHS.
Publication Number: P-10171