6.4 Co-Enrollment in FSET and Another Allowable Work Program

FSET participants may be co-enrolled in another allowable work program for the purposes of meeting the ABAWD work requirement. These work programs include:

Refugee Employment and Training
Wisconsin Works (W-2)
Children First
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs
Refugee Cash Assistance programs
Programs under section 236 of the Trade Act

When a non-exempt ABAWD enrolled in another allowable work program is also enrolled in FSET, the FSET worker should work closely with the participant’s case worker for the other program in order to accurately determine how many hours he or she participates in the co-enrolled program and how many hours of FSET participation are required monthly in order to meet the ABAWD work requirement. If an ABAWD is meeting the work requirement through participation in another allowable work program, he or she may also be voluntarily referred to FSET as an exempt ABAWD in order to co-enroll.

6.4.1 Participation in a non-qualified Employment and Training Programs

Some FSET participants are participating in other employment or education programs that do not fall under the allowable work program list above. The hours spent in those programs may be able to count as an FSET component (see section 1.4 FSET Component Activities). For example, if a participant is enrolled in another education and training program the hours of participation in this program could be entered on the employment plan and the hours could assist the participant in meeting the ABAWD work requirement if they fall under a definition of an FSET component. The FSET participant participating in other employment or education programs will need to have an employment plan and participant tracked in the FSET tool to continue to receive FoodShare.

Example 1: Charlotte is a newly referred FSET participant and she informs her case manager that she is starting a certified nursing program funded by a local community service organization at the local technical college next week. She will go to class 12 hours per week and has four hours of study time. She spends 16 hours a week on her education. When her FSET case manager enters her activity information for this time period into the FSET Tool she counts the 16 hours under the post-secondary education component. Charlotte is also enrolled in four hours of job search a week. The FSET case manager must record participation information for both the certified nursing program and also the job search.

This page last updated in Release Number: 16-01

Release Date: 04/12/2016

Effective Date: 04/12/2016