9.1 Confidentiality

Except as stated below, no one may, for any purpose not connected with program administration, use or disclose information about current or former FSET participants.

The Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Workforce Development (DWD), Department of Children and Families (DCF), and agency contractors may disclose information from the agency record to other programs routinely and without the person's consent for a purpose compatible with the data's collection, such as coordinating activities, collaborating on services, and verifying participation. This includes the following compatible agencies:

Income maintenance (IM) consortia or county departments of social or human services
DHS-contracted county, tribal, and private agencies
Wisconsin DCF staff for administering work participation requirements
DWD, Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI) for computer matching to Unemployment Insurance benefit payments
Persons directly connected with the administration or enforcement of the programs which are required to participate in the state income and eligibility verification system (IEVS), to the extent that the information is used to establish or verify eligibility or benefit amounts under those programs
USDA Food and Nutrition Service

No other routine disclosure from participant records is approved. The participant must authorize all other disclosures. A participant may authorize the disclosure of information of record about him or herself to a third party. This requires the participant or guardian's written authorization. The Confidential Information Release Authorization and Confidential Information Release Authorization to Agency forms may be used for this purpose. The authorization must specify the information to be disclosed, to whom it is to be disclosed, and for what period of time.

This page last updated in Release Number: 18-01
Release Date: 12/14/2018
Effective Date: 12/14/2018