In this chapter:

1. (1m) “Client error” means an error caused by an individual who is a member of an emergency assistance group reporting incorrect information or failing to report information due to a misunderstanding or mistake that results in an overpayment of emergency assistance.
2. (1p) “Destitution” means extreme want of resources or of the means of subsistence.
3. (2) “Emergency assistance” means the program under s. 49.138, Stats., for emergency assistance to families with needy children in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, homelessness, impending homelessness, or energy crisis.
4. (3) “Emergency assistance group” or “group” means family as referred to in s. 49.138, Stats., and includes one or more dependent children as defined by s. 49.141 (1) (c), Stats., and a qualified caretaker relative with whom the child is living or was living at the time the emergency occurred.
5. (4) “Emergency shelter facility” means any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary or transitional shelter for the homeless in general or specific populations of the homeless.
6. (4m) “Intentional program violation” has the meaning given in s. 49.001 (3m), Stats.
7. (5) “Migrant worker” has the meaning given in s. 103.90 (5), Stats.
8. (5m) “Misrepresentation” includes an intentional program violation and a client error.
9. (6) “Needy person” means a person who meets the eligibility criteria in ss. DCF 120.05 and 120.06.
10. (6m) “Poverty line” means the poverty line as defined and revised annually under 42 USC 9902 (2).
11. (7) “Qualified caretaker relative” means a caretaker of a child whose relationship to the caretaker or the caretaker’s spouse is one of the following: son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, first cousin or grand, great-grand or great-great grand son, daughter, nephew, or niece. A qualified caretaker relative continues to be a qualified relative even when the relationship is terminated by death or divorce.
12. (8) “W-2 Agency” or “agency” means an entity that is administering the Wisconsin works program as a contractor under s. 49.143, Stats.

History

History: Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; am. (2), Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01; correction in (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 09-059: cr. (6m) Register December 2009 No. 648, eff. 1-1-10; CR 23-073: cr. (1m), (4m), (5m) Register September 2024 No. 825, eff. 10-1-24; renum. (1) to (1p) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register September 2024 No. 824