The next meeting of the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) this week will be on Tuesday, May 21, starting at 10:00 in Room 412 E. The largest set of papers will concern the issues in the Department of Children and Families (DCF) budget, including Wisconsin Shares child care subsides, W-2, EITC funding, the Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program, and child support enforcement.
A full list of the items being can be found here, with links to each of the papers. The outline below includes links to most of the papers on DCF issues, as well as a very incomplete listing of other issues coming up Tuesday, with links to additional information and to some of the many Legislative Fiscal Bureau papers on those issues: Employee Trust Funds
- State Employee High Deductible Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts (Paper #257)
Office of State Employment Relations
Children and Families — Departmentwide
- Program and Federal Revenue Reestimates (Paper #180)
Children and Families — Child Support
- Child Support State Operations (Paper #210)
- Funding for Local Child Support Enforcement Activities (Paper #212)
Children and Families — Economic Support and Child Care
- Revised Estimates for TANF-Related Programs (Paper #195)
- W-2 Benefits (Paper #196)
- Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program (Paper #199)
- Child Care Provider Reimbursement Rates (Paper #200)
- Electronic Benefit Transfer System for Child Care (Paper #201)
- Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement System (Paper #202)
- Fingerprint-Based Background Searches of Child Care Providers (Paper #203)
- TANF Program Reduction Options (Paper #204)
- TANF Funds for the Earned Income Tax Credit (Paper #205)
Building Commission and Administration — Authority to Sell or Lease State Properties
Public Instruction — Administrative and Other Funding
Jon Peacock