DHA Case No. FCP 155113 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals May 14, 2014) (DHS) ↓ Download the original decision The issue in this case was whether overnight caregiver costs counted as a remedial expense, which could be deducted from income before determining the cost share. The agency argued these could not be a remedial […] Read more
Family Care
DHA Case No. FCP 193270 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals June 14, 2019) (DHS) ↓ Download the original decision In this case, the petitioner was receiving Family Care and owed monthly room and board to an assisted living facility. Due to an anomaly, the check for December was never delivered, resulting in it being reissued […] Read more
DHA Case No. FCP 197076 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Feb. 28, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download the original decision In this case, the petitioner had a life estate in two properties, one in California and one in Wisconsin. Both were rented. But Dane County DHS did not reduce the petitioner’s cost share to allow her […] Read more
DHA Case No. FCP 177326 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Feb. 24, 2017) (DHS) ↓ Download the original decision This case supports backdating Family Care eligibility when there is a delay in enrollment due to agency error. “Although there is no retroactive enrollment in the Family Care program, enrollment as of the date established in […] Read more
DHA Case No. MDV 155403 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Apr. 30, 2014) (DHS) ↓ Download the original decision This decision finds that the exception to divestment for transferring the residence to a caretaker child does not apply when the applicant resides in an assisted living facility for even a short period of time before being approved […] Read more