Wisconsin Welfare Agency Staffers Receive Bonuses

March 19, 2001 Wisconsin Welfare Agency Staffers Receive Bonuses In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, three county W-2 agencies paid out nearly $2 million in bonuses to staffers from 1997 through 1999. The bonuses were given out, in part, because of the reduction in the number of welfare cases. According to a February 28, 2001 Milwaukee Journal article, the incentive payments came from taxpayer funds that pay for the W-2 program. W-2 (Wisconsin Works) is the welfare replacement program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) based on work participation. The W2 program replaced the AFDC program in September . . .