State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services

Release 25-02
April 9, 2025

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3.4 Special Situations

3.4.1 State Supplementary Payment

The State Supplementary Payment (SSP) is the portion of an SSI payment paid by a state, not by the federal government. A person receiving SSP payments is a resident of the state making the SSPState Supplementary Payment payment.

3.4.2 IV-E Children

Federal financial participation is available under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act to pay for all or part of a person's foster care or subsidized adoption. IV-E eligible children are categorically eligible for BadgerCare Plus in the state where they reside.

It does not affect any maintenance payments for substitute care.

These cases are certified manually outside of CARESThis system supports the Income Maintenance operations for DHS and DCF. CARES is used to determine eligibility, issue benefits, track premium payments, and manage support for BadgerCare Plus, EBD Medicaid, W-2, Child Care, and Work Programs..

3.4.3 Non IV-E Foster Children

Wisconsin certifies BadgerCare Plus eligibility for non IV-E foster children living in another state when Wisconsin or one of its county/tribal agencies has legal custody of the child.

Non IV-E foster children are automatically eligible for BadgerCare Plus.  

These cases are certified for BadgerCare Plus manually outside of CARES.

3.4.4 Homeless Persons

A homeless person living in Wisconsin meets the requirement of being physically present in Wisconsin. The agency is responsible for using its own address or some other fixed address for purposes of mailing the BadgerCare Plus card to eligible applicants who have no fixed dwelling place or mailing address.

This page last updated in Release Number: 13-02
Release Date: 10/25/13
Effective Date: 10/01/13


The information concerning the BadgerCare Plus program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI, XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapter 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Notice: The content within this manual is the sole responsibility of the State of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS). This site will link to sites outside of DHS where appropriate. DHS is in no way responsible for the content of sites outside of DHS.

Publication Number: P-10171