An IEVS tape exchange with the Minnesota Department of Economic Security completed quarterly for recipients and monthly for applicants of federal programs. It provides information on wages earned in Minnesota.
Waiver
A suspension or change of a federal regulation, service limitation, or eligibility requirement.
Waiver Obligation
The amount of income over the maintenance needs allowance that people eligible for SIS-EW must contribute toward the monthly cost of waiver services.
WIA
Workforce Investment Act. Federal legislation passed in 1998 to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.
WIC
Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program. A federal program authorized by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide nutritious food and nutrition education to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and their children.
Widow and Widower Disregard
An unearned income disregard available to some MA clients who are widows or widowers with a disability.
Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)
A federal program authorized by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide nutritious food and nutrition education to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and their children.
Worker
An employee of a county agency or MinnesotaCare Operations who determines initial and continued eligibility for the Minnesota Health Care Programs.
Workers' Compensation
A state program providing payments and reimbursement of medical expenses for people injured on the job.
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Federal legislation passed in 1998 to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.
Write-off
All or part of a health care expense that the client will no longer be responsible to pay to a provider because the provider has decided to absorb the cost of the expense.