33,1251
Section
1251. 49.169 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.169 (4) The department, in consultation with the technical college system board, the department of public instruction, and the governor's office, shall develop written criteria to be used to evaluate the any grant proposals and to allocate the any grants under this section among the successful grant applicants.
33,1251m
Section 1251m. 49.173 of the statutes is repealed.
33,1252
Section
1252. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (cm), (dc), (dz),
(e), (jL), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm), and (ps) (s), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
33,1253
Section
1253. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin works Works benefits. For Wisconsin works Works benefits provided under contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2000 2002, and ends on December 31, 2001 2003, $24,654,800 $33,219,700 in fiscal year 2001-02
2003-04; and for Wisconsin works Works benefits provided under contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2002 2004, and ends on December 31, 2003 2005, $24,654,800 $33,219,700 in fiscal year 2001-02
2003-04 and $49,309,600 $66,439,400 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1254
Section
1254. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin works Works administration and ancillary services. For administration of Wisconsin works and program services under Wisconsin works Works performed under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000
2002, and ends on December 31, 2001, $63,269,900 2003, $10,582,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04; and for administration of Wisconsin works and program services under Wisconsin works Works performed under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2002 2004, and ends on December 31, 2003, $49,610,800 2005, $10,582,900 in fiscal year
2001-02 2003-04 and $99,221,600
$21,165,700 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1255
Section
1255. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (c) Performance bonuses. For the payment of performance bonuses to Wisconsin works Works agencies that have entered into contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000
2002, and that ends on December 31, 2001, $12,820,800
2003, $0 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04.
33,1256
Section
1256. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1257
Section
1257. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1258
Section
1258. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175
(1) (f)
Wisconsin Works ancillary services. For program services under Wisconsin Works, including transportation assistance for individuals who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., provided under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, $27,803,300 in fiscal year 2003-04; and for program services under Wisconsin Works, including transportation assistance for individuals who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., education and training, mentoring, and other services provided under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2004, and ends on December 31, 2005, $27,803,300 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $55,606,600 in fiscal year 2004-05.
33,1259
Section
1259. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $24,680,700 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $24,693,200 $18,484,600 in each fiscal year 2002-03.
33,1260
Section
1260. 49.175 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1261
Section
1261. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138, $3,300,000 $4,500,000 in each fiscal year.
33,1262
Section
1262. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1263
Section
1263. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (n) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $600,000 $200,000 in each fiscal year.
33,1265
Section
1265. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $274,500,000 $298,640,600 in fiscal year 2001-02
2003-04 and $305,550,000 $308,040,600 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1266
Section
1266. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (q) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.155 (1g), $24,293,900 $9,559,400 in fiscal year 2001-02
2003-04 and $15,458,000 $9,626,700 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1267
Section
1267. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (qm) Local pass-through grant program. For the local pass-through grant program under s. 49.137 (4m), $25,210,800 $2,475,100 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and $17,253,200 $2,478,500 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1268
Section
1268. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (r) Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under s. 49.1375, $11,395,900 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $2,750,000 $2,500,000 in each fiscal year 2002-03.
33,1269c
Section 1269c. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1270
Section
1270. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1271
Section
1271. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1272
Section
1272. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175
(1) (z)
Community youth grant Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For
a competitive grant program administered by the department grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq.,
$7,829,700 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $300,000
in each fiscal year
2002-03.
33,1272g
Section 1272g. 49.175 (1) (zc) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (zc) Southeast Asian recreation programs. For grants to an organization that provides summer and after-school recreation programs for children and families of Southeast Asian origin, $100,000 in each fiscal year.
33,1273
Section
1273. 49.175 (1) (zd) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1274
Section
1274. 49.175 (1) (ze) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 1. `Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and (3p), $24,852,600 $24,122,200 in each fiscal year.
33,1275
Section
1275. 49.175 (1) (ze) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 2. `Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $20,145,000 $26,397,200 in fiscal year 2001-02
2003-04 and $19,796,000 $29,175,100 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1276
Section
1276. 49.175 (1) (ze) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
33,1277c
Section 1277c. 49.175 (1) (ze) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 7. `Adolescent Brighter Futures and tribal adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs.' For adolescent services substance abuse and pregnancy prevention programs under ss. 46.93, 46.99
, and 46.995, $1,816,500 $1,367,100 in each fiscal year.
33,1278
Section
1278. 49.175 (1) (ze) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 8. `Domestic abuse services grants.' For the domestic abuse services grants under s. 46.95 (2), $1,000,000 $750,000 in each fiscal year.
33,1279
Section
1279. 49.175 (1) (ze) 9. of the statutes is repealed.
33,1279f
Section 1279f. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. `Safety services.' For services provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children who the department of health and family services determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, $7,094,100 $7,045,500 in each fiscal year.
33,1280
Section
1280. 49.175 (1) (ze) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (ze) 12. `Milwaukee and statewide child welfare administration.' For the costs associated with the Milwaukee child welfare information system and the Wisconsin statewide automated child welfare information system, $1,695,700 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $1,741,300 in fiscal year 2004-05.
33,1281
Section
1281. 49.175 (1) (zf) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1282
Section
1282. 49.175 (1) (zg) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1283
Section
1283. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (zh) Taxable years 1999 and thereafter. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $51,244,500 $57,892,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and $55,160,000 $59,532,000 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
33,1284
Section
1284. 49.175 (1) (zj) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.175 (1) (zj) Head start Start. For the transfer of moneys to the department of public instruction for head start Head Start agencies, $3,712,500 $3,500,000 in each fiscal year.
33,1285
Section
1285. 49.175 (1) (zk) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1286
Section
1286. 49.179 of the statutes is repealed.
33,1287
Section
1287. 49.19 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.19 (3) (b) If the county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22 finds a person eligible for aid under this section, that county department shall, on a form to be prescribed by the department, direct the payment of such aid by order upon the state treasurer secretary of administration. Payment of aid shall be made monthly, based on a calendar month or fiscal month as defined by the department; except that the director of the county department may, in his or her discretion for the purpose of protecting the public, direct that the monthly allowance be paid in accordance with sub. (5) (c).
33,1288
Section
1288. 49.19 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.19 (5) (d) The department shall reimburse the county for the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses of a dependent child or the child's parents as provided in s. 49.30 49.785.
33,1289
Section
1289. 49.19 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.19 (14) (b) If the state treasurer
secretary of administration is unable to issue a replacement check or draft requested under par. (a) because the original has been paid, the department shall promptly authorize the issuance of a replacement check or draft. If the state treasurer secretary of administration recovers the amount of the original check or draft that amount shall be returned to the department. If the state treasurer secretary of administration is unable to obtain recovery, the department may pursue recovery.
33,1294
Section
1294
. 49.22 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.22 (7m) The department may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person to enforce a support obligation of a parent who is delinquent in making support payments and may contract with or employ an attorney to appear in an action in state or federal court to enforce such an obligation. To pay for the department's administrative costs of implementing this subsection, the department may charge a fee to counties, retain up to 50% of any incentive payment made to this state under 42 USC 658 for a collection under this subsection, and retain use federal matching funds or funds retained by the department under s. 49.24 (2) (c), or use up to 30% of this state's share of a collection made under this subsection on behalf of a recipient of aid to families with dependent children or a recipient of kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3n).
33,1296c
Section 1296c. 49.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
49.24 (2) (b) Subject to the incentive payments limit specified in par. (a), the department shall distribute to counties, in accordance with the formula established under par. (a), all of the following:
1. Of the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for federal fiscal year 2002, the amount awarded if that amount is less than $12,340,000, or $12,340,000 plus 50% of the amount awarded that exceeds $12,340,000.
2. Of the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for each federal fiscal year after federal fiscal year 2002, the amount awarded if that amount is less than $12,340,000, or $12,340,000 plus 30% of the amount awarded that exceeds $12,340,000.
3. All federal matching funds associated with the amounts distributed under subds. 1. and 2.
33,1296e
Section 1296e. 49.24 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
49.24 (2) (c) The department may retain 50% of the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for federal fiscal year 2002 that exceeds $12,340,000, and may retain 70% of the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for each federal fiscal year after federal fiscal year 2002 that exceeds $12,340,000, to be used to pay the costs of the department's activities under ss. 49.22 and 49.227 and costs related to receiving and disbursing support and support-related payments.
33,1296g
Section 1296g. 49.24 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
49.24 (2) (d) If the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for a federal fiscal year is less than $12,340,000, the total of payments distributed to counties under par. (b) and sub. (1) for that federal fiscal year may not exceed $12,340,000.
33,1298
Section
1298. 49.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.24 (3) A county that receives any state child support incentive payment under sub. (1) or any federal child support incentive payment under sub. (2) may use the funds only to pay costs under its child support program under s. 49.22.
33,1302
Section
1302. 49.30 of the statutes is renumbered 49.785, and 49.785 (2), as renumbered, is amended to read:
49.785 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and (md) appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for any amount that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is required to pay under sub. (1). From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and (md)
appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for cemetery expenses or for funeral and burial expenses for persons described under sub. (1) that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is not required to pay under subs. (1) and (1m) only if the department approves the reimbursement due to unusual circumstances.
33,1303
Section
1303. 49.32 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
33,1308
Section
1308. 49.33 of the statutes is renumbered 49.78, and 49.78 (1) (b), (2), (4), (7), (8) (a) and (10), as renumbered, are amended to read:
49.78
(1) (b) "Income maintenance program" means the
medical assistance Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49, the
badger care Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665,
or the food stamp program under
7 USC 2011 to
2036, or the cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses program under s. 49.785.
(2) Contracts. Annually, the department of health and family services shall contract with county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23, and may contract with tribal governing bodies, to reimburse the county departments and tribal governing bodies for the reasonable cost of administering income maintenance programs.
(4) Rules; merit system. The department of workforce development shall promulgate rules for the efficient administration of aid to families with dependent children in agreement with the requirement for federal aid, including the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis. The provisions of this section relating to personnel standards on a merit basis supersede any inconsistent provisions of any law relating to county personnel. This subsection shall not be construed to invalidate the provisions of s. 46.22 (1) (d).
(7) County personnel systems. Pursuant to rules promulgated under sub. (4), the department of workforce development where requested by the county shall delegate to that county, without restriction because of enumeration, any or all of the department's department of workforce development's authority under sub. (4) to establish and maintain personnel standards including salary levels.
(8) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and (nn) and subject to par. (b), the department of health and family services shall reimburse each county and tribal governing body that contracts with the department under sub. (2) for reasonable costs of administering the income maintenance programs. The amount of each reimbursement paid under this paragraph shall be calculated using a formula based on workload within the limits of available state and federal funds under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and (nn) by contract under s. 49.33 sub. (2). The amount of reimbursement calculated under this paragraph and par. (b) is in addition to any reimbursement provided to a county or tribal governing body for fraud and error reduction under s. 49.197 (1m) and (4).
