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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Grimsrud, BB0199 - Social services block grant funds
For 2011-13 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and social services
Children
Under current law, certain federal social services block grant (SSBG) moneys and certain federal temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) moneys that are authorized to be used to purchase or provide social services under the SSBG program are appropriated to DHS for distribution to counties as community aids for social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services. In addition, certain federal block grant moneys are appropriated to DCF for the purpose of providing aids to individuals or organizations. This bill directs those SSBG, TANF, and other block grant moneys to be transferred to a new appropriation of DCF created under the bill and distributed to counties for services for children and families.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.435 (7) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (7) (o) Federal aid; community aids. All federal moneys received in amounts pursuant to allocation plans developed by the department for the provision or purchase of services authorized under par. (b); all federal temporary assistance for needy families moneys received under 42 USC 601 to 619 that are authorized to be used to purchase or provide social services under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e , to be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (km); all unanticipated federal social services block grant funds received under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e, in accordance with s. 46.49 (2), to be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (km); and all federal moneys received under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in reimbursement of the cost of preventing out-of-home placements of children, for distribution under s. 46.40. Disbursements from this appropriation may be made directly to counties for social and mental hygiene services under s. 46.03 (20) (b) or 46.031 or directly to counties in accordance with federal requirements for the disbursal of federal funds.
Section 2. 20.437 (1) (km) of the statutes is created to read:
20.437 (1) (km) Interagency and intra-agency aids; children and family aids; local assistance. All moneys transferred from the appropriation accounts under sub. (2) (md) and s. 20.435 (7) (o), for services for children and families under s. 48.563.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 3. 20.437 (1) (kx) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs. Except as provided in par. pars. (km) and (kw), all moneys received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the department from the department for the administration of programs or projects for which received, for such purposes.
Section 4. 20.437 (1) (ky) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids. Except as provided in par. pars. (km) and (kw), all moneys received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the department from the department for local assistance, for such purposes.
Section 5. 20.437 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (o) Federal aid; children and family aids. All federal moneys received in amounts pursuant to allocation plans developed by the department for the provision or purchase of services authorized under par. (b); and all federal moneys received as child welfare funds under 42 USC 620 to 626 for projects and services as limited under s. 48.985; all federal temporary assistance for needy families moneys received under 42 USC 601 to 619 that are authorized to be used to purchase or provide social services under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e; all unanticipated federal social services block grant funds received under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e, in accordance with s. 48.568; for distribution under s. 48.563. Disbursements from this appropriation may be made directly to counties for services to children and families under s. 49.32 (2) (b) or 49.325 or directly to counties in accordance with federal requirements for the disbursal of federal funds.
Section 6. 20.437 (2) (md) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (md) Federal block grant aids. The amounts in the schedule for aids to individuals or organizations and to be transferred to the appropriation accounts under sub. (1) (km) and ss. 20.435 (4) (kz), (6) (kx), (7) (ky), and (8) (kx) and 20.835 (2) (kf). All block grant moneys received for these purposes from the federal government or any of its agencies shall be credited to this appropriation account. The department may credit to this appropriation account the amount of any returned check, or payment in other form, that is subject to expenditure in the same contract period in which the original payment attempt was made, regardless of the fiscal year in which the original payment attempt was made.
Section 7. 48.563 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.563 (1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o), the department shall distribute funds for children and family services to county departments as provided in subs. (2), (3), and (7m) and s. 48.986.
Section 8. 48.569 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.569 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o) for children and family services as approved by the department under ss. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. f. and (e) 3. b.
Section 9. 48.569 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.569 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b), (km), and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for children and family services, including funding for foster care or subsidized guardianship care of a child on whose behalf aid is received under s. 48.645 to county departments as provided under s. 48.563. County matching funds are required for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2). Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2) shall be specified in a schedule established annually by the department. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds, or private donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in sub. (1m). Private donations may not exceed 25 percent of the total county match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.
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