17-1545_P5

LRB-1545/P5

EAW:wlj

2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Bong, BB0276 - Update 49.175 (1) allocations for 2017-19

For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction

An Act ...; relating to: the budget.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Health and human services

Public Assistance

Under current law, DCF allocates specific amounts of federal moneys, including child care development funds and moneys received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, in each fiscal year for various public assistance programs, for child care-related purposes, including day care licensing activities, and for paying a portion of the claims under the earned income tax credit. This bill continues, increases, decreases, or modifies those allocations.

TANF funding funds services to prevent child abuse or neglect in Milwaukee County, services provided to ensure the safety of children who remain at home and to families with children placed in out-of-home care, and the BE GREAT: Graduate initiative through the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs.

This bill removes the geographic restriction on the provision of services to prevent child abuse or neglect, requires a county to match a certain percentage of the amount the county receives of the moneys allocated for safety and out-of-home placement services, and directs up to $100,000 of TANF funding annually to the Boys and Girls Clubs to fund the BE GREAT: Graduate initiative in Milwaukee.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $83,000,000 $54,173,300 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

Section 2. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $58,336,500 $55,000,000 in each fiscal year.

Section 3. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,080,200 $15,987,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $15,295,800 $15,902,900 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

Section 4. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $8,500,000 $7,000,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $8,400,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

Section 5. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $6,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

Section 6. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19.

Section 7. 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, $262,064,700 $289,215,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $280,719,700 $308,167,800 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

Section 8. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $35,244,600 $36,189,400 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $33,248,300 $36,030,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

Section 9. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $15,492,700 $15,652,700 in each fiscal year.

Section 10. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (r) 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, $31,338,200 $27,339,100 in each fiscal year.

Section 11. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $21,222,700 $22,012,100 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $21,435,000 $22,741,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

Section 12. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $3,647,200 $6,282,500 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $5,392,700 $7,314,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (t). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 1545/P3 and 1566/P1.

Section 13. 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (u). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 1389/P1 and 1545/P3.

Section 14. 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 $115,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

Section 15. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For 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., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,175,000 $1,275,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds for the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (z). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -1386/P1 and -1545/P3.

Section 16. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000 $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $82,700,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

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