46.56(13)
(13) Review of actions by individual agencies. Nothing in this section shall limit, modify or expand the rights, remedies or procedures established in federal or state law for individuals or families receiving services provided by individual organizations that are participating in the integrated service plan.
46.56(14)(a)(a) In order to support the development of a comprehensive system of coordinated care for children with severe disabilities and their families, the department shall establish a statewide advisory committee with representatives of county departments, the department of public instruction, educational agencies, professionals experienced in the provision of services to children with severe disabilities, families with children with severe disabilities, advocates for such families and their children, the subunit of the department of workforce development that administers vocational rehabilitation, the technical college system, health care providers, courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under
chs. 48 and
938, child welfare officials, and other appropriate persons as selected by the department. The department may use an existing committee for this purpose if it has representatives from the listed groups and is willing to perform the required functions. This committee shall monitor the development of programs throughout the state and support communication and mutual assistance among operating programs as well as those that are being developed.
46.56(14)(b)
(b) The department shall provide, either directly or through purchase of services, the following support services to the counties that elect to participate in the program:
46.56(14)(b)1.
1. Consultation in the areas of developing individual integrated service plans, finding appropriate resources, and establishing and maintaining local programs.
46.56(14)(b)2.
2. Mediation to assist in the management of conflict among service providers or funding organizations or between service recipients and organizations.
46.56(14)(b)3.
3. Assessment resources for cases where no local evaluation resource is available or sufficient to enable development of an effective integrated service plan. These may be provided directly through state-operated programs or by referral to private service providers.
46.56(14)(c)
(c) The department shall evaluate the programs funded under this section. All organizations participating in the program shall cooperate with the evaluation. The evaluation shall include information about all of the following:
46.56(14)(c)1.
1. The number of days that children with severe disabilities served in the programs spent in out-of-home placement compared to other children with severe disabilities in the target group.
46.56(14)(c)2.
2. Whether or not the program's goals under
sub. (15) (e) have been met and the program's plan for allocating funding from institutional services to community-based services for children with severe disabilities has been implemented.
46.56(14)(c)3.
3. A comparison between any changes in problem behaviors of participants before and after participation in the program.
46.56(14)(c)4.
4. A comparison between school attendance and performance of participants before and after participation in the program.
46.56(14)(c)5.
5. A comparison between recidivism rates of participants who have a history of delinquency.
46.56(14)(c)7.
7. Types of services provided to children with severe disabilities and their families in the program through the integrated service plan and the cost of these services.
46.56(14)(c)8.
8. Fulfillment of the terms of the interagency agreements developed by the coordinating committee.
46.56(14)(d)
(d) Notwithstanding
sub. (1) (c) (intro.), if the state is funding the program in a particular county under
sub. (15), the department may permit the county to serve any individual who has severe disabilities and who has not attained 22 years of age if the individual's mental, physical, sensory, behavioral, emotional or developmental disabilities or whose combination of multiple disabilities meets the requirements specified in
sub. (1) (c) 1. to
4.
46.56(15)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under
sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.
46.56(15)(b)
(b) In order to apply for funds under this section the county board of supervisors shall do all of the following:
46.56(15)(b)1.
1. Establish a coordinating committee and designate an administering agency under
sub. (2).
46.56(15)(b)2.
2. Establish children with severe emotional disturbances to be the priority target group served by the program.
46.56(15)(b)3.
3. Submit a plan to the department for implementation of the integrated service program in accordance with the requirements of this section.
46.56(15)(b)4.
4. Submit a description of the existing services in the county for children with severe disabilities, an assessment of any gaps in services, and a plan for using the funds under this program or from other funding sources to develop or expand any needed community-based services such as in-home treatment, treatment foster care, day treatment, respite care or crisis services.
46.56(15)(c)
(c) In order to obtain funds under this section, matching funds equal to 20% of the requested funding shall be provided by the participating county departments and school districts. All of the participating county departments and school districts shall participate in providing the match, which may be cash or in-kind. The department shall determine what may be used as in-kind match.
46.56(15)(d)
(d) In order to apply for funding, at least one school district, cooperative educational service agency or county children with disabilities education board serving children with severe disabilities in the county must participate in the program.
46.56(15)(e)
(e) During the first year of funding under this section, the coordinating committee and the administering agency shall develop and submit to the department, for its approval, a set of goals for diverting children with severe disabilities from placements outside the home and a plan for allocating funding from institutional services to community-based services for children with severe disabilities. The coordinating committee and the administering agency shall also ensure that any funds saved, during the course of the program, as a result of the reduced use of institutional care by the target population will be allocated to community-based services for the target population.
46.56(15)(f)
(f) Funds allocated under this subsection may not be used to replace any other state and federal funds or any county funds that are being used to fund services for children with severe disabilities.
46.57
46.57
Grants for services to persons with epilepsy. 46.57(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
46.57(1)(a)
(a) "Agency" means a private nonprofit organization or a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22,
46.23,
51.42 or
51.437 which provides or proposes to provide direct services or indirect services to or on behalf of persons with epilepsy, their families or both.
46.57(1)(b)
(b) "Direct services" means services provided to a person with epilepsy or a member of the family of a person with epilepsy and includes counseling, referral to other services, case management, daily living skills training, providing information, parent helper services, employment services and support group services.
46.57(1)(c)
(c) "Indirect services" means services provided to a person working with or on behalf of a person with epilepsy and includes service provider training, community education, prevention programs and advocacy.
46.57(2)(a)(a) As provided under
s. 46.48 (14), the department shall distribute funds to agencies to provide direct services or indirect services to or on behalf of persons with epilepsy or their families or both.
46.57(2)(b)
(b) The department may not allocate more than $50,000 per year to any agency for the program under this section.
46.57(3)
(3) Criteria for awarding grants. In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider the following:
46.57(3)(a)
(a) The need for direct services and indirect services to persons with epilepsy and their families in the area in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.
46.57(3)(b)
(b) Ways to ensure that both urban and rural areas receive services under the grant program.
46.57(4)
(4) Reporting. After each year that an agency operates a program funded under this section the agency shall provide the following information to the department:
46.57(4)(a)
(a) The estimated number of persons with epilepsy that reside within the area served by the agency.
46.57(4)(b)
(b) The number of persons with epilepsy and other persons and organizations who received services within the area served by the agency.
46.65
46.65
Treatment alternative program. 46.65(1)
(1) The department shall implement a treatment alternative program. The department shall make grants to provide alcohol or other drug abuse services, as a treatment alternative in lieu of imprisonment, for eligible persons in need of those services. The department shall make grants so that the treatment alternative program serves a variety of geographic locations.
46.65(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the treatment alternative program. The rules shall include all of the following:
46.65(2)(a)
(a) Organizational and administrative requirements for independent program units.
46.65(2)(b)
(b) Procedures for communicating and reaching agreements with representatives of the criminal justice system and treatment providers.
46.65(2)(c)
(c) Eligibility criteria for participants who obtain services under the program.
46.65(2)(d)
(d) Procedures for early identification of eligible participants.
46.65(2)(e)
(e) Assessment, referral, treatment and monitoring procedures.
46.65(2)(f)
(f) Policies and procedures for staff training.
46.65(2)(g)
(g) A data collection system to be used for program management and evaluation.
46.65(2)(h)
(h) A requirement that 75% of any recipient's grant must be used to provide treatment services to clients in the program.
46.65 History
History: 1987 a. 339;
1989 a. 122.
46.70
46.70
Delivery of services to American Indians. To facilitate the delivery of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under
s. 46.215,
46.22,
51.42 or
51.437, the department may fund federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state from the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (kL).
46.71
46.71
American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education. 46.71(1)(1) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (km), the department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to American Indians or to supplement like existing programs, allocate a total of not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year to all the elected governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands that submit to the department plans, approved by the department, that do all of the following:
46.71(1)(a)
(a) Demonstrate the need for the proposed funding.
46.71(1)(b)
(b) Outline the manner in which the funds will be used.
46.71(2)
(2) The amount of funds allocated by the department under
sub. (1) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under
s. 20.435 (7) (km).
46.75
46.75
Food distribution grants. 46.75(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
46.75(1)(a)
(a) "Agency" means a public agency or private nonprofit organization.
46.75(1)(b)
(b) "Food distribution program" means a program that provides food directly to needy individuals or a program that collects and distributes food to persons who provide the food directly to needy individuals.
46.75(2)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under
P.L. 98-8, as amended.
46.75(2)(b)
(b) The department may not award more than $20,000 to any agency for the program under this section.
46.75(3)
(3) Criteria for awarding grants. In evaluating applications for grants, the department shall give priority to food distribution programs that do the following:
46.75(3)(a)
(a) Serve areas that are not served or are underserved by food distribution services.
46.75(3)(b)
(b) Operate a program that routinely provides prepared meals to homeless persons.
46.75(3)(c)
(c) Provide information to individuals with low incomes concerning other services available to those individuals.
46.75(3)(e)
(e) Use simple methods to determine eligibility.
46.75(3)(f)
(f) Appear likely to continue operation after using the grant under this section.
46.76
46.76
Department duties relating to hunger prevention. The department shall do all of the following:
46.76(1)
(1) Annually review existing public and private activities within the state relating to hunger prevention.
46.76(2)
(2) Advise the department of public instruction and any other relevant state agency on the use of state and federal resources and on the provision and administration of programs for hunger prevention.
46.76(4)
(4) Develop an annual plan that documents areas of hunger and populations experiencing hunger within this state and that recommends strategies and state and federal policy changes to address hunger in these areas and populations.
46.76(5)
(5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan developed under
sub. (4) to the governor, superintendent of public instruction and the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3).
46.77
46.77
Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in the emergency food assistance act,
P.L. 98-8, section 201A, as amended, for the storage, transportation and distribution of commodities provided under the hunger prevention act of 1988,
P.L. 100-435, as amended.
46.80(1)(1) The department's primary responsibility to elderly persons is to assure that all elderly and disabled persons have available and accessible a continuum of care or a wide range of community and supportive services so that they may remain in their homes and neighborhoods for as long as it is possible. The department shall be the mechanism by which governmental and nongovernmental agencies may coordinate their policies, plans and activities with regard to the aging. To this end it shall:
46.80(1)(a)
(a) Conduct a continuous review of the scope and degree of coordination of all state programs and activities on the aging and make recommendations to the appropriate agencies regarding the expansion, coordination, consolidation and reorganization of particular activities as a means of developing a more effective and efficient total program for the aging.
