1999 Wisconsin Act 9

49.167 Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program. (1) The department shall award grants to counties, tribal governing bodies and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that are targeted at individuals who have a family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line and who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and that do all of the following:

(a) Meet the special needs of low-income persons with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.

(b) Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.

(2) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under par. (a):

(a) Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.

(b) Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.

(c) Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.

(3) The department shall coordinate the grant program under this section with any similar grant program administered by the department of health and family services.

9,1277g Section 1277g. 49.169 of the statutes is created to read:

49.169 Family literacy grants. (1) In this section, "family literacy training" means literacy training that focuses on interactive literacy activities between parents and their children and that aims at improving the literacy skills of both parents and their children.

(2) The department shall award not more than $1,404,100 in grants to qualified applicants for the provision of family literacy training to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq.

(3) To qualify for a grant under sub. (2), the applicant must be an organization that has a demonstrated history of providing literacy training to adults and children and must fulfill any other criteria developed under sub. (4).

(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 grant proposals and to allocate the grants under this section among the successful grant applicants.

(5) The department shall require grant recipients to coordinate with the appropriate Wisconsin works agencies to ensure that those participants in Wisconsin works who are served by those Wisconsin works agencies and who need family literacy training receive adequate family literacy training.

9,1277v Section 1277v. 49.173 of the statutes is created to read:

49.173 Workforce attachment. (1) The department shall distribute funds to Wisconsin works agencies and to local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 to provide all of the following to any person who is eligible for the federal temporary assistance to needy families program under 42 USC 601 et. seq.:

(a) Job readiness training and job placement services to unemployed persons.

(b) Basic job skills development to unemployed or recently employed persons.

(c) Services to assist recently employed persons with job retention.

(d) Incumbent worker training to promote job advancement and increased earnings.

(e) Services to employers to assist them in retaining workers and providing workers with position advancement.

(2) (a) The department shall allocate a portion of the amount to be distributed under sub. (1) and shall distribute that portion in equal amounts among all of the Wisconsin works agencies.

(b) The department shall distribute the amount that remains after the distribution under par. (a) to each Wisconsin works agency and local workforce development board based on the criteria specified in sub. (3).

(3) (a) The department shall allocate and distribute funds under sub. (2) (b) to Wisconsin works agencies based on the number of persons in all of the following case categories served by that Wisconsin works agency:

1. Case management.

2. Food stamp employment and training.

3. Diversion, as defined by the department.

4. Noncustodial parents.

5. Child care.

(b) The department shall allocate and distribute to each local workforce development board funds under sub. (2) (b) based on a formula that takes into account all of the following:

1. The percentage of the population of the area served by the local board with an income at or below 200% of the poverty line.

2. Labor force participation.

3. The unemployment rate of the area served by the local board.

(4) The department shall require recipients of the funds distributed under this section to meet performance standards that are based on employment placement for unemployed persons, job retention rates of the persons served by the fund recipients, increased earnings of the persons served by the fund recipients, and increased child support collections for noncustodial parents served by the fund recipients.

9,1278g Section 1278g. 49.175 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed and recreated to read:

49.175 Public assistance and local assistance allocations. (1) Allocation of funds. Within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (br), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (em), (jL), (k), (L), (Lm), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm) and (ps), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:

(a) Wisconsin works benefits. For Wisconsin works benefits provided under contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and ends on December 31, 2001, $24,649,800 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $49,309,600 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(b) Wisconsin works administration and ancillary services. For administration of Wisconsin works and program services under Wisconsin works performed under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and ends on December 31, 2001, $64,216,800 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $128,433,800 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(c) Performance bonuses. For performance bonuses to Wisconsin works agencies that have entered into contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and that ends on December 31, 2001, $3,706,300 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $7,413,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(cr) Credit assistance. For payments to Wisconsin works agencies in 1st class cities for the provision of credit establishment and credit repair assistance to Wisconsin works participants, not more than $3,000,000 in each fiscal year. Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not use any funds allocated under this paragraph for any other purpose under this subsection.

(d) County community reinvestment. For reinvestment of funds into communities under s. 49.179, $2,779,800 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $5,559,800 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(e) Initial contracts. For contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that ends on December 31, 1999, $245,171,800 in fiscal year 1999-2000.

(f) Wisconsin works agency contingency fund. For contingency payments to Wisconsin works agencies for program costs, $102,000,000 in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, to be distributed under criteria established by the department, except that the department may not distribute moneys allocated under this paragraph unless the joint committee on finance approves the distribution.

(g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $31,831,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $31,783,200 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(h) Food stamps for legal immigrants. For food stamp benefits to qualified aliens under s. 49.124 (8), $420,000 in each fiscal year.

(i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138, $3,300,000 in each fiscal year.

(j) Funeral expenses. For funeral expenses under s. 49.30, $3,300,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $3,925,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(m) Children first. For services under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,140,000 in each fiscal year.

(n) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $600,000 in each fiscal year.

(o) Employment skills advancement grants. For employment skills advancement grants under s. 49.185, $100,000 in each fiscal year.

(p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $159,560,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $181,050,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(q) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.155 (1g), $11,812,300 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $11,367,600 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(r) Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under s. 49.1375, $7,500,000 in each fiscal year.

(s) Start-up funding. For start-up funding for contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and that ends on December 31, 2001, $3,519,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000. The department may not distribute moneys allocated under this paragraph unless the joint committee on finance approves the distribution.

(t) Wisconsin works contracts in certain counties. For contracts with persons for oversight of the administrative structure of Wisconsin works, and of Wisconsin works agencies, in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,500,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(u) Workforce attachment. For services specified under s. 49.173, $9,700,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01. The department may not distribute moneys allocated under this paragraph unless the joint committee on finance approves the distribution.

(v) Transportation assistance. For transportation assistance under s. 49.157, $200,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(w) Hospital paternity incentives. For hospital paternity incentive payments under s. 69.14 (1) (cm), $91,900 in each fiscal year.

(x) Passports for youth program. For the passports for youth program operated by the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, $300,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000. The department may not distribute funds under this paragraph if the passports for youth program does not comply with P.L. 104-193, section 103.

(y) Literacy initiative. For literacy grants under s. 49.169 and literacy services administered by the governor's office, $1,454,100 in each fiscal year.

(z) Community youth grant. For a competitive grant program administered by the department 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., $7,500,000 in each fiscal year.

(zb) Work-based learning programs for youth. For work-based learning programs for youth funded from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (7) (kc), $2,969,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $6,084,500 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(zc) Fatherhood initiative. For a grant program to promote fathers' involvement in their children's lives, $75,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.

(zd) Alcohol and other drug abuse. For grants made under s. 49.167 to organizations that provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq., $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.

(ze) Programs administered by the department of health and family services. 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) , (3o) and (3p), $24,530,100 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $26,164,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.

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, $13,745,200 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $17,930,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

3. `Community aids.' For community aids, $31,800,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $18,086,200 in fiscal year 2000-01.

4. `Runaway services.' For grants to programs that provide services for runaway children, $150,000 in each fiscal year.

5. `Early identification of pregnancy.' For outreach and services under s. 253.085 to low-income pregnant women, $100,000 in each fiscal year.

6. `Supplemental food program for women, infants and children.' From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (md), for per capita nutritional services and administration funding to local agencies that administer the federal special supplemental food program for women, infants and children under 42 USC 1786 and the state supplemental food program for women, infants and children under s. 253.06, $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.

7. `Adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs.' For adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs under ss. 46.93, 46.99 and 46.995, $1,808,300 in each fiscal year.

8. `Domestic abuse services grants.' For the domestic abuse services grants under s. 46.95 (2), $975,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter.

9. `Statewide immunization program.' For the statewide immunization program under s. 252.04 (1), $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.

10. `Community marriage policy project.' For the community marriage policy project under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9123 (14g), $45,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $60,000 in each fiscal year thereafter.

(zf) Badger Challenge. For the Badger Challenge program under s. 21.25, $33,300 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $83,200 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(zg) Aid to Milwaukee public schools. For aid to the school district operating under ch. 119 under ss. 119.72 and 119.82, $1,410,000 in each fiscal year.

(zh) Earned income tax credit. 1. `Taxable year 1998.' For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the general fund to reimburse the general fund for earned income tax credits paid for the taxable year that began on January 1, 1998, $48,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.

2. `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, $51,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $54,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

(zi) Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee. For the Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee, $300,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.

(zj) Head start. For the transfer of moneys to the department of public instruction for head start agencies, $3,712,500 in each fiscal year.

(zk) Wisconsin trust account fund. For the distribution to the Wisconsin trust account fund under s. 49.1635, $100,000 in each fiscal year.

(zL) English for Southeast Asian children. To the school board of the Wausau school district for English training for 3-year-old, 4-year-old and 5-year-old Southeast Asian children, $100,000 in each fiscal year.

(zm) Jobs initiative. For Milwaukee Jobs Initiative, Inc., $100,000 in each fiscal year.

(zn) Child abuse and neglect prevention board. For the transfer of moneys to the child abuse and neglect prevention board, $340,000 in each fiscal year.

(2) Redistribution of funds. The department may redistribute funds allocated for a purpose specified under any paragraph under sub. (1) to be used for any other purpose specified in any other paragraph under sub. (1) if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The secretary of administration approves the redistribution.

(b) The department submits a request for approval of the redistribution to the joint committee on finance and the cochairpersons of the committee do not, within 14 days of receiving the request, notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request. If, within 14 days after receiving the request, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the department may not redistribute funds under sub. (1) except to the extent approved by the committee.

9,1278t Section 1278t. 49.175 (1) (ze) 10. of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

9,1330r Section 1330r. 49.179 of the statutes is created to read: