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(a) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized
23under ch. 181.
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(b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an
25agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
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1(2) Awarding of grants. (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (eg),
2(km) and (nL), the department, beginning on January 1, 2001, shall distribute
3$2,125,200 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies
4operating in a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $1,229,300 in each
5fiscal year to applying county departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437
6operating in counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more to
7provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
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1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth violence and other delinquent
9behavior.
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2. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug use and
11abuse.
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3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
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4. Prevent and reduce the incidence of nonmarital pregnancy and increase the
14use of abstinence as a method of preventing nonmarital pregnancy.
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5. Increase adolescent self-sufficiency by encouraging high school graduation,
16vocational preparedness, improved social and other interpersonal skills and
17responsible decision making.
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(b) A nonprofit corporation or public agency that is applying for a grant under
19par. (a) shall provide to the department a proposed service plan for the use of the
20grant moneys. If the department approves the service plan, the department may
21award the grant. The department shall award the grants on a competitive basis and
22for a 3-year period.
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23(3) Outcomes expected. (a) The department shall provide a set of benchmark
24indicators to measure the outcomes that are expected of a program funded under sub.
1(2) (a). Those benchmark indicators shall measure all of the following among youth
2who have participated in a program funded under sub. (2) (a):
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1. The rate of participation in violent or other delinquent behavior.
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2. The rate of alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
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3. The rate of nonmarital pregnancy and the rate at which abstinence is used
6to prevent nonmarital pregnancy.
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4. The rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect.
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5. The development of self-sufficiency, as indicated by the rate of high school
9graduation, the degree of vocational preparedness, any improvements in social and
10other interpersonal skills and in responsible decision making and any other
11indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development
12of adolescent self-sufficiency.
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6. Any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating
14the development of positive behaviors among adolescents.
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(b) The department shall require a grant recipient under sub. (2) (a) to provide
16an annual report showing the status of its program participants in terms of the
17benchmark indicators provided under par. (a) and may renew a grant only if the
18recipient shows improvement on those indicators.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1123d
19Section 1123d. 46.995 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-SSA1,639,20
2046.995 (title)
Tribal adolescent services.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1123e
21Section 1123e. 46.995 (1) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (3) (title)
22and amended to read:
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46.995
(3) (title)
Definition
Adolescent pregnancy prevention services.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1123f
24Section 1123f. 46.995 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (3) (a)
25(intro.) and amended to read:
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146.995
(3) (a) (intro.) In this
section subsection, "high-risk adolescent" means
2a person who is at least 13 years of age but under the age of 20 and who is at risk of
3becoming an unmarried parent as an adolescent and of incurring long-term
4economic dependency on public funds and is characterized by one or more of the
5following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1123k
10Section 1123k. 46.995 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (3) (a) 5.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1123L
11Section 1123L. 46.995 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (3) (a) 6.
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46.995
(1m) Tribal adolescent services allocations. From the appropriation
14account under s. 20.435 (3) (km), the department may allocate $172,500 in each fiscal
15year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department
16may allocate $7,500 in each fiscal year to provide the grants specified in subs. (2), (3)
17(b) and (4m) (b).
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46.995
(2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. (intro.) From the
20appropriation
account under s. 20.435 (3)
(eg) (ky), the department may allocate
21$582,100 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity
22or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
23band to provide services in counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which
24shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training and
25experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's
1capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing
2parenting skills. The public or private entity seeking to receive a grant to provide
3these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the
4department. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the
5department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the
6award of grants under this subsection, based on all of the following factors:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1124g
7Section 1124g. 46.995 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin
8Act .... (this act), is renumbered 46.995 (2) and amended to read:
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46.995
(2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the
appropriation
10account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department may allocate $582,100 in each fiscal
11year to allocations under sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually
12to a public or private entity or in the amount of $85,000 to the elected governing body
13of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services
in
14counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which shall emphasize high
15school graduation and vocational preparation, training and experience and may be
16structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill parental
17responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills. The
18public or private entity tribe or band seeking to receive a grant to provide these
19services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department.
20Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department shall rank
21individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under
22this subsection, based on all of the following factors:
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46.995
(3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. From the
4appropriation
account under s. 20.435 (3)
(eg) (ky), the department may allocate
5$340,000 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity
6or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
7band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention
8services which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making
9and communications skills, promote graduation from high school and expand career
10and other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to
11pregnancy prevention. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the
12department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the
13award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified under sub. (2)
14(a) to (d).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1125g
15Section 1125g. 46.995 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act
16.... (this act), is renumbered 46.995 (3) (b) and amended to read:
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46.995
(3) (b) From the
appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the
18department may allocate $340,000 in each fiscal year to allocations under sub. (1m),
19the department may provide a grant annually
to a public or private entity or in the
20amount of $65,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American
21Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood
22prevention services which shall be structured so as to increase development of
23decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation from high school
24and expand career and other options and which may address needs of adolescents
25with respect to pregnancy prevention.
Except with respect to award of a grant to a
1tribe or band, the department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this
2ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified
3under sub. (2) (a) to (d).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1126
5Section
1126. 46.996 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
6act), is repealed.
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846.996 Adolescent services. (intro.) From the appropriation
account under
9s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department shall
allocate funds in distribute $62,500 and from
10the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute
11$287,500, for the following
amounts:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1128d
12Section 1128d. 46.997 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (title).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1128g
13Section 1128g. 46.997 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m)
14(a) (intro.) and amended to read:
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46.995
(4m) (a) (intro.) In this
section subsection:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1128i
16Section 1128i. 46.997 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (a) 1.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1128k
17Section 1128k. 46.997 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (a) 2.
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46.997
(2) (intro.) From the appropriation
account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the
24department shall
allocate not more than $210,000
distribute $52,500 and from the
25appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute
1$157,500 in each fiscal year to make grants to applying organizations for the
2provision, on a regional or tribal project basis, of information to communities in order
3to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to
4and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the
5adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129g
6Section 1129g. 46.997 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin
7Act .... (this act), is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
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46.995
(4m) (b) (intro.) From the
appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg),
9the department shall distribute $52,500 and from the appropriation account under
10s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute $157,500 in each fiscal year to
11make grants to applying organizations allocations under sub. (1m), the department
12may provide a grant annually in the amount of $30,000 to the elected governing body
13of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band for the provision
, on a
14regional or tribal project basis, of information to
communities members of the tribe
15or band in order to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents
16and information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in
17order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129h
18Section 1129h. 46.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (b) 1.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129i
19Section 1129i. 46.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (b) 2.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129j
20Section 1129j. 46.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (b) 3.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129k
21Section 1129k. 46.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (b) 4.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129m
22Section 1129m. 46.997 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (c) and
23amended to read:
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(4m) (c) Each
funded regional project under sub. (2) shall provide
25services in one of 6 regional areas of the state, and each funded tribal project under
1sub. (2) par. (b) shall provide services in areas of the state as approved by the Indian
2tribe
or band and the department. The department shall determine the boundaries
3of the regional areas prior to soliciting project grant applications.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129p
4Section 1129p. 46.997 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (d) and
5amended to read:
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(4m) (d) Prior to making grants to applying
organizations under sub.
7(2) tribes or bands under par. (b), the department shall consider whether and how the
8applying
organization tribe or band proposes to coordinate its services with other
9public or private resources, programs or activities in the region and the state.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1129r
10Section 1129r. 46.997 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 46.995 (4m) (e) and
11amended to read:
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46.995
(4m) (e) The department shall work closely with the women's council
13and the department of public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope
14and direction of activities under projects funded by the program under
sub. (2) par.
15(b).
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48.02
(6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person
18required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for
19no more than 4 children
unless all of the children are siblings or, if necessary to
20enable a sibling group to remain together, for no more than 6 children or, if the
21department promulgates rules permitting a different number of children, for the
22number of children permitted under those rules.
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(8) (c) 1. In an uncontested termination of parental rights and adoption
2proceeding under s. 48.833
(1), the court shall order the agency that placed the child
3for adoption to pay the compensation of the child's guardian ad litem.
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(4) (d) If the child is living more than 60 miles from his or her home,
6documentation that placement within 60 miles of the child's home is either
7unavailable or inappropriate or documentation that placement more than 60 miles
8from the child's home is in the child's best interests. The placement of a child in a
9licensed foster home or a licensed treatment foster home more than 60 miles from the
10child's home is presumed to be in the best interests of the child if documentation is
11provided
which that shows
all any of the following:
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1. That the placement is made pursuant to a voluntary agreement under s.
1348.63 (1)
.
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142. That, that the voluntary agreement provides that the child may be placed
15more than 60 miles from the child's home
.
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163. That and that the placement is made to facilitate the anticipated adoptive
17placement of the child under s. 48.833
(1) or 48.837.
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(4) (d) 1m. That the placement is of a child with special needs, as defined
20by rule promulgated under s. 48.975 (5) (b), that the placement is made to facilitate
21the anticipated adoptive placement of the child under s. 48.833 (1) and that the
22department, county department or child welfare agency making the placement has
23determined under s. 48.833 (3) that consideration of the location of the proposed
24adoptive parent's residence is not necessary to ensure the best interests of the child
25in light of the child's need for care or treatment to meet those special needs.
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(4) (dm) In the case of a child with special needs, as defined by rule
3promulgated under s. 48.975 (5) (b), who is placed to facilitate the anticipated
4adoptive placement of the child under s. 48.833 (1), if the department, county
5department or child welfare agency making the placement has determined under s.
648.833 (3) that consideration of the location of the proposed adoptive parent's
7residence is necessary to ensure the best interests of the child in light of the child's
8need for care or treatment to meet those special needs, documentation showing the
9reasons why that consideration is necessary.
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(2) Any birth parent of a child may file with the agency that placed the
12child for adoption under s. 48.833
(1) or that was appointed the guardian of the child
13under s. 48.837 (6) (d) a written authorization for the agency to release any available
14information about the birth parent's identity and location to one or both adoptive
15parents of the child.
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48.434
(3) Any adoptive parent of a child may file with the agency that placed
18the child for adoption under s. 48.833
(1) or that was appointed the guardian of the
19child under s. 48.837 (6) (d) a written authorization for the agency to release any
20available information about the adoptive parent's identity and location to one or both
21birth parents of the child.
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2348.55 (title)
State adoption information exchange and state adoption
24center.