Funding Positions
PR - $1,268,400 - 20.00
Governor: Delete $634,200 and 20.0 positions annually. The positions are currently vacant and the vacancy dates range from July 1, 1995 to August 27, 1998. The classifications and the full-time equivalent (FTE) positions that would be deleted are as follows:
Position Classification FTE
Administrative officer 1.00
Dental assistant 1.00
Food service worker 1.00
Personal assistant 0.45
Probation and parole agent 1.00
Program assistant 2.25
Psychologist 1.00
Recreational leader 1.00
Social worker 2.00
Teacher 3.00
Teacher assistant 2.00
Youth counselor 4.30
Total 20.00
Of these positions, 0.95 FTE (a 0.25 program assistant position and a 0.70 youth counselor positions) were already deleted under standard budget adjustments.
6. POPULATION-RELATED COST ADJUSTMENTS
PR $1,176,800
Governor: Provide $510,000 in 1999-00 and $666,800 in 2000-01 to reflect population-related cost adjustments as follows: (a) $363,900 in 1999-00 and $423,000 in 2000-01 for food costs at juvenile correctional institutions; (b) $70,600 in 1999-00 and $103,900 in 2000-01 for variable non-food costs (such as laundry, clothing and personal items) for institutionalized juveniles; and (c) $75,500 in 1999-00 and $139,900 in 2000-01 to reflect juvenile health care cost adjustments.
7. MENDOTA JUVENILE TREATMENT CENTER
PR $1,160,000
Governor: Provide $527,000 in 1999-00 and $633,000 in 2000-01 for cost increases associated with the care and treatment of juveniles placed at the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (MJTC). The MJTC facility, operated by the Department of Heath and Family Services (DHFS), provides evaluations for and mental health treatment of male juvenile offenders under state custody. The facility has a capacity of 43 beds. Under a contract agreement, DOC is providing $3,236,200 in 1998-99 to DHFS for the facility. Under the bill, these payments would increase to $3,763,200 in 1999-00, and $3,869,200 in 2000-01.
[Bill Section: 1002]
8. CONTINUED USE OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN FACILITY AS ADULT PRISON
Governor: Extend the period for operating the secured juvenile correctional facility at Prairie du Chien as an adult prison for inmates who are not more than 21 years of age and who are not violent offenders to July 1, 2001. Repeal a GPR appropriation created under 1997 Act 4 for the start-up and training costs of the Prairie du Chien facility. Under current law, the secured juvenile correctional facility at Prairie du Chien may be operated, until July 1, 1999, as an adult prison for inmates who are not more than 21 years of age and who are not violent offenders, as determined by the Department of Corrections.
[Bill Sections: 359 and 3261]
9. SERIOUS JUVENILE OFFENDER PROGRAM
Governor: Project the following average daily populations for the serious juvenile offender (SJO) appropriation, including SJO juveniles, violent juvenile offenders (VJO) and extended jurisdiction (EJ) juveniles, in the 1999-01 biennium:
SJO VJO EJ
Type of Care 1999-00 2000-01 1999-00 2000-01 1999-00 2000-01
Secured Correctional Facilities 122 122 0 0 26 19
Corrective Sanctions Program 26 45 1 0 5 4
Aftercare Supervision 26 45 0 0 5 3
Total ADP 174 212 1 0 36 26
Alternate Care* 26 44 0 0 0 0
*Includes child caring institutions and group homes and are a subset of aftercare supervision.
The SJO appropriation reimburses juvenile correctional institutions, secured child caring institutions, alternate care providers, aftercare supervision providers and corrective sanctions supervision providers for costs incurred, beginning on July 1, 1996, for: (a) the care of any juvenile 14 years of age or over who has been adjudicated delinquent for an act that is equivalent to a Class A or B felony or a juvenile 10 years of age or older who has attempted or committed first-degree intentional homicide or has committed first-degree reckless or second-degree intentional homicide, and who has a disposition as a serious juvenile offender; (b) juveniles less than 16 years of age under the jurisdiction of the adult court and sentenced to state prison, but placed by DOC at a secured juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution; (c) correctional services for juveniles adjudicated as violent juvenile offenders for certain offenses committed prior to July 1, 1996; and (d) juveniles under extended jurisdiction orders prior to July 1, 1996 who receive juvenile correctional services. A SJO disposition, under (a) above, may only be made if the judge finds that the only other disposition that would be appropriate is placement in a secured correctional facility. For a juvenile receiving a SJO disposition, the court is required to make the order apply for a period of five years if the adjudicated act was a Class B felony offense, or until the juvenile reaches 25 years of age if the adjudicated act was a Class A felony offense.
Base funding for the SJO appropriation totals $10,813,200. No additional funding is provided under the bill for the SJO appropriation, although the population projections and daily rates for care under the bill vary from those used to calculate 1998-99 base-level funding. In addition, the population projections for the SJO appropriation under the bill do not include juveniles under the jurisdiction of the adult court, but placed by DOC in a juvenile facility. This will need to be clarified.
10. PURCHASE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES -- CORRECTIVE SANCTIONS
PR - $429,600
Governor: Delete $246,300 in 1999-00 and $183,300 in 2000-01 for the purchase of community-based services for juveniles under the corrective sanctions program. Under current law, a juvenile participating in the corrective sanctions program is placed in the community and the Department of Corrections must provide intensive surveillance of the juvenile. The Department must also, by statute, expend an average of $5,000 a year per corrective sanctions slot to purchase community-based treatment services for participants. Under the bill, the Department would be required to expend an average of $3,000 a year per corrective sanctions slot.
[Bill Section: 3176]
PR $360,200
11. STANDARDIZED DRESS FOR YOUTH COUNSELORS
Governor: Provide $260,700 in 1999-00 and $99,500 in 2000-01 for the purchase of standardized clothing for youth counselor personnel at the Ethan Allen School, Lincoln Hills School and Southern Oaks Girls School. The Department indicates that adult institutions require standardized dress for correctional officers and the juvenile boys boot camp requires standardized dress for various personnel.
12. COLLECTIONS STAFF
Funding Positions
PR $84,400 1.00
Governor: Provide $40,800 in 1999-00 and $43,600 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position annually for the collection of certain payments, including child support for juveniles in out-of-home placements, to partially reimburse the cost of correctional services. Under the bill, a financial specialist position would be created to oversee the collections program. Under current law, parents of a juvenile, or other responsible parties, are required to reimburse part of the costs of correctional services. A determination of the amounts owed is made under: (a) a uniform system of fees, based on ability to pay, established under DOC rules; or (b) in the case of out-of-home placements of juveniles, an amount ordered by the court as determined by the child support percentage standard and DOC rules. The Department estimates that these collections will totally $300,000 annually, with the money credited to program revenue appropriations for secured correctional facilities, residential aftercare and the corrective sanctions program. Responsibility for collections relating to adjudicated juveniles was transferred from the Department of Health and Family Services to DOC under the 1997-99 budget adjustment act (1997 Act 237).
13. LINCOLN HILLS SCHOOL VOCATIONAL PROGRAM
PR $80,000
Governor: Provide $40,000 annually for the Lincoln Hills School vocational education program conducted in association with the North Central Technical College. The program, which began in September, 1998, with 22 juveniles participating, can provide courses in welding, computer business applications and mechanical and computer drafting that can lead to a certificate or associate degree. The second semester, currently in progress, has an enrollment of 15 juveniles. The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) funds the cost of licensed instructors for the program. Funding provided under the bill would be allocated for student fees, protective clothing and program supplies and services for juveniles participating in the program.
14. SOUTHERN OAKS GIRLS SCHOOL SUNSET HOUSE CONTRACT
PR $24,500
Governor: Provide $7,900 in 1999-00 and $16,600 in 2000-01 for increased contract costs associated with the Sunset House at the Southern Oaks Girls School. Sunset House is an eight-bed transitional housing unit for juvenile girls returning to the community. The unit is operated by a private provider under a contract with DOC.
15. POSITION REALIGNMENTS
Governor: Transfer $109,900 PR in 1999-00 and $146,400 PR in 2000-01 and 1.66 PR positions annually from the operating budget of the secured juvenile correctional facilities, as follows: (a) $87,600 PR in 1999-00 and $116,800 PR in 2000-01 and 1.33 PR positions annually to juvenile aftercare services; and (b) $22,300 PR in 1999-00 and $29,600 PR in 2000-01 and 0.33 position annually to the corrective sanctions program. The transfer is intended to convert funding for the positions to the appropriations that accurately reflect the responsibilities performed by the positions.
16. AFTERCARE AND OFFICE OF JUVENILE OFFENDER REVIEW SERVICES REVENUE
Governor: Provide that all payments, deductions and uniform fee collections relating to field and institutional aftercare services and for the Office of Juvenile Offender Review (OJOR) be deposited in the program revenue appropriation for juvenile correctional services. Under current law, these payments, deductions and uniform fee collections are required to be deposited to the general fund, instead of the program revenue appropriation which funds the services. In practice, these program revenues (approximately $2.4 million in 1997-98) are credited to the juvenile correctional services appropriation in order to fund the costs of these services. The Department of Corrections indicates that the statutory requirement under current law is based on an oversight dating back to the early 1980s.
[Bill Sections: 365 and 2709]
17. SERIOUS JUVENILE OFFENDERS BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION
Governor: Convert the GPR appropriation for serious juvenile offenders from an annual to a biennial appropriation. Provide that the unencumbered balance of the appropriation on June 30 of the second year in each fiscal biennium be transferred to the appropriation for community youth and family aids (youth aids). Under current law, the unencumbered balance of the serious juvenile offender appropriation on June 30 of each fiscal year is transferred to the youth aids appropriation.
[Bill Section: 364]
18. YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM REVENUE APPROPRIATION
