SB45: Bill Text

SB45,639,20 46.495 (1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw), (kz) and (o) for social services as approved by the department under ss. 46.215 (1), (2) (c) 1. and (3) and 46.22 (1) (b) 1. d. and (e) 3. a. except that no reimbursement may be made for the administration of or aid granted under s. 49.02.

SB45, s. 1103 Section 1103. 46.495 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,640,15 46.495 (1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b), (kw), (kz) and (o), the department shall distribute the funding for social services, including funding for foster care or treatment foster care of a child on whose behalf aid is received under s. 46.261, to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 as provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions under s. 46.40 (2) and, (8) and (9) (b). Each county's required match for the distributions under s. 46.40 (2) and (8) for a year equals 9.89% of the total of the county's distributions under s. 46.40 (2) and (8) for that year for which matching funds are required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987. Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (9) (b) for a year equals 9.89% of that county's amounts described in s. 46.40 (9) (a) (intro.) for that year. Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds or private donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in s. 51.423 (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county matching funds.

SB45, s. 1104 Section 1104. 46.495 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,640,21 46.495 (3) The department shall pay any performance-based distribution under s. 46.40 (2) earned by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 by December 31 of the year after the year in which the performance-based distribution was earned. The county department may expend that distribution for any purpose specified in s. 20.435 (7) (b).

SB45, s. 1105 Section 1105. 46.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,641,9 46.70 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (dL) (kL) and (o), the department may make available to any of the 11 federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state funds for the purposes stated in sub. (1). Beginning July 1, 1991, and ending September 30, 1991, the department may award to each tribal governing body up to $6,800. Beginning October 1, 1991, and ending September 30, 1992, the department may award to each tribal governing body up to $27,200. Beginning October 1, 1992, and ending June 30, 1993, the department may award to each tribal governing body up to $20,400. Receipt of funds is contingent upon department approval of an application submitted by a tribal governing body. The department may partially approve any application and provide only part of the funds requested. Each application shall contain a plan for expenditure of funds, consistent with the purposes stated in sub. (1).

SB45, s. 1106 Section 1106. 46.71 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,641,17 46.71 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (dm) (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:

SB45, s. 1107 Section 1107. 46.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,641,20 46.71 (2) The amount of funds allocated by the department under sub. (1) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (dm) (km).

SB45, s. 1108 Section 1108. 46.715 of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 1109 Section 1109. 46.76 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 1110 Section 1110. 46.765 of the statutes is repealed.

SB45, s. 1111 Section 1111. 46.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,642,5 46.81 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (dj) (dh), the department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year to aging units to provide benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.

SB45, s. 1112 Section 1112. 46.81 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,642,10 46.81 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (dj) (dh) the department shall allocate $182,500 in each fiscal year to area agencies on aging. Each area agency on aging shall use the funds for training, supervision and legal back-up services for benefit specialists within its area.

SB45, s. 1113 Section 1113. 46.82 (3) (a) 19. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,642,15 46.82 (3) (a) 19. If an aging unit under sub. (1) (a) 1. or 2. and if authorized under s. 46.283 (1) (a) 1., apply to the department to operate a resource center under s. 46.283 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.283 (2), operate the resource center.

SB45, s. 1114 Section 1114. 46.82 (3) (a) 20. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,642,21 46.82 (3) (a) 20. If an aging unit under sub. (1) (a) 1. or 2. and if authorized under s. 46.284 (1) (a) 1., apply to the department to operate a care management organization under s. 46.284 and, if the department contracts with the county under s. 46.284 (2), operate the care management organization and, if appropriate, place funds in a risk reserve.

SB45, s. 1115 Section 1115. 46.856 of the statutes is renumbered 46.856 (2), and 46.856 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB45,643,3 46.856 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (bg), the department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to do all of the following:

SB45, s. 1116 Section 1116. 46.856 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,643,5 46.856 (1) In this section:

SB45,643,6 (a) "Private nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).

SB45,643,8 (b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.

SB45, s. 1117 Section 1117. 46.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,643,25 46.86 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (cp) and (md), the department may award funds and from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md) the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age of 5 years; and the dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The grants shall be awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures. The grants shall be used to establish community-based programs, residential family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment programs. The program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services, parent education, support services for the children of the women who are enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any program funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare services to each woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which a woman has left the program.

SB45, s. 1118 Section 1118. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,644,8 46.86 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may not distribute more than $35,000 $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to the ARC community services center Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane county, to address a projected operation deficit of the center; County, to provide additional funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center; and to provide additional funding for staff of the center.

SB45, s. 1119 Section 1119. 46.86 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,644,13 46.86 (6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department may award not more than $1,167,900 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:

SB45,644,15 1. Meet special needs of women with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.

SB45,644,18 2. Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.

SB45,644,20 (b) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under par. (a):

SB45,644,22 1. Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.

SB45,644,23 2. Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.

SB45,644,25 3. Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.

SB45, s. 1120 Section 1120. 46.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,645,7 46.93 (2) Purpose; allocation. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.434 (1) (b) (ky), the board shall award not more than $439,300 in each of fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99 year for grants to organizations to provide adolescent pregnancy prevention programs or pregnancy services that include health care, education, counseling and vocational training. Types of services and programs that are eligible for grants include all of the following:

SB45, s. 1121 Section 1121. 46.985 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,645,11 46.985 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw), (kz) and (o), the department shall allocate to county departments funds for the administration and implementation of the program.

SB45, s. 1122 Section 1122. 46.99 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,645,13 46.99 Brighter futures initiative. (1) Definition. In this section

SB45,645,15 (a) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181.

SB45,645,17 (b) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.

SB45,645,25 (2) Awarding of grants. (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (eg) and (nL), the department, beginning on January 1, 2001, shall distribute $1,250,600 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,109,300 in each fiscal year to applying county departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $7,500 in each fiscal year to applying federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:

SB45,646,2 1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth violence and other delinquent behavior.

SB45,646,4 2. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug use and abuse.

SB45,646,5 3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect.

SB45,646,13 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department, beginning on January 1, 2001, shall distribute $769,500 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, $425,100 in each fiscal year to applying county departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 operating in counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $172,500 in each fiscal year to applying federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:

SB45,646,15 1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of nonmarital pregnancy and increase the use of abstinence as a method of preventing nonmarital pregnancy.

SB45,646,18 2. Increase adolescent self-sufficiency by encouraging high school graduation, vocational preparedness, improved social and other interpersonal skills and responsible decision making.

SB45,646,23 (c) A nonprofit corporation, public agency or American Indian tribe or band that is applying for a grant under par. (a) or (b) shall provide to the department a proposed service plan for the use of the grant moneys. If the department approves the service plan, the department may award the grant. The department shall award the grants on a competitive basis and for a 3-year period.

SB45,647,2 (3) Outcomes expected. (a) The department shall provide a set of benchmark indicators to measure the outcomes that are expected of a program funded under sub. (2) (a). Those benchmark indicators shall measure all of the following among youth who have participated in a program funded under sub. (2) (a) or (b):

SB45,647,3 1. The rate of participation in violent or other delinquent behavior.

SB45,647,4 2. The rate of alcohol and other drug use and abuse.

SB45,647,6 3. The rate of nonmarital pregnancy and the rate at which abstinence is used to prevent nonmarital pregnancy.

SB45,647,7 4. The rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect.

SB45,647,12 5. The development of self-sufficiency, as indicated by the rate of high school graduation, the degree of vocational preparedness, any improvements in social and other interpersonal skills and in responsible decision making and any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development of adolescent self-sufficiency.

SB45,647,14 6. Any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development of positive behaviors among adolescents.

SB45,647,18 (b) The department shall require a grant recipient under sub. (2) (a) or (b) to provide an annual report showing the status of its program participants in terms of the benchmark indicators provided under par. (a) and may renew a grant only if the recipient shows improvement on those indicators.

SB45, s. 1123 Section 1123. 46.995 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45, s. 1124 Section 1124. 46.995 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,648,9 46.995 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg) (ky), the department may allocate $582,100 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services in counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills. The public or private entity seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on all of the following factors:

SB45, s. 1125 Section 1125. 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,648,22 46.995 (3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg) (ky), the department may allocate $340,000 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation from high school and expand career and other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified under sub. (2) (a) to (d).

SB45, s. 1126 Section 1126. 46.996 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45, s. 1127 Section 1127. 46.996 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,649,4 46.996 Adolescent services. (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department shall allocate funds in distribute $62,500 and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute $287,500, for the following amounts:

SB45, s. 1128 Section 1128. 46.997 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45, s. 1129 Section 1129. 46.997 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,649,15 46.997 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department shall allocate not more than $210,000 distribute $52,500 and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (3) (ky), the department shall distribute $157,500 in each fiscal year to make grants to applying organizations for the provision, on a regional or tribal project basis, of information to communities in order to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:

SB45, s. 1130 Section 1130. 48.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,649,22 48.02 (6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for no more than 4 children unless all of the children are siblings or, if necessary to enable a sibling group to remain together, for no more than 6 children or, if the department promulgates rules permitting a different number of children, for the number of children permitted under those rules.

SB45, s. 1131 Section 1131. 48.02 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,650,3 48.02 (17) "Shelter care facility" means a nonsecure place of temporary care and physical custody for children, including a holdover room, licensed by the department under s. 48.66 (1) (a).

SB45, s. 1132 Section 1132. 48.48 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,650,7 48.48 (9) To license foster homes or treatment foster homes as provided in s. 48.66 (1) (a) for its own use or for the use of licensed child welfare agencies or, if requested to do so, for the use of county departments.

SB45, s. 1133 Section 1133. 48.48 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,650,9 48.48 (9m) To license shelter care facilities as provided in s. 48.66 (1) (a).

SB45, s. 1134 Section 1134. 48.48 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,650,12 48.48 (10) To license child welfare agencies and day care centers as provided in s. 48.66 (1) (a).

SB45, s. 1135 Section 1135. 48.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,650,15 48.55 (title) State adoption information exchange and state adoption center.

SB45, s. 1136 Section 1136. 48.55 of the statutes is renumbered 48.55 (1) and amended to read:

SB45,651,2 48.55 (1) The department shall establish a state adoption information exchange for the purpose of finding adoptive homes for children with special needs who do not have permanent homes. The department shall adopt rules governing the adoption information exchange and, from and a state adoption center for the purposes of increasing public knowledge of adoption and promoting to adolescents and pregnant women the availability of adoption services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (dg), the department may provide not more than $75,000 $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to individuals and private agencies for to provide adoption information exchange services and to operate the state adoption center.