49.169(2)(2) The department shall award not more than $1,404,100 in grants to qualified applicants for the provision of literacy training to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq.
49.169(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.
49.169(5) (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 literacy training receive adequate literacy training.
49.169 History History: 1999 a. 9.
49.173 49.173 Workforce attachment and advancement program.
49.173(1)(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.:
49.173(1)(a) (a) Job readiness training and job placement services to unemployed persons.
49.173(1)(b) (b) Basic job skills development to unemployed or recently employed persons.
49.173(1)(c) (c) Services to assist recently employed persons with job retention.
49.173(1)(d) (d) Incumbent worker training to promote job advancement and increased earnings.
49.173(1)(e) (e) Services to employers to assist them in retaining workers and providing workers with position advancement.
49.173(2) (2)
49.173(2)(a)(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.
49.173(2)(b) (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).
49.173(3) (3)
49.173(3)(a)(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:
49.173(3)(a)1. 1. Case management.
49.173(3)(a)2. 2. Food stamp employment and training.
49.173(3)(a)3. 3. Diversion, as defined by the department.
49.173(3)(a)4. 4. Noncustodial parents.
49.173(3)(a)5. 5. Child care.
49.173(3)(b) (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:
49.173(3)(b)1. 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.
49.173(3)(b)2. 2. Labor force participation.
49.173(3)(b)3. 3. The unemployment rate of the area served by the local board.
49.173(4) (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.
49.173 History History: 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.
49.175 49.175 Public assistance and local assistance allocations.
49.175(1)(1)Allocation of funds. Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (jL), (k), (L), (mc), (md), (nL), (pm), and (ps), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
49.175(1)(a) (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, $24,654,800 in fiscal year 2001-02; and for Wisconsin works benefits provided under contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, $24,654,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $49,309,600 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(b) (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, $63,269,900 in fiscal year 2001-02; and 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, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, $49,610,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $99,221,600 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(c) (c) Performance bonuses. For the payment of 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, $12,820,800 in fiscal year 2001-02.
49.175(1)(d) (d) Community reinvestment. For the payment of community reinvestment funds that are earned as part of contracts entered into under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and ends on December 31, 2001, $2,769,900 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $5,539,700 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(e) (e) Contracts for 2000 and 2001. For contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and ends on December 31, 2001, $20,136,800 in fiscal year 2001-02.
49.175(1)(g) (g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state administration of public assistance programs, $24,680,700 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $24,693,200 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(h) (h) Food stamps for legal immigrants. For food stamp benefits to qualified aliens under s. 49.79 (8), $745,000 in fiscal year 2001-02.
49.175(1)(i) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138, $3,300,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(j) (j) Funeral expenses. For funeral expenses under s. 49.30, $4,550,200 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $4,550,200 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(m) (m) Children first. For services under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,140,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(n) (n) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $600,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(p) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $274,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $305,550,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(q) (q) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under s. 49.155 (1g), $24,293,900 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $15,458,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(qm) (qm) Local pass-through grant program. For the local pass-through grant program under s. 49.137 (4m), $25,210,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $17,253,200 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(r) (r) Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under s. 49.1375, $11,395,900 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(u) (u) Workforce attachment and advancement program. For services specified under s. 49.173, $9,641,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $7,842,200 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(v) (v) Transportation assistance. For transportation assistance for individuals who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. seq., $900,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(y) (y) Literacy initiative. For literacy grants under s. 49.169 and literacy services administered by the governor's office, $1,425,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(z) (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., $7,829,700 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $300,000 fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(zd) (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., $500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02.
49.175(1)(ze) (ze) Programs administered by the department of health and family services.
49.175(1)(ze)1.1. `Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under s. 48.57 (3m), (3n), and (3p), $24,852,600 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)2. 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, $20,145,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $19,796,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(ze)6. 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.
49.175(1)(ze)7. 7. `Adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs.' For adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs under ss. 46.93, 46.99, and 46.995, $1,816,500 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)8. 8. `Domestic abuse services grants.' For the domestic abuse services grants under s. 46.95 (2), $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)9. 9. `Statewide immunization program.' For the statewide immunization program under s. 252.04 (1), $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)10m. 10m. `Safety services.' For services provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children who the department of health and family services determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, $7,094,100 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)11. 11. `Prevention services.' For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,489,600 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zf) (zf) Badger Challenge. For the Badger Challenge program under s. 21.25, $93,400 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175(1)(zg) (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.
49.175(1)(zh) (zh) 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, $51,244,500 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $55,160,000 in fiscal year 2002-03.
49.175 Note NOTE: Par. (zh) was renumbered from par. (zh) 2. by the revisor under s. 13.93 (1) (b).
49.175(1)(zj) (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.
49.175(1)(zk) (zk) Wisconsin trust account fund. For the distribution to the Wisconsin trust account fund under s. 49.1635, $100,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zL) (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.
49.175(1)(zn) (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.
49.175(2) (2)Reallocation of funds.
49.175(2)(a)(a) The department may reallocate funds that are allocated under a paragraph under sub. (1) for any purpose specified in a paragraph under sub. (1) if the secretary of administration approves the reallocation.
49.175(2)(c) (c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required to be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.445 (3) (mc) and (md) are less than the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (3) (mc) and (md), the department shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration for reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under sub. (1). If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated under sub. (1) may be reduced as proposed by the department and the department shall allocate the moneys as specified in the plan.
49.175 History History: 1997 a. 27, 105, 236, 237, 252, 318; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 104, 109; s. 13.93 (1) (b).
49.179 49.179 Community reinvestment.
49.179(1) (1) In this section, "Wisconsin works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).
49.179(2) (2) Annually, beginning January 1, 2000, the department shall distribute the moneys allocated under s. 49.175 (1) (d) to Wisconsin works agencies.
49.179(3) (3) Funds distributed under sub. (2) may be used only for community reinvestment projects. The department shall establish criteria for the use of the funds distributed under sub. (2).
49.179(5) (5) No expenditures from the funds distributed under sub. (2) may be made unless the department first certifies that the expenditures are allowable under the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant program under 42 USC 601 et. seq.
49.179 History History: 1999 a. 9.
49.19 49.19 Aid to families with dependent children.
49.19(1) (1)
49.19(1)(a)(a) In this section, "dependent child" means a child under the age of 18 or, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching 19, is under the age of 19, who:
49.19(1)(a)1. 1. Has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home other than absence occasioned solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States, unemployment or incapacity of a parent; and
49.19(1)(a)2.a.a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named in this subparagraph even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
49.19(1)(a)2.b. b. Is living in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed under s. 48.62 if a license is required under that section, in a foster home or treatment foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation, in a group home licensed under s. 48.625, or in a residential care center for children and youth licensed under s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or center by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, by the department of health and family services, by the department of corrections, or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in this state under an agreement with a county department.
49.19(1)(b) (b) Any individual may apply for aid to families with dependent children and shall have opportunity to do so. Application for aid shall be made on forms prescribed by the department. Any person having knowledge that any child is dependent upon the public for proper support or that the interest of the public requires that such child be granted aid may bring the facts to the notice of an agency administering such aid in the county in which the child resides.
49.19(1)(c)1.1. "Aid to families with dependent children" means money payments with respect to, or vendor payments as prescribed by the department, or medical care in behalf of or any type of remedial care recognized under subs. (1) to (10) or s. 49.46 or necessary burial expenses as defined in sub. (5) in behalf of a dependent child or dependent children.
49.19(1)(c)2. 2. "Aid to families with dependent children" also includes such aid to meet the needs of the relative with whom any dependent child is living and the spouse of the relative if:
49.19(1)(c)2.a. a. The spouse is living with the relative, the relative is the child's parent and the child is a dependent child by reason of the physical or mental incapacity of a parent; or
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