AB40-ASA1,900
13Section
900. 48.487 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,532,2314
48.487
(2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the allocation under
15sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $85,000
16to the An elected governing body of an Indian tribe
may expend moneys from a grant
17received under sub. (1m) to provide services for adolescent parents
which. Those
18services shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation,
19training, and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent
20parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and
21increasing parenting skills.
The Indian tribe seeking to receive a grant to provide
22these An Indian tribe that provides those services shall develop a proposed service
23plan that is approved by the department.
AB40-ASA1,901
24Section
901. 48.487 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,533,8
148.487
(3) (b)
From the allocation under sub. (1m), the department may provide
2a grant annually in the amount of $65,000 to the An elected governing body of an
3Indian tribe
may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide
4to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services
which to
5high-risk adolescents. Those services shall be structured so as to increase
the 6development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation
7from high school, and expand career and other options and
which may address needs
8of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention.
AB40-ASA1,902
9Section
902. 48.487 (4m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,533,1010
48.487
(4m) (title)
Adolescent choices
project grants projects.
AB40-ASA1,903
11Section
903. 48.487 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,533,1812
48.487
(4m) (b) (intro.)
From the allocation under sub. (1m), the department
13may provide a grant annually in the amount of $60,000 to the An elected governing
14body of an Indian tribe
for the provision of may expend moneys from a grant received
15under sub. (1m) to provide information to members of the Indian tribe in order to
16increase community knowledge about
the problems of adolescents and
to provide 17information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in
18order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:
AB40-ASA1,904
19Section
904. 48.487 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,534,220
48.487
(4m) (c)
Each funded tribal project An Indian tribe that provides
21services under par. (b) shall provide
those services in
areas an area of the state
as that
22is approved by the Indian tribe and the department. The department shall
23determine the boundaries of the
regional areas prior to soliciting project grant
24applications regions in this state within which the Indian tribes may provide services
1under par. (b) before approving the service area of an Indian tribe under this
2paragraph.
AB40-ASA1,905
3Section
905. 48.487 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,534,84
48.487
(4m) (d) Prior to
making grants to applying Indian tribes under par. (b) 5approving the service area of an Indian tribe under par. (c), the department shall
6consider whether and how the
applying Indian tribe proposes to coordinate its
7services with other public or private resources, programs, or activities in the region
8and the state.
AB40-ASA1,906
9Section
906. 48.487 (4m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,534,1310
48.487
(4m) (e) The department shall work closely with the women's council
11and the department of public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope
12and direction of activities
under projects funded by the program conducted under
13par. (b).
AB40-ASA1,907
14Section
907. 48.487 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,534,1515
48.487
(5) Domestic abuse services. (a) In this subsection:
AB40-ASA1,534,2016
1. "Domestic abuse" means physical abuse, including a violation of s. 940.225
17(1), (2), or (3), or any threat of physical abuse between adult family or adult household
18members, by a minor family or minor household member against an adult family or
19adult household member, by an adult against his or her adult former spouse or by an
20adult against an adult with whom the person has a child in common.
AB40-ASA1,534,2121
2. "Domestic abuse services" means any of the following:
AB40-ASA1,534,2222
a. Shelter facilities or private home shelter care.
AB40-ASA1,534,2323
b. Advocacy and counseling for victims.
AB40-ASA1,534,2424
c. A 24-hour telephone service.
AB40-ASA1,534,2525
d. Community education.
AB40-ASA1,535,2
13. "Family member" means a spouse, a parent, a child, or a person related by
2blood or adoption to another person.
AB40-ASA1,535,43
4. "Household member" means a person currently or formerly residing in a
4place of abode with another person.
AB40-ASA1,535,105
(b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), an elected governing body of an Indian tribe may
6expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide domestic abuse
7services. If an elected governing body of an Indian tribe expends those moneys for
8those services, the body shall provide matching funds or in-kind contributions in an
9amount to be determined by the department. The department shall establish
10guidelines regarding the types of contributions that qualify as in-kind contributions.
AB40-ASA1,535,1711
(c) An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may provide shelter facilities
12only if the department of safety and professional services determines that the
13physical plant of the facility will not be dangerous to the health or safety of the
14residents when the facility is in operation. An elected governing body of an Indian
15tribe may provide shelter facilities or private home shelter care only if the body
16ensures that the following services will be provided either by that Indian tribe or by
17another person:
AB40-ASA1,535,1818
1. A 24-hour telephone service.
AB40-ASA1,535,1919
2. Temporary housing and food.
AB40-ASA1,535,2020
3. Advocacy and counseling for victims.
AB40-ASA1,535,2121
4. Referral and follow-up services.
AB40-ASA1,535,2222
5. Arrangements for education of school-age children.
AB40-ASA1,535,2323
6. Emergency transportation to the shelter.
AB40-ASA1,535,2424
7. Community education.
AB40-ASA1,536,3
1(d) An Indian tribe that provides domestic abuse services under this subsection
2shall report all of the following information to the department by February 15
3annually:
AB40-ASA1,536,54
1. The total expenditures that the Indian tribe made on domestic abuse services
5in the previous tribal fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,536,76
2. The expenditures specified in subd. 1. by general category of domestic abuse
7services provided.
AB40-ASA1,536,98
3. The number of persons served in the previous tribal fiscal year by general
9type of domestic abuse service.
AB40-ASA1,536,1210
4. The number of persons who were in need of domestic abuse services in the
11previous tribal fiscal year but who did not receive the domestic abuse services that
12they needed.
AB40-ASA1,908
13Section
908. 48.487 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,536,1614
48.487
(7) Child welfare services. An elected governing body of an Indian
15tribe may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide child
16welfare services as authorized under
42 USC 621 to
628b.
AB40-ASA1,909
17Section
909. 48.56 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,536,19
1848.56 (title)
Child welfare services in counties having populations of
19less than 500,000 750,000.
AB40-ASA1,910
20Section
910. 48.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,536,2221
48.56
(1) Each county having a population of less than
500,000 750,000 shall
22provide child welfare services through its county department.
AB40-ASA1,911
23Section
911. 48.561 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,536,25
2448.561 (title)
Child welfare services in a county having a population of
25500,000 750,000 or more.
AB40-ASA1,912
1Section
912. 48.561 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,537,32
48.561
(1) The department shall provide child welfare services in a county
3having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more.
AB40-ASA1,913
4Section
913. 48.561 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,537,85
48.561
(2) The department shall employ personnel in a county having a
6population of
500,000 750,000 or more who devote all of their time directly or
7indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be
8social workers certified under ch. 457.
AB40-ASA1,914
9Section
914. 48.561 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,537,1310
48.561
(3) (a) (intro.) A county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more
11shall contribute $58,893,500 in each state fiscal year for the provision of child welfare
12services in that county by the department. That contribution shall be made as
13follows:
AB40-ASA1,915
14Section
915. 48.561 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,538,215
48.561
(3) (b) The department of administration shall collect the amount
16specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 or more
17by deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county
18under s. 79.035, 79.04, or 79.08. The department of administration shall notify the
19department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount to be deducted
20from the state payments due under s. 79.035, 79.04
, or 79.08. The department of
21administration shall credit all amounts collected under this paragraph to the
22appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall notify the county from which
23those amounts are collected of that collection. The department may not expend any
24moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) for providing services
1to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until the amounts in the appropriation
2account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted.
AB40-ASA1,916
3Section
916. 48.563 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,538,74
48.563
(1) (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the
5appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b),
(cx), (km), and (o), the department shall
6distribute funds for children and family services to county departments as provided
7in subs. (2),
(3), (4), and (7m) and s. 48.986.
AB40-ASA1,917
8Section
917. 48.563 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.487 (6) and amended
9to read:
AB40-ASA1,538,1510
48.487
(6) Tribal child care. For An elected governing body of an Indian tribe
11may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide child care
12services under
42 USC 9858, the department shall distribute not more than $412,800
13in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (b) to Indian
14tribes. An Indian tribe that receives funding under this subsection shall use that
15funding to provide child care for an eligible child, as defined in
42 USC 9858n (4).
AB40-ASA1,918
16Section
918. 48.563 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,538,2317
48.563
(4) Postreunification services. If a demonstration project authorized
18under
42 USC 1320a-9 reduces the cost of providing out-of-home care for children
19in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, from the appropriations under
20s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (o) the department may distribute the amount by which that
21cost is reduced by that demonstration project in each fiscal year to county
22departments for services for children and families to prevent the reentry of children
23into out-of-home care.
AB40-ASA1,919
24Section
919. 48.569 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,539,3
148.569
(1) (am) The department shall reimburse each county from the
2appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b),
(cx), (km), and (o) for children and family
3services as approved by the department under ss. 46.22 (1) (b) 2. f. and (e) 3. b.
AB40-ASA1,920
4Section
920. 48.569 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,539,185
48.569
(1) (d) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (b),
(cx), (km), and
6(o), the department shall distribute the funding for children and family services,
7including funding for foster care or subsidized guardianship care of a child on whose
8behalf aid is received under s. 48.645 to county departments as provided under s.
948.563. County matching funds are required for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2).
10Each county's required match for the distribution under s. 48.563 (2) shall be
11specified in a schedule established annually by the department. Matching funds
12may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds, or private
13donations to the county that meet the requirements specified in sub. (1m). Private
14donations may not exceed 25 percent of the total county match. If the county match
15is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal
16funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal
17funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county
18matching funds.
AB40-ASA1,922
19Section
922. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,540,220
48.57
(3m) (am) (intro.) From the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.437
21(2)
(dz), (md)
, (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having
22populations of less than 500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall
23make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or
24more. Subject to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population
25of 500,000 or more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $220 per
1month to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child
2if all of the following conditions are met:
AB40-ASA1,922c
3Section 922c. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013
4Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,540,135
48.57
(3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
6(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
7than 500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
8under this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. Subject
9to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 500,000 or
10more, the department shall make payments in the amount of
$220 $226 per month
11beginning on January 1, 2014, and $232 per month beginning on January 1, 2015, 12to a kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of
13the following conditions are met:
AB40-ASA1,924
14Section
924. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,540,2315
48.57
(3n) (am) (intro.) From the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.437
16(2)
(dz), (md)
, (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having
17populations of less than 500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall
18make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or
19more. Subject to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population
20of 500,000 or more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in
21the amount
specified in sub. (3m) (am) (intro.) of $220 per month to a long-term
22kinship care relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of
23the following conditions are met:
AB40-ASA1,924c
24Section 924c. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013
25Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,541,9
148.57
(3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
2(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
3than 500,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
4under this subsection in a county having a population of 500,000 or more. Subject
5to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 500,000 or
6more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
7$220 $226 per month
beginning on January 1, 2014, and $232 per month beginning
8on January 1, 2015, to a long-term kinship care relative who is providing care and
9maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB40-ASA1,926
10Section
926. 48.57 (3p) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,541,2211
48.57
(3p) (d) If the person being investigated under par. (b) or (c) is a
12nonresident, or at any time within the 5 years preceding the date of the application
13has been a nonresident, or if the county department or, in a county having a
14population of 500,000 or more, the department determines that the person's
15employment, licensing or state court records provide a reasonable basis for further
16investigation, the county department or department shall require the person to be
17fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's
18fingerprints
, or by other technologies approved by law enforcement agencies. The
19department of justice may provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards
or
20fingerprints by other technologies to the federal bureau of investigation for the
21purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records
22of his or her criminal arrest and conviction.
AB40-ASA1,929
23Section
929. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,542,1924
48.62
(4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the
25rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1,
2010 2014, the rates are
1$215 $226 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home
2that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under
3sub. (8) (a) and, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified
4to provide care at a level of care that is higher than
such level one care,
$349 $375 5for a child under 5 years of age;
$381 $410 for a child 5 to 11 years of age;
$433 $466 6for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and
$452 $487 for a child 15 years of age or over.
7Beginning on January 1,
2011 2015, the rates are
$220 $232 for care and
8maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home that is certified to
9provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under sub. (8) (a) and, for
10care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified to provide care at
11a level of care that is higher than
such level one care,
$366 $384 for a child under 5
12years of age;
$400 $420 for a child 5 to 11 years of age;
$455 $478 for a child 12 to 14
13years of age; and
$475 $499 for a child 15 years of age or over. In addition to these
14grants for basic maintenance, the department, county department, or licensed child
15welfare agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home
16that is receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate
17with the level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the
18child who is placed in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the
19department under sub. (8) (c).
AB40-ASA1,930
20Section
930. 48.623 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,543,1021
48.623
(1) Eligibility. (intro.) A county department or,
in a county having a
22population of 750,000 or more as provided in sub. (3) (a), the department shall
23provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub.
24(3) (b) to a guardian of a child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar
25tribal law if the county department or department determines that the conditions
1specified in pars. (a) to (d) have been met. A county department or,
in a county having
2a population of 750,000 or more as provided in sub. (3) (a), the department shall also
3provide those payments for the care of a sibling of such a child, regardless of whether
4the sibling meets the conditions specified in par. (a), if the county department or
5department and the guardian agree on the appropriateness of placing the sibling in
6the home of the guardian. A guardian of a child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a
7substantially similar tribal law is eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship
8payments under this subsection if the county department or
, in a county having a
9population of 750,000 or more, the department
, whichever will be providing those
10payments, determines that all of the following apply:
AB40-ASA1,931
11Section
931. 48.623 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,543,2012
48.623
(3) (a)
Except as provided in this paragraph, the county department
13shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or (6). The county department
14shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.48 (8p) or 48.569 (1)
15(d). In a county having a population of 750,000 or more
or in the circumstances
16specified in s. 48.43 (7) (a) or 48.485 (1), the department shall provide the monthly
17payments under sub. (1) or (6)
. The department shall provide those payments from
18the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (pd).
In any other county, the county
19department shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.569 (1)
20(d).
AB40-ASA1,932
21Section
932. 48.623 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,544,622
48.623
(3) (b) The
county department or, as provided in par. (a), the department
23shall determine the initial amount of a monthly payment under sub. (1) or (6) for the
24care of a child
shall equal based on the circumstances of the guardian and the needs
25of the child. That amount may not exceed the amount received under s. 48.62 (4) by
1the guardian of the child for the month immediately preceding the month in which
2the guardianship order was granted
or a lesser amount if agreed to by the guardian
3and specified in the agreement under sub. (2) (b). A guardian or an interim caretaker
4who receives a monthly payment under sub. (1) or (6) for the care of a child is not
5eligible to receive a payment under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) or 48.62 (4) for the care of
6that child.
AB40-ASA1,933
7Section
933. 48.645 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,544,158
48.645
(2) (a) 2. A county or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 9or more, the department, on behalf of a child in the legal custody of a county
10department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or the department under s. 48.48 (17) or
11on behalf of a child who was removed from the home of a relative as a result of a
12judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary
13to the child's welfare for any reason when the child is placed in a licensed residential
14care center for children and youth by the county department or the department.
15Reimbursement shall be made by the state as provided in subd. 1.
AB40-ASA1,934
16Section
934. 48.645 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,545,217
48.645
(2) (a) 3. A county or, in a county having a population of
500,000 750,000 18or more, the department, when the child is placed in a licensed foster home, group
19home, or residential care center for children and youth or in a subsidized
20guardianship home by a licensed child welfare agency or by a governing body of an
21Indian tribe in this state or by its designee, if the child is in the legal custody of the
22county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or the department under s. 48.48
23(17) or if the child was removed from the home of a relative as a result of a judicial
24determination that continuance in the home of the relative would be contrary to the
1child's welfare for any reason and the placement is made under an agreement with
2the county department or the department.
AB40-ASA1,935
3Section
935. 48.651 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,545,164
48.651
(1) (intro.)
No Except as provided in s. 49.155 (4) (c), no person, other
5than a child care center licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under
6s. 120.13 (14), may receive
reimbursement payment for providing child care services
7for an individual who is determined eligible for a child care subsidy under s. 49.155
8unless the person is certified, according to the standards adopted by the department
9under s. 49.155 (1d), by the department in a county having a population of 500,000
10or more, a county department, or an agency with which the department contracts
11under sub. (2). To be certified under this section, a person must meet the minimum
12requirements for certification established by the department under s. 49.155 (1d),
13meet the requirements specified in s. 48.685, and pay the fee specified in sub. (2).
14The department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, a county
15department, or an agency contracted with under sub. (2) shall certify the following
16categories of child care providers:
AB40-ASA1,936
17Section
936. 48.659 of the statutes is amended to read: