LRB-0177/P3
EAW:kjf
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bork, BB0006 - In-home services appropriation
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Safety promotion and placement prevention services
The bill creates new authority for DCF to provide funding for services or to provide direct evidence-based services or support to agencies for the provision of evidence-based services aimed at preventing the removal of children from the home under the Children's Code and the Juvenile Justice Code.
The bill also creates a new GPR appropriation for DCF to provide services that allow a child to remain at home in lieu of an out-of-home placement.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.437 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.437 (1) (bm) Safety promotion and placement prevention services. The amounts in the schedule to provide services that are determined by the department or a county department, as defined in s. 48.02 (2g), to be necessary for a child to remain safely at home.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 48.48 (17m) of the statutes is created to read:
48.48 (17m) (a) To provide funding to county departments, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, or licensed child welfare agencies under contract with the department or a county department for services to prevent the removal of children from the home under this chapter or chapter 938 or to promote the safety of children in the home.
(b) To provide direct support for evidence-based services provided by the department, county departments, Indian tribes, or licensed child welfare agencies that seek to prevent the removal of children from the home under this chapter or chapter 938 or to promote the safety of children in the home on a statewide, regional, or local level, including any of the following:
1. Training, coaching, quality assurance, and funding for certification or licensing for implementation of the evidence-based services.
2. Purchasing or subsidizing the purchase of the evidence-based services.
(c) To develop criteria, standards, and review procedures for the administration of this subsection. The department may promulgate rules relating to eligibility to receive support under this subsection.
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