LRB-1399/P3
MPG&EHS:amn&kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......LeRoy, BB0246 & BB0247 - TANF Shelter Grants
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public Assistance
Under current law, DCF is directed to allocate in each fiscal year specific amounts of money, including federal moneys received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, for various public assistance programs. This bill directs DCF to allocate $500,000 of TANF funding in each fiscal year for DOA grants to temporary shelter facilities for case management services for homeless families.
For further information see the state 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. 16.3085 of the statutes is created to read:
16.3085 Homeless case management services grants. (1) Definition. In this section, “shelter facility” has the meaning given in s. 16.308 (1) (d).
(2) Grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg), the department may award up to 10 grants, of up to $50,000 each, annually to shelter facilities.
(b) A shelter facility shall use all grant moneys awarded to it under par. (a) for the purpose of providing intensive case management services to homeless families, including any of the following:
1. Services related to financial management.
2. Employment-related services, including connecting parents who are job training graduates or who have a recent work history with their local workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832 and assisting them with using the job center Web site maintained by the department of workforce development.
3. Services intended to ensure continuation of school enrollment for children.
4. Services related to the enrollment of unemployed or underemployed parents in a food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.79 (9) or in the Wisconsin Works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161.
Section 2. 20.505 (7) (kg) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (7) (kg) Housing program services. All moneys received from other state agencies for housing program services, including all moneys required under s. 49.175 (1) (f) to be credited to this appropriation account, for the purpose of providing housing program services. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), at the end of each fiscal year, any unencumbered balance in this appropriation account attributable to the moneys credited under s. 49.175 (1) (f) shall revert to one or more of the appropriation accounts specified in s. 49.175 (1) (intro.), as determined by the secretary of administration.
Section 3. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
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