19-2027_P5

LRB-2027/P5

EAW:cdc/amn/klm

2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Rice, BB0368 - Update 49.175 allocations

For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction

An Act ...; relating to: the budget.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

health and human services

Public Assistance

1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Under current law, DCF allocates specific amounts of federal moneys, including child care development funds and moneys received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program for various public assistance programs. This bill continues, increases, decreases, or modifies TANF allocations. Under current law, $175,000 of TANF funding is allocated to the Be GREAT: Graduate program operated by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in Green Bay, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Appleton. The bill allocates $1,400,000 of TANF funding to the Be GREAT: Graduate program but does not specify to which cities that funding must be allocated. This bill also allocates $25,000 in TANF funding to the We Got This program in Milwaukee. Also, this bill specifies that, with respect to a TANF-funded contract for services, “allocation” means the amount under the contract that DCF is obligated to pay.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) In this section, with respect to any of the following that fund a contract for services, “allocation” means the amount under the contract that the department is obligated to pay. Except as provided in subs. sub. (2) and (3), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (intro.). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 1126/P2 and 2027/P3.

Section 2. 49.175 (1) (a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (i), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (qm), (r), (s), (t), (u), (w), (y), (z) and (zh) of the statutes are amended to read:

49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $42,500,000 $41,156,900 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $44,625,000 $41,157,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s. 49.147 (6), $52,000,000 $51,528,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $54,600,000 $51,528,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

(g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,987,000 $16,461,200 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $15,902,900 $16,608,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $7,000,000 $6,000,000 in each fiscal year.

(k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $8,000,000 $9,000,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(m) Children first. For services under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, $1,140,000 $2,280,000 in each fiscal year.

(n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 $560,300 in each fiscal year.

(o) Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants. For grants awarded under s. 48.545 (2) (c), $500,000 in each fiscal year 2018-19.

(p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155 or s. 49.257, $289,215,200 $367,967,800 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $318,369,200 $376,852,600 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (p). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -2027/P4 and -2077/P2.

(q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $36,189,400 $39,722,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $36,030,000 $40,215,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $15,652,700 $16,532,900 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and $16,683,700 in fiscal year 2020-21.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.175 (1) (qm). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -2027/P4 and -2077/P2.

(r) 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, $26,938,000 $25,013,300 in each fiscal year.

(s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $22,012,100 $26,847,200 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $22,741,200 $28,448,100 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $6,282,500 $9,300,900 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $7,314,300 $10,191,900 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

(u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year $6,302,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $7,464,600 in fiscal year 2020-21.

(w) Wisconsin Community Services grants. For a grant to Wisconsin Community Services for the community building workshop facilitator training to provide services that are targeted to individuals in the city of Milwaukee who are eligible for funds under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program under 42 USC 601 et seq., $400,000 in each fiscal year , and for a grant to the We Got This program in the city of Milwaukee, $25,000 in each fiscal year.

(y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 $825,000 in each fiscal year.

(z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America 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., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,275,000 $2,675,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 $1,400,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds to be equally distributed among the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Appleton Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

(zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $69,700,000 in each fiscal year $85,700,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $86,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.

Section 3 . 49.175 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

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