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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
March 23, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Huebsch, Gard, Hahn, Ourada,
Freese, Grothman, Ward, Porter, Ryba, Ladwig, Ainsworth, Musser,
Goetsch, Green, Kreibich, Silbaugh, Jensen, Albers, Olsen, Klusman and
Skindrud, cosponsored by Senators Petak, Rude and Schultz. Referred to
Committee on Welfare Reform.
AB259,1,4
1An Act to repeal 46.98 (2r) (cg), 46.98 (2r) (cm), 46.98 (4) (c) 2., 46.98 (4) (c) 2m.,
246.98 (4) (c) 3. and 46.98 (4) (c) 4.;
to renumber and amend 46.98 (4) (c)
3(intro.); and
to amend 46.98 (2r) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: priorities for
4at-risk and low-income child care funds.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of health and social services (DHSS)
distributes general purpose revenues, as community aids, and federal child care
grant moneys to counties for child care services for parents who need child care to
be able to work, who are not receiving aid to families with dependent children
(AFDC) and who are at risk of becoming eligible for AFDC, which is defined as having
a family income that is equal to or less than 75% of the state median income (at-risk
child care). Currently, if the at-risk child care funds distributed to a county are
insufficient to meet the needs of all eligible parents, the county must distribute those
funds according to the following order of priority: 1) parents who are working and
who have been recipients of AFDC within the last 12 months (transitional child care);
2) parents who are working and who have been recipients of AFDC, but not within
the last 12 months (post-transitional child care); and 3) participants in the new hope
project. This bill eliminates the order of priority for at-risk child care funds and
provides instead that if the at-risk child care funds distributed to a county are
insufficient to meet the needs of all eligible parents, the county must expend those
funds in a manner determined by the county board that will best meet the child care
needs of the eligible parents of the county.
Under current law, DHSS distributes general purpose revenues, as community
aids, and federal child care and development block grant moneys to counties for child
care services for parents who are gainfully employed and who need child care
services (low-income child care). Currently, if the low-income child care funds
distributed to a county are insufficient to meet the needs of all eligible parents, the
county must distribute those funds according to the following order of priorities: 1)
to a parent who is under the age of 20 and who needs child care in order to go to school;
2) to a parent who is gainfully employed and who is receiving AFDC; 3) to parents
who are eligible for transitional child care; and 4) to parents who are eligible for
post-transitional child care. This bill eliminates the order of priority for low-income
child care funds and provides instead that if the low-income child care funds
distributed to a county are insufficient to meet the needs of all eligible parents, the
county must expend those funds in a manner determined by the county board that
will best meet the child care needs of the eligible parents of the county.
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:
AB259, s. 1
1Section
1. 46.98 (2r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB259,2,62
46.98
(2r) (c) If funds distributed under sub. (2) for at-risk child care are
3insufficient to meet the needs of all eligible parents, a county shall
give first priority
4to parents who are working and who have been recipients of aid under s. 49.19 within
5the last 12 months expend those funds in a manner determined by the county board
6that will best meet the child care needs of the eligible parents of the county.
AB259, s. 2
7Section
2. 46.98 (2r) (cg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB259, s. 3
8Section
3. 46.98 (2r) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB259, s. 4
9Section
4. 46.98 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.98 (4) (c) and
10amended to read:
AB259,2,1411
46.98
(4) (c) (intro.) If funds distributed under sub. (2) are insufficient to meet
12the needs of all eligible parents, a county shall
:
expend those funds in a manner
13determined by the county board that will best meet the child care needs of the eligible
14parents of the county.
AB259, s. 5
15Section
5. 46.98 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB259, s. 6
16Section
6. 46.98 (4) (c) 2m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB259, s. 7
1Section
7. 46.98 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB259, s. 8
2Section
8. 46.98 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
