AB698: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 698

November 27, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives L. Young, Coggs, Riley, Turner, Morris-Tatum, Coleman, Plombon, R. Young, Boyle, Baldwin, Gunderson, Schneiders, Black, Schneider, Grothman, Dobyns and Kreuser, cosponsored by Senators George, Moore, Burke and Welch. Referred to Committee on Children and Families.

AB698,1,3 An Act to create 46.48 (27) of the statutes; relating to: a grant for community programs for the city of Milwaukee site of the national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the department of health and social services (DHSS) distributes grants for community programs to various organizations for various purposes. Currently, DHSS distributes grants for community programs to such organizations as the career youth development center in the city of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee police athletic league and for such purposes as alcohol and other drug abuse treatment, prisoner reintegration and community improvement job training. This bill requires DHSS to distribute $1,000,000 in each fiscal year as a grant for the city of Milwaukee site of the national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization. The bill requires the national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization to use the grant to provide comprehensive outreach and home-based programs to accomplish all of the following:

1. Support fathers in developing the skills and attitude necessary to contribute financially to the upbringing of their children.

2. Encourage fathers to marry the mothers of their children.

3. Reduce the incidence of nonmarital births.

4. Reduce the incidence of infant mortality.

5. Increase opportunities for fathers to spend loving and nurturing time with their children.

6. Increase the number of fathers who establish paternity.

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:

AB698, s. 1 Section 1. 46.48 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

AB698,2,7 46.48 (27) National institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization. The department shall distribute $1,000,000 in each fiscal year as a grant for the city of Milwaukee site of the national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization. The national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization shall use that grant to provide comprehensive outreach and home-based programs to accomplish all of the following:

AB698,2,9 (a) Support fathers in developing the skills and attitude necessary to contribute financially to the upbringing of their children.

AB698,2,10 (b) Encourage fathers to marry the mothers of their children.

AB698,2,11 (c) Reduce the incidence of nonmarital births.

AB698,2,12 (d) Reduce the incidence of infant mortality.

AB698,2,14 (e) Increase opportunities for fathers to spend loving and nurturing time with their children.

AB698,2,15 (f) Increase the number of fathers who establish paternity.

AB698, s. 2 Section 2. Appropriation changes; health and social services.

AB698,3,3 (1) National institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health and social services under section 20.435 (7) (bc) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, the dollar amount is increased by $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995-96 and the dollar amount is increased by $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1996-97 to increase funding for a grant for community programs for the city of Milwaukee site of the national institute for responsible fatherhood and family revitalization.

AB698,3,4 (End)