AB100: Bill Text

AB100,698,3 46.56 (15) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (7) (co), the department shall make available funds to implement programs. The funds may be used to pay for the intake, assessment, case planning and service coordination provided under sub. (8) and for expanding the capacity of the county to provide community-based care and treatment for children with severe disabilities.

AB100, s. 1514 Section 1514. 46.715 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.715 (1m), and 46.715 (1m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100,698,14 46.715 (1m) (intro.) Within the limits of the availability of federal funds, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (mb) (3) (md), the department may not award not more than $1,200,000 in each fiscal year to fund programs to limit violence and abuse of controlled substances and controlled substance analogs in neighborhoods, including funding for the creation of Wisconsin against drug environments centers and for the use of neighborhood organizers, culturally representative alcohol and other drug abuse trainers, community speakers and persons to monitor certain court actions, as grants to any of the following applying entities:

AB100, s. 1515 Section 1515. 46.715 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,17 46.715 (1) In this section, "nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 560.20 (1) (d).

AB100, s. 1516 Section 1516. 46.715 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,19 46.715 (1m) (d) A community-based nonprofit organization.

AB100, s. 1517 Section 1517. 46.73 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,22 46.73 (title) Grants to school districts for prevention and intervention programs.

AB100, s. 1518 Section 1518. 46.73 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,698,25 46.73 (7) (f) For grants for youth alcohol and other drug abuse programs under sub. (6), $1,800,000.

AB100, s. 1519 Section 1519. 46.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,5 46.75 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under P.L. 98-8, as amended.

AB100, s. 1520 Section 1520. 46.76 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,10 46.76 (2) Advise the department, the department of education public instruction and any other relevant state agency on the use of state and federal resources and on the provision and administration of programs for hunger prevention.

AB100, s. 1521 Section 1521. 46.76 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,14 46.76 (5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan developed under sub. (4) to the governor, the secretary, the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction and the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB100, s. 1522 Section 1522. 46.765 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,19 46.765 (2) Purpose; amount. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dr), the department shall provide start-up grants, awarded by the board on hunger, to one or more agencies, but not to exceed $20,000 per grant per year, for any of the following purposes:

AB100, s. 1523 Section 1523. 46.77 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,699,25 46.77 Food distribution administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in the emergency food assistance act, P.L. 98-8, section 201A, as amended, for the storage, transportation and distribution of commodities provided under the hunger prevention act of 1988, P.L. 100-435, as amended.

AB100, s. 1524 Section 1524. 46.80 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,5 46.80 (2m) (b) May operate the foster grandparent project specified under 42 USC 5011 (a). If the department operates that project, the department shall distribute funds from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (dh) to supplement any federal foster grandparent project funds received under 42 USC 5011 (a).

AB100, s. 1525 Section 1525. 46.86 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,16 46.86 (3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee county for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee county for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.

AB100, s. 1526 Section 1526. 46.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,700,23 46.86 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall may not distribute more than $35,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to the ARC community services center for women and children in Dane county, to address a projected operation deficit of the center; to provide additional funding for transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center; and to provide additional funding for staff of the center.

AB100, s. 1527 Section 1527. 46.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,4 46.87 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall allocate funds to agencies designated under sub. (3) (c), to be used for the administration and implementation of an Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

AB100, s. 1528 Section 1528. 46.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,12 46.93 (2) Purpose; allocation. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.434 (1) (b) 20.435 (3) (eg), the board shall award not more than $566,300 in fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $439,300 in fiscal year 1996-97 each of fiscal years 1997-98 and1998-99 for grants to organizations to provide adolescent pregnancy prevention programs or pregnancy services that include health care, education, counseling and vocational training. Types of services and programs that are eligible for grants include all of the following:

AB100, s. 1529 Section 1529. 46.93 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,16 46.93 (3) Staff and salaries. The salaries of the board staff and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the board shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.434 (1) (a) 20.435 (3) (a).

AB100, s. 1530 Section 1530. 46.935 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1531 Section 1531. 46.95 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,701,24 46.95 (2) (a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (3) (cd) and (hh) to organizations for the provision of any of the services specified in sub. (1) (d). Grants may be made to organizations which have provided those domestic abuse services in the past or to organizations which propose to provide those services in the future. No grant may be made to fund services for child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.

AB100, s. 1532 Section 1532. 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,2 46.95 (2) (f) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (1) (3) (cd) and (hh), the department shall do all of the following:

AB100, s. 1533 Section 1533. 46.972 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,11 46.972 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (5) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may allocate to an applying entity up to 100% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).

AB100, s. 1534 Section 1534. 46.972 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,20 46.972 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (ce), the department shall allocate up to $125,000 may not allocate more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental health services to homeless individuals with chronic mental illness. Entities that receive funds allocated by the department under this subsection shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC 290cc-24. The amount that the department allocates to an applying entity may not exceed 50% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 290cc-23.

AB100, s. 1535 Section 1535. 46.974 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1536 Section 1536. 46.985 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,702,25 46.985 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b), (kw) and (o), the department shall allocate to county departments funds for the administration and implementation of the program.

AB100, s. 1537 Section 1537. 46.995 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,703,2 46.995 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section, "high-risk:

AB100,703,6 (m) "High-risk adolescent" means a person who is at least 13 years of age but under the age of 20 and who is at risk of becoming an unmarried parent as an adolescent and of incurring long-term economic dependency on public funds and is characterized by one or more of the following:

AB100, s. 1538 Section 1538. 46.995 (1) (a) to (f) of the statutes are renumbered 46.995 (1) (m) 1. to 6.

AB100, s. 1539 Section 1539. 46.995 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,703,11 46.995 (1) (g) "Board" means the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board under s. 15.195 (5).

AB100, s. 1540 Section 1540. 46.995 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,703,25 46.995 (2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department board may allocate $582,100 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services in counties or to a tribe or band for adolescent parents which shall emphasize high school graduation and vocational preparation, training and experience and may be structured so as to strengthen the adolescent parent's capacity to fulfill parental responsibilities by developing social skills and increasing parenting skills. The public or private entity seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department board. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department board shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on all of the following factors:

AB100, s. 1541 Section 1541. 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,704,13 46.995 (3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department board may allocate $340,000 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation from high school and expand career and other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department board shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified under sub. (2) (a) to (d).

AB100, s. 1542 Section 1542. 46.995 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,704,18 46.995 (4) Grant renewal. If provisions of a grant made under sub. (2) or (3) are met, the department board may renew the grant up to 4 times before reassessing the grantee's eligibility for funding based on the rank by individual counties established under sub. (2) or (3).

AB100, s. 1543 Section 1543. 46.997 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,704,21 46.997 (1) (am) "Board" means the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board under s. 15.195 (5).

AB100, s. 1544 Section 1544. 46.997 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,705,6 46.997 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (a), the department shall allocate not more than $65,500 in each fiscal year to solicit applications from organizations and provide technical assistance to grantees and, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department board shall allocate not more than $210,000 in each fiscal year to make grants to applying organizations for the provision, on a regional or tribal project basis, of information to communities in order to increase community knowledge about problems of adolescents and information to and activities for adolescents, particularly female adolescents, in order to enable the adolescents to develop skills with respect to all of the following:

AB100, s. 1545 Section 1545. 46.997 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,705,12 46.997 (3) Each funded regional project under sub. (2) shall provide services in one of 6 regional areas of the state, and each funded tribal project under sub. (2) shall provide services in areas of the state as approved by the Indian tribe and the department board. The department board shall determine the boundaries of the regional areas prior to soliciting project grant applications.

AB100, s. 1546 Section 1546. 46.997 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,705,17 46.997 (4) Prior to making grants to applying organizations under sub. (2), the department board shall consider whether and how the applying organization proposes to coordinate its services with other public or private resources, programs or activities in the region and the state.

AB100, s. 1547 Section 1547. 46.997 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,705,22 46.997 (5) The department board shall work closely with the women's council and the department of education public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope and direction of activities under projects funded by the program under sub. (2).

AB100, s. 1548 Section 1548. 47.03 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 46.294 and amended to read:

AB100,706,9 46.294 (title) Council on blindness. The council on blindness shall make recommendations to the department and to any other state agency concerning procedures, policies, services, activities, programs, investigations and research that affect any problem of blind or visually impaired persons. The department shall consult with the council concerning its programs that affect blind or visually impaired persons; the council may initiate consultations with the department. Upon request, the department shall provide information to the council relating to matters concerning blind or visually impaired persons, but only information of a summary or statistical nature.

AB100, s. 1549 Section 1549. 47.03 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,706,14 47.03 (11) (e) The department shall distribute at least $218,600 from the appropriations in s. 20.445 (5) (bm) and (na) in each fiscal year for homecraft services relating to the marketing and distribution of homecraft products and to the purchase of capital equipment for each client who participates in the homecraft program.

AB100, s. 1550 Section 1550. 48.02 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,706,17 48.02 (2g) "County department" means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, unless the context requires otherwise.

AB100, s. 1551 Section 1551. 48.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,706,24 48.02 (13) "Parent" means either a biological parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.60, "parent" includes a person adjudged in a judicial proceeding adjudicated or acknowledged to be the biological father. "Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.

AB100, s. 1552 Section 1552. 48.06 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,707,16 48.06 (1) (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more, the county board of supervisors department shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and supervising child welfare cases by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). The director is the chief administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and secure detention facilities of the center except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The director under this chapter. The department is charged with providing child welfare intake and dispositional services and with administration of the personnel and services of the child welfare intake and dispositional sections and of the secure detention facilities, and is responsible for supervising both the operation of the physical plant and the maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center. The center department shall include investigative services for all children alleged to be in need of protection or services to be provided by the county department , and the services of an assistant district attorney or assistant corporation counsel or both, who shall be assigned to the center to provide investigative as well as legal work in the cases.

AB100, s. 1553 Section 1553. 48.06 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,707,24 48.06 (1) (a) 2. The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall formulate written judicial policy governing intake and court services for juvenile child welfare matters under this chapter and the director department shall be charged with executing the judicial policy. The chief judge shall direct and supervise the work of all personnel of the court, except the work of the district attorney or corporation counsel assigned to the court. The chief judge may delegate his or her supervisory functions under s. 48.065 (1).

AB100, s. 1554 Section 1554. 48.06 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,708,22 48.06 (1) (a) 3. The county board of supervisors shall develop policies and establish necessary rules for the management and administration of the nonjudicial operations of the children's court center. The director of the center shall report and is responsible to the director of the county department for the execution of all nonjudicial operational policies and rules governing the center, including activities of probation officers whenever they are not performing services for the court. The director of the center is also responsible for the preparation and submission to the county board of supervisors of the annual budget for the center except for the judicial functions or responsibilities which are delegated by law to the judge or judges and clerk of circuit court. The county board of supervisors shall make provision in the organization of the office of director for the devolution of the director's authority in the case of temporary absence, illness, disability to act or a vacancy in position and shall establish the general qualifications for the position. The county board of supervisors also has the authority to investigate, arbitrate and resolve any conflict in the administration of the center as between judicial and nonjudicial operational policy and rules. The county board of supervisors does not have authority and may not assert jurisdiction over the disposition of any case or child after a written order is made under s. 48.21 or if a petition is filed under s. 48.25. All personnel of the intake and probation sections and of the secure detention facilities shall be appointed under civil service by the director except that existing court service personnel having permanent civil service status may be reassigned to any of the respective sections within the center specified in this paragraph.

AB100, s. 1555 Section 1555. 48.06 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,709,5 48.06 (1) (am) 1. All intake workers beginning providing services under this chapter who begin employment after May 15, 1980, shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB100, s. 1556 Section 1556. 48.06 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,709,9 48.06 (1) (am) 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that permit intake workers who provide services under this chapter to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.

AB100, s. 1557 Section 1557. 48.06 (1) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,709,15 48.06 (1) (am) 3. Each intake worker providing services under this chapter whose responsibilities include investigation or treatment of child abuse or neglect shall successfully complete additional training in child abuse and neglect protective services approved by the department under s. 48.981 (8) (d). Not more than 4 hours of the additional training may be applied to the requirement under subd. 1.

AB100, s. 1558 Section 1558. 48.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.