46.93
46.93
Adolescent pregnancy prevention programs and pregnancy services. 46.93(1)
(1)
Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the 1,100,000 annual unintended or unwanted adolescent pregnancies in the United States, as estimated by the federal national center for health statistics, is a tragic and undesirable consequence of complex societal problems. The legislature recognizes that there is a lack of adequate health care, education, counseling and vocational training for adolescents which may provide positive options to adolescents in the area of pregnancy and parenting. To reduce the incidence, and adverse consequences, of adolescent pregnancy, the legislature finds that adolescent pregnancy prevention programs and pregnancy services are essential to encourage and implement community programs which address the complex societal problems facing adolescents and provide positive options to adolescent pregnancy.
46.93(1m)(a)
(a) "Adolescent" means a person under the age of 18 years.
46.93(1m)(b)
(b) "Board" means the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board under
s. 15.195 (5).
46.93(1m)(c)
(c) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock corporation that is organized under
ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17).
46.93(1m)(d)
(d) "Organization" means a nonprofit corporation or a public agency which provides or proposes to provide adolescent pregnancy prevention programs or pregnancy services or both.
46.93(1m)(e)
(e) "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
46.93(2)
(2) Purpose; allocation. From the appropriation under
s. 20.434 (1) (b), the board shall award not more than $439,300 in each of fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99 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:
46.93(2)(a)
(a) Adolescent health clinics located in schools.
46.93(2)(b)
(b) A statewide communications media campaign to discourage adolescent sexual activity and encourage the assumption of responsibility by adolescents, including male adolescent responsibility, for their sexual activity and for parenting.
46.93(2)(d)
(d) Residential facilities for pregnant adolescents.
46.93(2)(e)
(e) Adult role model programs for adolescents.
46.93(2m)(a)(a) Each organization that receives a grant under this section shall provide matching funds equal to 20% of the grant amount awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both, but any moneys used by an organization toward a match may not include moneys received from the state government.
46.93(2m)(b)
(b) Each grant application shall include proof of the organization's ability to comply with
par. (a). Any proposed match under
par. (a) that includes in-kind services is subject to the approval of the board.
46.93(3)
(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).
46.93(3m)
(3m) Limitations on grant award and use. The board in awarding grants under
sub. (2) may not disapprove an application from an applying organization solely because the applying organization has a religious affiliation. The following activities are prohibited under any grant award under
sub. (2):
46.93(3m)(c)
(c) The existence of restrictions, based on religion or absence of religion, on persons applying for or receiving services under the grant.
46.93(3m)(d)
(d) The supplying or promotion of written material that has a religious context.
46.93(4)
(4) Prohibited uses of funds. Funds received by an organization under a grant awarded under this section may not be used for any of the following:
46.93(4)(a)
(a) Purchasing or dispensing contraceptives in adolescent health clinics located in schools.
46.93(4)(c)
(c) Advertising abortion services in a statewide communications media campaign.
46.93 AnnotationConstitutionality of administration of grant monies by board discussed.
76 Atty. Gen. 233.
46.95
46.95
Domestic abuse grants. 46.95(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
46.95(1)(a)
(a) "Domestic abuse" means physical abuse, including a violation of
s. 940.225 (1),
(2) or
(3), or any threat of physical abuse between adult family or adult household members, by a minor family or minor household member against an adult family or adult household member, by an adult against his or her adult former spouse or by an adult against an adult with whom the person has a child in common.
46.95(1)(b)
(b) "Family member" means a spouse, a parent, a child or a person related by consanguinity to another person.
46.95(1)(c)
(c) "Household member" means a person currently or formerly residing in a place of abode with another person.
46.95(1)(d)
(d) "Organization" means a nonprofit corporation, a public agency or a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band that provides or proposes to provide any of the following domestic abuse services:
46.95(1)(d)1.
1. Shelter facilities or private home shelter care.
46.95(2)(a)(a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriations under
s. 20.435 (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 or unborn child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.
46.95(2)(b)
(b) In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider:
46.95(2)(b)1.
1. The need for domestic abuse services in the specific community in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.
46.95(2)(b)2.
2. Coordination of the organization's services with other resources in the community and the state.
46.95(2)(b)3.
3. The need for domestic abuse services in the areas of the state served by each health systems agency, as defined in s.
140.83 (1), 1985 stats.
46.95(2)(b)5.
5. Maintenance of effort, by a city, village, town or county.
46.95(2)(c)
(c) No grant may be made to an organization which provides or will provide shelter facilities unless the department of commerce determines that the physical plant of the facility will not be dangerous to the health or safety of the residents when the facility is in operation. No grant may be given to an organization which provides or will provide shelter facilities or private home shelter care unless the organization ensures that the following services will be provided either by that organization or by another organization, person or agency:
46.95(2)(c)5.
5. Arrangements for education of school-age children.
46.95(2)(d)1.1. No organization may receive more than 70% of its operating budget from grants under this section.
46.95(2)(d)2.
2. Not more than 33 1/3% of the 30% of an organization's operating budget not funded by grants under this section may consist of the value of in-kind contributions. The department shall establish guidelines regarding which contributions qualify as in-kind contributions.
46.95(2)(e)
(e) In funding new domestic abuse services, the department shall give preference to services in areas of the state where these services are not otherwise available.
46.95(2)(f)1.
1. Award $545,000 in grants in fiscal year 1997-98 and $995,000 in grants in each fiscal year thereafter to organizations for domestic abuse services that are targeted to children. In awarding the grants, the department shall use a competitive request-for-proposals process and, to the extent possible, shall ensure that the grants are equally distributed on a statewide basis.
46.95(2)(f)5.
5. Expend $20,700 each fiscal year to contract with a nonstate agency to do all of the following:
46.95(2)(f)5.a.
a. Act as liaison among local, state, federal and private housing agencies.
46.95(2)(f)5.c.
c. Coordinate and disseminate information on job training programs.
46.95(2)(f)5.d.
d. Circulate information on successful transitional living programs.
46.95(2)(f)6.
6. Expend $69,700 each fiscal year to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to do all of the following:
46.95(2)(f)6.a.
a. Educate organizations and advocates for victims of domestic abuse about the judicial system.
46.95(2m)
(2m) Reporting requirements. Any organization that receives a grant under this section shall report all of the following information to the department by February 15 annually:
46.95(2m)(a)
(a) The total expenditures that the organization made on domestic abuse services in the period for which the grant was provided.
46.95(2m)(b)
(b) The expenditures specified in
par. (a) by general category of domestic abuse services provided.
46.95(2m)(c)
(c) The number of persons served in the period for which the grant was provided by general type of domestic abuse service.
46.95(2m)(d)
(d) The number of persons who were in need of domestic abuse services in the period for which the grant was provided but who did not receive the domestic abuse services that they needed.
46.95(3)
(3) Council on domestic abuse. The council on domestic abuse shall:
46.95(3)(a)
(a) Review applications for grants under this section and advise the secretary as to whether the applications should be approved or denied. The council shall consider the criteria under
sub. (2) (b) when reviewing the applications.
46.95(3)(b)
(b) Advise the secretary and the legislature on matters of domestic abuse policy.
46.95(3)(c)
(c) Develop with the judicial conference and provide without cost simplified forms for filing petitions for domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions under
s. 813.12.
46.95 History
History: 1979 c. 111;
1979 c. 355 s.
241;
1981 c. 20 ss.
792c,
792m,
2202 (20) (s);
1983 a. 27 ss.
997m,
998,
2202 (20);
1983 a. 204;
1985 a. 29;
1987 a. 332,
399;
1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 39,
96;
1993 a. 16,
227,
246,
319,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2337 to
2345,
9116 (5);
1997 a. 27,
292.
46.96
46.96
Independent living center grants. 46.96(1)(ah)
(ah) "Independent living center" means a community-based, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that vests power and authority in individuals with disabilities, that is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and that provides an array of independent living services, including independent living core services, on a cross-disability basis.
46.96(1)(am)
(am) "Independent living core services" means information and referral services, independent living skills training, peer counseling and individual and systems advocacy.
46.96(1)(b)
(b) "Severely disabled individual" means any individual with a severe physical or mental impairment whose ability to function independently in his or her family or community or whose ability to obtain, maintain or advance in employment is substantially limited and for whom the delivery of independent living services will improve either his or her ability to function independently in his or her family or community or his or her ability to engage in employment.
46.96(2)
(2) The department shall make grants from the appropriations under
s. 20.435 (7) (c) or
(kc) to independent living centers for nonresidential services to severely disabled individuals.
46.96(3m)(a)(a) By July 1, 1994, an independent living center that receives funds under
sub. (2) shall comply with all of the following requirements:
