46.99(1)(b)
(b) "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.
46.99(2)(a)(a) From the appropriations under
s. 20.435 (3) (eg),
(km) and
(nL), the department, beginning on January 1, 2001, shall distribute $2,125,200 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population of 500,000 or more and $1,229,300 in each fiscal year to applying county departments under
s. 46.22,
46.23,
51.42 or
51.437 operating in counties other than a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
46.99(2)(a)1.
1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth violence and other delinquent behavior.
46.99(2)(a)2.
2. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
46.99(2)(a)3.
3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
46.99(2)(a)4.
4. Prevent and reduce the incidence of nonmarital pregnancy and increase the use of abstinence as a method of preventing nonmarital pregnancy.
46.99(2)(a)5.
5. Increase adolescent self-sufficiency by encouraging high school graduation, vocational preparedness, improved social and other interpersonal skills and responsible decision making.
46.99(2)(b)
(b) A nonprofit corporation or public agency that is applying for a grant under
par. (a) shall provide to the department a proposed service plan for the use of the grant moneys. If the department approves the service plan, the department may award the grant. The department shall award the grants on a competitive basis and for a 3-year period.
46.99(3)(a)(a) The department shall provide a set of benchmark indicators to measure the outcomes that are expected of a program funded under
sub. (2) (a). Those benchmark indicators shall measure all of the following among youth who have participated in a program funded under
sub. (2) (a):
46.99(3)(a)1.
1. The rate of participation in violent or other delinquent behavior.
46.99(3)(a)2.
2. The rate of alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
46.99(3)(a)3.
3. The rate of nonmarital pregnancy and the rate at which abstinence is used to prevent nonmarital pregnancy.
46.99(3)(a)4.
4. The rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect.
46.99(3)(a)5.
5. The development of self-sufficiency, as indicated by the rate of high school graduation, the degree of vocational preparedness, any improvements in social and other interpersonal skills and in responsible decision making and any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development of adolescent self-sufficiency.
46.99(3)(a)6.
6. Any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development of positive behaviors among adolescents.
46.99(3)(b)
(b) The department shall require a grant recipient under
sub. (2) (a) to provide an annual report showing the status of its program participants in terms of the benchmark indicators provided under
par. (a) and may renew a grant only if the recipient shows improvement on those indicators.
46.99 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
46.995
46.995
Tribal adolescent services. 46.995(1m)
(1m)
Tribal adolescent services allocations. From the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (3) (km), the department may allocate $172,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department may allocate $7,500 in each fiscal year to provide the grants specified in
subs. (2),
(3) (b) and
(4m) (b).
46.995(2)
(2) Adolescent self-sufficiency services. From the allocations under
sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $85,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide services 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 tribe or band seeking to receive a grant to provide these services shall develop a proposed service plan that is approved by the department.
46.995(3)
(3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. 46.995(3)(a)(a) In this subsection, "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:
46.995(3)(a)5.
5. Low school achievement, as a pupil who is one or more years behind his or her pupil age group in the number of school credits attained or in basic school skill levels.
46.995(3)(b)
(b) From the allocations under
sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $65,000 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.
46.995(4m)
(4m) Adolescent choices project grants. 46.995(4m)(a)1.
1. "Adolescent" means a person who is at least 10 years of age but under the age of 18.
46.995(4m)(b)
(b) From the allocations under
sub. (1m), the department may provide a grant annually in the amount of $30,000 to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band for the provision of information to members of the tribe or band 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:
46.995(4m)(b)1.
1. Reducing adolescent pregnancy and high school dropout rates.
46.995(4m)(b)2.
2. Increasing economic self-sufficiency and expanding career options for adolescents, particularly options with respect to occupations with wages higher than the minimum wage.
46.995(4m)(b)3.
3. Enhancing individual adolescent self-esteem, interpersonal skills and responsible decision making.
46.995(4m)(c)
(c) Each funded tribal project under
par. (b) shall provide services in areas of the state as approved by the Indian tribe or band and the department. The department shall determine the boundaries of the regional areas prior to soliciting project grant applications.
46.995(4m)(d)
(d) Prior to making grants to applying tribes or bands under
par. (b), the department shall consider whether and how the applying tribe or band proposes to coordinate its services with other public or private resources, programs or activities in the region and the state.
46.995(4m)(e)
(e) The department shall work closely with the women's council and the department of public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope and direction of activities under projects funded by the program under
par. (b).
