48.982(3)
(3) Staff and salaries. The board shall determine the qualifications of and appoint, in the classified service, an executive director and staff. The salaries of the executive director and staff and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the board shall be paid from the appropriations under
s. 20.433 (1) (g),
(i),
(k),
(m) and
(r).
48.982(4)(a)(a) From the appropriations under
s. 20.433 (1) (h),
(i),
(k),
(m) and
(q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the plan developed under
sub. (2) (a). In each of the first 2 fiscal years in which grants are awarded, no organization may receive a grant or grants totaling more than $30,000.
48.982(4)(b)
(b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to match the grant, through money or in-kind services, as follows:
48.982(4)(b)1.
1. During the first year of the grant, at least 25% of the amount received for that year.
48.982(4)(b)2.
2. During the 2nd and subsequent years of a grant, at least 50% of the amount received for each year.
48.982(4)(c)
(c) Each grant application shall include proof of the organization's ability to comply with
par. (b). Any in-kind services proposed under
par. (b) are subject to the approval of the board.
48.982(4)(d)
(d) The board shall award grants to organizations for programs for the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect, including, but not limited to:
48.982(4)(d)1.
1. Programs to promote public awareness of the need for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
48.982(4)(d)2.
2. Community-based programs on education for parenting, prenatal care, perinatal bonding, child development, care of children with special needs and coping with family stress.
48.982(4)(d)3.
3. Community-based programs relating to crisis care, early identification of children at risk of child abuse or neglect, and education, training and support groups for parents, children and families.
48.982(4)(e)
(e) In determining which organizations shall receive grants, the board shall consider whether the applicant's proposal will further the coordination of child abuse and neglect services between the organization and other resources, public and private, in the community and the state.
48.982(5)
(5) Statewide projects. From the appropriations under
s. 20.433 (1) (i) and
(r), the board shall administer any statewide project for which it has accepted money under
sub. (2m) (c).
48.982(6)
(6) Award of early childhood family education center grants. 48.982(6)(a)(a) From the appropriations under
s. 20.433 (1) (b),
(h),
(i),
(k),
(ma) and
(q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures developed under
sub. (2) (a). No organization may receive a grant or grants under this subsection totaling more than $150,000 in any year.
48.982(6)(am)
(am) Notwithstanding the geographical and urban and rural distribution requirements under
sub. (2) (a), the board shall allocate $75,000 from the appropriation under
s. 20.433 (1) (h) in each fiscal year for the awarding of grants, in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures developed under
sub. (2) (a), to organizations located in counties with a population of 500,000 or more.
48.982(6)(b)
(b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to make a 20% match to the grant, through either money or in-kind services.
48.982(6)(c)
(c) Each grant application shall include proof of the organization's ability to comply with
par. (b). Any in-kind services proposed under
par. (b) are subject to the approval of the board.
48.982(6)(d)
(d) The board shall award grants to organizations for programs that provide parenting education services but not crisis intervention. Grants shall be used for direct parent education and referrals to other social services programs and outreach programs, including programs that provide education to parents in their homes. For organizations applying for grants for the first time on or after July 1, 1998, the board shall give favorable consideration in awarding grants to organizations for programs in communities where home visitation programs that provide in-home visitation services to parents with newborn infants are in existence or are in development and, if grants are awarded, shall require programs supported by grants to maximize coordination with these home visitation programs. Programs supported by the grants shall track individual clients to ensure that they receive necessary services and shall emphasize direct services to families with children who are 3 years of age or less.
48.982(6)(e)
(e) Grants awarded under this subsection may not supplant any other funding for parenting education.
48.982(6)(f)
(f) By March 1, 1991, the board shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees on children, in the manner provided in
s. 13.172 (3). The report shall include all of the following information about grants made under this subsection:
48.982(6)(f)4.
4. Whether or not each grant recipient achieved its stated goals.
48.982(7)
(7) Award of right from the start grants. 48.982(7)(b)
(b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to make a 30% match to the grant, through either money or in-kind services.
48.982(7)(c)
(c) Each grant application shall include proof of the organization's ability to comply with
par. (b). Any in-kind services proposed under
par. (b) are subject to the approval of the board.
48.982(7)(d)
(d) Each grant application shall include proof that the organization has the cultural competency to provide services under the grant to persons and families in the various cultures in the organization's target population and that cultural competency is incorporated in the organization's policies, administration and practices. Each grant application shall also include proof of the organization's ability to do all of the following:
48.982(7)(d)1.
1. Maximize the coordination of new and existing family support, educational and health services and minimize the duplication of those services by coordinating and collaborating with other organizations in the planning and provision of the organization's right from the start project.
48.982(7)(d)2.
2. Provide programs that identify and build on a family's strengths and that encourage a family to become independent from the organization's right from the start project and other human services programs.
48.982(7)(d)4.
4. Provide or coordinate the provision of the community-based outreach, educational and family support services of an early childhood family education center.
48.982(7)(e)
(e) The board shall award grants to organizations for programs that provide parenting education services but not crisis intervention. A program supported by a grant shall provide culturally competent outreach services to persons who are the parents of a newborn infant. A program supported by a grant shall emphasize direct services to families with children who are 3 years of age or less and shall provide or coordinate the provision of the community-based outreach, educational and family support services of an early childhood family education center. The board shall provide technical assistance to organizations receiving grants under this subsection.
48.982(7)(f)
(f) Grants awarded under this subsection may not supplant any other funding for parenting education.
48.982(7)(fg)
(fg) An organization that receives a grant under this subsection and under
sub. (6) may not use the grant moneys received under this subsection to provide any services that the organization provides under the grant received under
sub. (6).
48.982(7)(g)
(g) By September 1, 1995, the board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3). The report shall include all of the following information about grants made under this subsection:
48.982(7)(g)4.
4. Whether or not each grant recipient achieved its stated goals.
48.982(7)(h)
(h) The board shall conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the right from the start grant program under this subsection in achieving its stated goals and, by January 2, 1997, submit a report on that evaluation to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3).
48.982 History
History: 1983 a. 27;
1983 a. 109 s.
6;
1985 a. 29 ss.
930s,
3202 (8);
1987 a. 27,
184,
255;
1989 a. 31,
336;
1991 a. 32,
39;
1993 a. 16,
437,
444,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2622 to
2623d,
9126 (19);
1995 a. 275;
1997 a. 27,
78,
252,
293;
1999 a. 9.
48.985
48.985
Expenditure of federal child welfare funds. 48.985(1)(1)
Federal program operations. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (n), the department shall expend not more than $273,700 in each fiscal year of the moneys received under
42 USC 620 to
626 for the department's expenses in connection with administering the expenditure of funds received under
42 USC 620 to
626 and for child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse independent investigations.
48.985(2)
(2) Community social and mental hygiene services. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (7) (o), the department shall distribute not more than $3,964,400 in each fiscal year of the moneys received under
42 USC 620 to
626 to county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23 for the provision or purchase of child welfare projects and services, for services to children and families, for services to the expectant mothers of unborn children and for family-based child welfare services.
48.985(3)
(3) Community youth and family aids. From the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (3) (ko), the department of corrections shall allocate, to county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23 for the provision of services under
s. 301.26, not more than $1,100,000 in each fiscal year.
48.985(4)
(4) Runaway services. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (na) for runaway services, not more than $458,600 in each fiscal year.
48.987
48.987
Earnings of self-supporting minors. During any time when a parent of a minor neglects or refuses to provide for the minor's support, or support and education, the earnings of the minor shall be the minor's sole property as against such parent or any creditor of such parent.
48.987 History
History: 1977 c. 354 s.
94; Stats. 1977 s. 48.987;
1991 a. 316.
48.988
48.988
Interstate compact on the placement of children. The interstate compact on the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
48.988(1)
(1) Article I - Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:
48.988(1)(a)
(a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.
48.988(1)(b)
(b) The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.
48.988(1)(c)
(c) The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.
48.988(1)(d)
(d) Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.
48.988(2)
(2) Article II - Definitions. As used in this compact:
48.988(2)(a)
(a) "Child" means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control.
48.988(2)(b)
(b) "Placement" means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.
48.988(2)(c)
(c) "Receiving state" means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.
48.988(2)(d)
(d) "Sending agency" means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.
48.988(3)
(3) Article III - Conditions for Placement. 48.988(3)(a)(a) No sending agency shall send, bring or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this subsection and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein.
48.988(3)(b)
(b) Prior to sending, bringing or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state. The notice shall contain:
48.988(3)(b)2.
2. The identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian.
48.988(3)(b)3.
3. The name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which the sending agency proposes to send, bring or place the child.
48.988(3)(b)4.
4. A full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.
48.988(3)(c)
(c) Any public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to
par. (b) may request of the sending agency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency's state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.
48.988(3)(d)
(d) The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.
48.988(4)
(4) Article IV - Penalty for Illegal Placement. The sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child and of the receiving state. Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws. In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which empowers or allows it to place, or care for children.
48.988(5)
(5) Article V - Retention of Jurisdiction. 48.988(5)(a)(a) The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency's state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state. Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law. The sending agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime committed therein.
48.988(5)(b)
(b) When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such case by the latter as agent for the sending agency.
48.988(5)(c)
(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in
par. (a).
48.988(6)
(6) Article VI - Institutional Care of Delinquent Children. A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:
48.988(6)(a)
(a) Equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency's jurisdiction; and
48.988(6)(b)
(b) Institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.
48.988(7)
(7) Article VII - Compact Administrator. The executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his or her jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.
48.988(8)
(8) Article VIII - Limitations. This compact shall not apply to:
48.988(8)(a)
(a) The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by the child's parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or non-agency guardian in the receiving state.
48.988(8)(b)
(b) Any placement, sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is sent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law.
48.988(9)
(9) Article IX - Enactment and Withdrawal. This compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted the same into law. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other party jurisdiction. Withdrawal of a party state shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations under, this compact of any sending agency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
48.988(10)
(10) Article X - Construction and Severability. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
48.988(11)
(11) Financial responsibility for any child placed under the interstate compact on the placement of children shall be determined in accordance with
sub. (5) in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of
s. 49.90 or
767.42,
ch. 769 or any other applicable state law fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.
48.988(14)
(14) The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children may enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states under
sub. (5) (b). Any agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the department in the case of the state.
