49.175(1)(q)
(q)
Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under
s. 49.155 (1g), $11,812,300 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $11,367,600 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(r)
(r)
Early childhood excellence initiative. For grants under
s. 49.1375, $7,500,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(s)
(s)
Start-up funding. For start-up funding for contracts under
s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2000, and that ends on December 31, 2001, $3,519,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000. The department may not distribute moneys allocated under this paragraph unless the joint committee on finance approves the distribution.
49.175(1)(t)
(t)
Wisconsin works contracts in certain counties. For contracts with persons for oversight of the administrative structure of Wisconsin works, and of Wisconsin works agencies, in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,500,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(u)
(u)
Workforce attachment. For services specified under
s. 49.173, $9,700,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01. The department may not distribute moneys allocated under this paragraph unless the joint committee on finance approves the distribution.
49.175(1)(v)
(v)
Transportation assistance. For transportation assistance under
s. 49.157, $200,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(w)
(w)
Hospital paternity incentives. For hospital paternity incentive payments under
s. 69.14 (1) (cm), $91,900 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(x)
(x)
Passports for youth program. For the passports for youth program operated by the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, $300,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000. The department may not distribute funds under this paragraph if the passports for youth program does not comply with
P.L. 104-193, section 103.
49.175(1)(y)
(y)
Literacy initiative. For literacy grants under
s. 49.169 and literacy services administered by the governor's office, $1,454,100 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(z)
(z)
Community youth grant. For a competitive grant program administered by the department to fund programs that improve social, academic and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., $7,500,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zb)
(zb)
Work-based learning programs for youth. For work-based learning programs for youth funded from the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (7) (kc), $2,969,700 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $6,084,500 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(zc)
(zc)
Fatherhood initiative. For a grant program to promote fathers' involvement in their children's lives, $75,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.
49.175(1)(zd)
(zd)
Alcohol and other drug abuse. For grants made under
s. 49.167 to organizations that provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et. seq., $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)
(ze)
Programs administered by the department of health and family services. 49.175(1)(ze)1.1. `Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance.' For the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under
s. 48.57 (3m),
(3n) and
(3p), $24,530,100 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $26,164,100 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(ze)2.
2. `Children of recipients of supplemental security income.' For payments made under
s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $13,745,200 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $17,930,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(ze)3.
3. `Community aids.' For community aids, $31,800,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $18,086,200 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(ze)5.
5. `Early identification of pregnancy.' For outreach and services under
s. 253.085 to low-income pregnant women, $100,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)6.
6. `Supplemental food program for women, infants and children.' From the appropriation under
s. 20.445 (3) (md), for per capita nutritional services and administration funding to local agencies that administer the federal special supplemental food program for women, infants and children under
42 USC 1786 and the state supplemental food program for women, infants and children under
s. 253.06, $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)7.
7. `Adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs.' For adolescent services and pregnancy prevention programs under
ss. 46.93,
46.99 and
46.995, $1,808,300 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(ze)8.
8. `Domestic abuse services grants.' For the domestic abuse services grants under
s. 46.95 (2), $975,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter.
49.175(1)(ze)9.
9. `Statewide immunization program.' For the statewide immunization program under
s. 252.04 (1), $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 10. is repealed eff. 10-1-03 by
1999 Wis. Act 9.
49.175(1)(zf)
(zf)
Badger Challenge. For the Badger Challenge program under
s. 21.25, $33,300 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $83,200 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(zg)
(zg)
Aid to Milwaukee public schools. For aid to the school district operating under
ch. 119 under
ss. 119.72 and
119.82, $1,410,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zh)1.1. `Taxable year 1998.' For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under
s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the general fund to reimburse the general fund for earned income tax credits paid for the taxable year that began on January 1, 1998, $48,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.
49.175(1)(zh)2.
2. `Taxable years 1999 and thereafter.' For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under
s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the appropriation account under
s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $51,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $54,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.
49.175(1)(zj)
(zj)
Head start. For the transfer of moneys to the department of public instruction for head start agencies, $3,712,500 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zk)
(zk)
Wisconsin trust account fund. For the distribution to the Wisconsin trust account fund under
s. 49.1635, $100,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zL)
(zL)
English for Southeast Asian children. To the school board of the Wausau school district for English training for 3-year-old, 4-year-old and 5-year-old Southeast Asian children, $100,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zm)
(zm)
Jobs initiative. For Milwaukee Jobs Initiative, Inc., $100,000.
49.175(1)(zn)
(zn)
Child abuse and neglect prevention board. For the transfer of moneys to the child abuse and neglect prevention board, $340,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(2)
(2) Redistribution of funds. The department may redistribute funds allocated for a purpose specified under any paragraph under
sub. (1) to be used for any other purpose specified in any other paragraph under
sub. (1) if the secretary of administration approves the redistribution.
49.175 History
History: 1997 a. 27,
105,
236,
237,
252,
318;
1999 a. 9.
49.179
49.179
Community reinvestment. 49.179(2)
(2) Annually, beginning January 1, 2000, the department shall distribute the moneys allocated under
s. 49.175 (1) (d) to Wisconsin works agencies.
49.179(3)
(3) Funds distributed under
sub. (2) may be used only for community reinvestment projects. The department shall establish criteria for the use of the funds distributed under
sub. (2).
49.179(5)
(5) No expenditures from the funds distributed under
sub. (2) may be made unless the department first certifies that the expenditures are allowable under the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant program under
42 USC 601 et. seq.
49.179 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
49.185
49.185
Employment skills advancement program. 49.185(1)(c)
(c) "Family" means an individual who is a custodial parent, all dependent children with respect to whom the individual is a custodial parent and all dependent children with respect to whom the individual's dependent child is a custodial parent. "Family" includes any nonmarital coparent, as defined in
s. 49.141 (1) (i), or any spouse of the individual who resides in the same household as the individual and any dependent children with respect to whom the spouse or nonmarital coparent is a custodial parent. "Family" does not include any person who is receiving benefits under
s. 49.027 (3) (b).
49.185(2)
(2) Grants. A person contracting with the department under
sub. (4) may make an employment skills advancement grant of up to $500 to an individual eligible under
sub. (3) for tuition, books, transportation or other direct costs of training or education in a vocational training or education program.
49.185(3)
(3) Eligibility. An individual is eligible for an employment skills advancement grant only if all of the following eligibility requirements are met:
49.185(3)(a)
(a) The training or education is approved by the person contracting with the department under
sub. (4) as part of a career training or education plan that will lead to increased income.
49.185(3)(b)
(b) The individual is at least 18 years of age and is a custodial parent of a minor child.
49.185(3)(c)
(c) The individual has been determined eligible for aid under
s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works employment position under
s. 49.145 within 5 years before applying for a grant.
49.185(3)(d)
(d) The individual has been employed in an unsubsidized job for at least 6 consecutive months before applying for a grant.
49.185(3)(e)
(e) The individual is working an average of at least 40 hours per week, unless the employer and the person contracting with the department under
sub. (4) agree that the person may work fewer hours.
49.185(3)(f)
(f) The assets of the individual's family do not exceed $2,500 in combined equity value, excluding the equity value of vehicles up to a total equity value of $10,000 and one home in which the family lives.
49.185(3)(g)
(g) The income of the individual's family does not exceed 165% of the poverty line.
49.185(3)(h)
(h) The individual has sought other forms of assistance, as required by the department.
49.185(3)(i)
(i) The individual contributes, or obtains from other sources, an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant, for tuition, books, transportation or other direct costs of the training or education.
49.185(3)(j)
(j) The amount of the grant plus the amount of any grant that that individual has previously received under this section does not exceed $500.
49.185(4)
(4) Administration. The department may contract with any person to administer the program under this section. The department shall contract with one person to administer the program in each area of the state, as determined by the department.
49.185(5)
(5) Applicability. This section applies beginning on November 1, 1997.
49.19
49.19
Aid to families with dependent children. 49.19(1)(a)(a) In this section, "dependent child" means a child under the age of 18 or, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching 19, is under the age of 19, who:
49.19(1)(a)1.
1. Has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home other than absence occasioned solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States, unemployment or incapacity of a parent; and
49.19(1)(a)2.a.a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named in this subparagraph even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
49.19(1)(a)2.b.
b. Is living in a foster home or treatment foster home licensed under
s. 48.62 if a license is required under that section, in a foster home or treatment foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation, in a group home licensed under
s. 48.625 or in a child-caring institution licensed under
s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, treatment foster home, group home or institution by a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23, by the department of health and family services, by the department of corrections or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in this state under an agreement with a county department.
49.19(1)(b)
(b) Any individual may apply for aid to families with dependent children and shall have opportunity to do so. Application for aid shall be made on forms prescribed by the department. Any person having knowledge that any child is dependent upon the public for proper support or that the interest of the public requires that such child be granted aid may bring the facts to the notice of an agency administering such aid in the county in which the child resides.
49.19(1)(c)1.1. "Aid to families with dependent children" means money payments with respect to, or vendor payments as prescribed by the department, or medical care in behalf of or any type of remedial care recognized under
subs. (1) to
(10) or
s. 49.46 or necessary burial expenses as defined in
sub. (5) in behalf of a dependent child or dependent children.
49.19(1)(c)2.
2. "Aid to families with dependent children" also includes such aid to meet the needs of the relative with whom any dependent child is living and the spouse of the relative if:
49.19(1)(c)2.a.
a. The spouse is living with the relative, the relative is the child's parent and the child is a dependent child by reason of the physical or mental incapacity of a parent; or
49.19(1)(c)2.b.
b. The spouse is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a wage because the spouse is required by a court imposed sentence to perform unpaid public work or unpaid community service.
49.19(1)(c)3.
3. "Aid to families with dependent children" also includes payments made to another individual not a relative enumerated under
par. (a), pursuant to federal regulations, if:
49.19(1)(c)3.a.
a. The individual has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction as a legal representative of the dependent child; or
49.19(1)(c)3.b.
b. The individual who may be a caseworker has been designated by the county department under
s. 46.215 or
46.22 to receive payment of the aid or cash payments to recipients who are engaged in an approved work relief or training project.
49.19(1)(d)
(d) The rate of payment for skilled nursing care provided under this section shall be determined by the county under guidelines established by the department pursuant to
s. 49.45 (6m). Payment for limited care shall not exceed 90% of the applicable Title XIX skilled care rate. Payment for personal care shall not exceed 80% of the applicable Title XIX skilled care rate.
49.19(2)(a)(a) A home visit may be made at the option of the county to investigate the circumstances of the child before granting aid. The department may, however, require a county to make a home visit for this purpose if the department finds that a need exists. A report upon a home visit shall be made in writing and become a part of the record in the case. Every applicant shall be promptly notified in writing of the disposition of his or her application. Aid shall be furnished with reasonable promptness to any eligible individual.
49.19(2)(am)
(am) A county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 may not accept a rent receipt to verify the residence of an applicant for or recipient of aid under this section unless the receipt shows the name, address and home and business telephone numbers of the landlord or the landlord's designee.
49.19(2)(b)
(b) Recipients of aid under this section shall, as a condition for continued receipt of the aid, provide accurate monthly reports of any circumstances which may affect their eligibility or the amount of assistance. The department shall promulgate rules selecting categories of recipients who may report less frequently in order to reduce administrative expense and shall specify monthly dates by which reports shall be submitted.
49.19(2)(c)
(c) An alien shall provide the department with reports the department requires to determine eligibility and the amount of aid, including reports about the alien's sponsor.
49.19(2)(d)
(d) Eligibility for aid to families with dependent children for any month shall be based on estimated income, resources, family size and other similar relevant circumstances during that month. The amount of aid for any month shall be based on income and other relevant circumstances in the first or, at the option of the department, the 2nd month preceding such a month, except that the amount of aid in the first month or, at the option of the department, the first and 2nd months of a period of consecutive months for which aid is payable is based on estimated income and other relevant circumstances in such first month or first and 2nd months. The department may promulgate rules establishing payment and reporting months as needed to administer this paragraph.
49.19(2)(p)
(p) Any person who has conveyed, transferred or disposed of any asset that would be included in determining the value of assets under
sub. (4) (bm) within 2 years prior to the date of making application, or of redetermination of eligibility, for benefits under this section at less than fair market value shall, unless shown to the contrary, be presumed to have made the transfer, conveyance or disposition in contemplation of receiving benefits under this section and shall be ineligible to receive the benefits thereafter until the uncompensated value of the asset is expended by or on behalf of the person for his or her maintenance needs, including needs for medical care. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this paragraph. This paragraph shall apply to the extent permitted under federal law.
