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 $60,000 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).
46.997
46.997
Second-chance homes. 46.997(1)(ad)
(ad) "Cultural competency" means the ability of an individual or private agency to understand and act respectfully toward, in a cultural context, the beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures, including persons and families of various cultures who participate in services from the individual or private agency and persons of various cultures who provide services for the individual or private agency.
46.997(1)(ag)
(ag) "Eligible person" means a person 14 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, who is a custodial parent, as defined in
s. 49.141 (1) (b), or an expectant mother, has an income, not including the income of the person's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, that is at or below 200% of the poverty line, as defined in
s. 49.001 (5), and who, at the time of referral for services under a program funded under this section, meets any of the following requirements:
46.997(1)(ag)1.
1. Is a child and is homeless, receiving inadequate care, living in an unsafe or unstable living environment, or otherwise in need of a safe and structured living arrangement.
46.997(1)(ag)2.
2. Is a child and meets one or more of the criteria specified in
s. 48.13,
938.12, or
938.13 or would be at risk of meeting one or more of those criteria if the child were not placed in a 2nd-chance home.
46.997(1)(b)
(b) "Private agency" means an organization operated for profit or a nonstock corporation organized under
ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17).
46.997(2)(a)(a) From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (f), the department shall distribute not more than $0 in each fiscal year as grants to private agencies to provide 2nd-chance homes and related services to eligible persons who are placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in 2nd-chance homes operated by those private agencies. A private agency that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the amount awarded under the grant to provide care and maintenance to eligible persons who are placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in a 2nd-chance home operated by the private agency; provide services, including the services specified in
sub. (3), to eligible persons who currently are or formerly were placed under
s. 48.63 (5) in the 2nd-chance home, to the children and families of those eligible persons, and to the noncustodial parents of the children of those eligible persons; and, in the first year of the grant period, pay for the start-up costs, other than capital costs, of the private agency's program funded under this paragraph.
46.997(2)(b)
(b) The department of health and family services shall award the grants under
par. (a) on a competitive basis and according to request-for-proposal procedures that the department of health and family services shall prescribe in consultation with the department of workforce development, the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board, local health departments, as defined in
s. 250.01 (4), and other providers of services to eligible persons. Those request-for-proposal procedures shall include a requirement that a private agency that applies for a grant under
par. (a) include in its grant application proof that the private agency has the cultural competency to provide services under the grant to persons and families in the various cultures in the private agency's target population and that cultural competency is incorporated in the private agency's policies, administration, and practices. In awarding the grants under
par. (a), the department of health and family services shall consider the need for those grants to be distributed both on a statewide basis and in the areas of the state with the greatest need for 2nd-chance homes and the need to provide placements for children who are voluntarily placed in a 2nd-chance home as well as for children who are placed in a 2nd-chance home by court order.
46.997(2)(c)
(c) A private agency that is awarded a grant under
par. (a) shall contribute matching funds equal to 25% of the amount awarded under the grant. The match may be in the form of money or in the form of both money and in-kind services, but may not be in the form of in-kind services only.
46.997(2)(d)
(d) A private agency that is awarded a grant under
par. (a) may use no more than 15% of the amount awarded under the grant to pay for administrative costs associated with the program funded under the grant.
46.997(2)(e)
(e) A grant under
par. (a) shall be awarded for a 3-year period, except that annually the department shall review the performance of a private agency that is awarded a grant based on performance criteria that the department shall prescribe and may discontinue a grant to a private agency whose performance is not satisfactory to the department based on those criteria.
46.997(3)
(3) Program requirements. A private agency that receives a grant under
sub. (2) (a) shall do all of the following:
46.997(3)(a)
(a) Operate a 2nd-chance home for the care and maintenance of eligible persons who are children, as defined in
s. 48.619.
46.997(3)(b)
(b) Maintain a community-wide network for referring eligible persons to the private agency's program funded under the grant.
46.997(3)(c)
(c) Ensure that an eligible person receiving services from the private agency's program funded under the grant is enrolled in a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent or in a college or technical college or is working, unless the director of the private agency determines that there is good cause for the eligible person not to be so enrolled or working.
46.997(3)(d)
(d) Ensure that an eligible person receiving services from the private agency's program is provided with intake, assessment, case planning, and case management services; skills development training in the areas of economic self-sufficiency, parenting, independent living, and life choice decision making; prenatal and other health care services, including, if necessary, mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse services; child care; and transportation.
46.997(4)
(4) Evaluation. From the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (3) (f), the department shall conduct or shall select an evaluator to conduct an evaluation of the grant program under this section and, by June 1 of the 3rd calendar year beginning after the year in which the first grant under this section is awarded, shall submit a report on that evaluation to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3). The evaluation shall measure the economic self-sufficiency, parenting skills, independent living skills, and life choice decision-making skills of the eligible persons who received services under the program and any other criteria that the department determines to be appropriate for evaluation.
46.997 History
History: 2001 a. 69.
