49.165(2)(f)7.
7. Award grants in each fiscal year to organizations to enhance support services. Funding may be used for such purposes as case management; children's programming; assisting victims of domestic abuse to find employment; and training in and activities promoting self-sufficiency.
49.165(2)(f)8.
8. Award grants in each fiscal year to organizations for domestic abuse services for individuals who are members of underserved populations, including racial minority group members and individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
49.165(2)(f)9.
9. Award a grant in each fiscal year to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence toward the cost of a staff person to provide assistance in obtaining legal services to domestic abuse victims.
49.165(2)(f)10.
10. Award a grant of $563,500 in each fiscal year to the Refugee Family Strengthening Project for providing domestic abuse services to the refugee population. Funding may be used to hire bilingual staff persons, especially those who speak Hmong.
49.165(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:
49.165(2m)(a)
(a) The total expenditures that the organization made on domestic abuse services in the period for which the grant was provided.
49.165(2m)(b)
(b) The expenditures specified in
par. (a) by general category of domestic abuse services provided.
49.165(2m)(c)
(c) The number of persons served in the period for which the grant was provided by general type of domestic abuse service.
49.165(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.
49.165(3)
(3) Council on domestic abuse. The council on domestic abuse shall:
49.165(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.
49.165(3)(b)
(b) Advise the secretary and the legislature on matters of domestic abuse policy.
49.165(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.
49.165(4)
(4) List of eligible organizations. The department shall certify to the government accountability board, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under
sub. (2).
49.165 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;
1999 a. 9,
162;
2005 a. 25,
278;
2007 a. 1;
2007 a. 20 ss.
1181 to
1200; Stats. 2007 s. 49.165.
49.167
49.167
Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program. 49.167(1)(1) The department may award grants to counties, tribal governing bodies, and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that are targeted at individuals who have a family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line and who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq. and that do all of the following:
49.167(1)(a)
(a) Meet the special needs of low-income persons with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.
49.167(1)(b)
(b) Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.
49.167(2)
(2) The department shall do all of the following with respect to any grants awarded under
par. (a):
49.167(2)(a)
(a) Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.
49.167(2)(b)
(b) Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.
49.167(2)(c)
(c) Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.
49.167(3)
(3) The department shall coordinate the grant program under this section with any similar grant program administered by the department of health services.
49.169
49.169
Literacy grants. 49.169(2)(2) The department may award grants to qualified applicants for the provision of literacy training to individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq.
49.169(4)
(4) The department, in consultation with the technical college system board, the department of public instruction, and the governor's office, shall develop written criteria to be used to evaluate any grant proposals and to allocate any grants under this section among successful grant applicants.
49.169(5)
(5) The department shall require grant recipients to coordinate with the appropriate Wisconsin works agencies to ensure that those participants in Wisconsin works who are served by those Wisconsin works agencies and who need literacy training receive adequate literacy training.
49.169 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2003 a. 33.
49.173
49.173
Workforce attachment and advancement program. 49.173(1)(1) The department shall distribute funds to Wisconsin works agencies and to local workforce development boards established under
29 USC 2832 to provide all of the following to any person who is eligible for the federal temporary assistance to needy families program under
42 USC 601 et. seq.:
49.173(1)(a)
(a) Job readiness training and job placement services to unemployed persons.
49.173(1)(b)
(b) Basic job skills development to unemployed or recently employed persons.
49.173(1)(c)
(c) Services to assist recently employed persons with job retention.
49.173(1)(d)
(d) Incumbent worker training to promote job advancement and increased earnings.
49.173(1)(e)
(e) Services to employers to assist them in retaining workers and providing workers with position advancement.
49.173(2)(a)(a) The department shall allocate a portion of the amount to be distributed under
sub. (1) and shall distribute that portion in equal amounts among all of the Wisconsin works agencies.
49.173(2)(b)
(b) The department shall distribute the amount that remains after the distribution under
par. (a) to each Wisconsin works agency and local workforce development board based on the criteria specified in
sub. (3).
49.173(3)(a)(a) The department shall allocate and distribute funds under
sub. (2) (b) to Wisconsin works agencies based on the number of persons in all of the following case categories served by that Wisconsin works agency:
49.173(3)(b)
(b) The department shall allocate and distribute to each local workforce development board funds under
sub. (2) (b) based on a formula that takes into account all of the following:
49.173(3)(b)1.
1. The percentage of the population of the area served by the local board with an income at or below 200% of the poverty line.
49.173(3)(b)3.
3. The unemployment rate of the area served by the local board.
49.173(4)
(4) The department shall require recipients of the funds distributed under this section to meet performance standards that are based on employment placement for unemployed persons, job retention rates of the persons served by the fund recipients, increased earnings of the persons served by the fund recipients, and increased child support collections for noncustodial parents served by the fund recipients.
49.173 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 16.
49.175
49.175
Public assistance and local assistance allocations. 49.175(1)(1)
Allocation of funds. Except as provided in
sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under
s. 20.437 (2) (a),
(cm),
(cr),
(dz),
(k),
(kx),
(L),
(mc),
(md),
(me),
(mf), and
(s), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
Effective date note
NOTE: Sub. (1) (intro.) is amended eff. 7-1-11 by
2009 Wis. Act 28 to read:
Effective date text
(1) Allocation of funds. Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), (mf), and (s), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
49.175(1)(a)
(a)
Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $49,139,400 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $51,229,600 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(b)
(b)
Wisconsin Works administration. For administration of Wisconsin Works performed under contracts under
s. 49.143, $8,247,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $8,247,000 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(f)
(f)
Wisconsin Works ancillary services. For program services under Wisconsin Works provided under contracts under
s. 49.143, $38,471,500 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $35,471,500 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(g)
(g)
State administration of public assistance programs and costs of overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and costs associated with the collection of public assistance overpayments, $16,985,900 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $17,091,700 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(h)
(h)
Public assistance program fraud and error reduction. For activities to reduce fraud under
s. 49.197 (1m) and activities to reduce payment errors under
s. 49.197 (3), $605,500 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(i)
(i)
Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under
s. 49.138, $6,500,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(k)
(k)
Aid to Families with Dependent Children overpayments liability. For payment of liability to the federal government related to overpayments made under the program under
s. 49.19, $13,183,900 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $0 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(m)
(m)
Children first. For services under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under
s. 49.36, $1,140,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(p)
(p)
Direct child care services. For direct child care services under
s. 49.155, $384,987,600 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $402,496,800 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(q)
(q)
Child care state administration and child care licensing activities. For administration of child care programs under
s. 49.155 and the allocation under
s. 49.155 (1g) (c) for child care licensing activities, $8,534,700 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $8,889,700 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(qm)
(qm)
Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in
s. 49.155 (1g), $5,384,600 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $5,384,600 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(r)
(r)
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, $29,899,800 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $29,933,200 in each fiscal year thereafter.
49.175(1)(s)
(s)
Kinship care, long-term kinship care, and foster care assistance. For the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs under
s. 48.57 (3m),
(3n), and
(3p) and for foster care for relatives under
s. 48.62, $24,435,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $24,435,000 in fiscal year 2010-11.
49.175(1)(t)
(t)
Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children who the department determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for ongoing services provided in those counties to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $6,350,300 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(u)
(u)
Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, $1,489,600 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(z)
(z)
Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America 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., $350,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(zh)
(zh)
Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under
s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under
s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $6,664,200 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $6,664,200 in fiscal year 2010-2011.
49.175(2)(a)(a) The department may reallocate funds that are allocated under a paragraph under
sub. (1) for any purpose specified in a paragraph under
sub. (1) if the secretary of administration approves the reallocation.
49.175(2)(c)
(c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required to be credited to the appropriation accounts under
s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and
(md) are less than the amounts appropriated under
s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and
(md), the department shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration for reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under
sub. (1). If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated under
sub. (1) may be reduced as proposed by the department and the department shall allocate the moneys as specified in the plan.
49.175 History
History: 1997 a. 27,
105,
236,
237,
252,
318;
1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 16,
104,
109;
2003 a. 33,
321,
327;
2005 a. 25,
254;
2007 a. 5,
20,
226;
2009 a. 2,
28.
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 residential care center for children and youth licensed under
s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or center by a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22, or
46.23, by the department, 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.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 2. b. is amended by
2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:
49.19 Note
b. Is living in a foster home licensed under s. 48.62 if a license is required under that section, in a 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 residential care center for children and youth licensed under s. 48.60, and has been placed in the foster home, group home, or center by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, by the department, 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.
