Effective date note
NOTE: Par. (h) is shown as amended eff. 7-1-17, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2017-19 biennial budget act, whichever is later, by
2015 Wis. Act 55. Prior to that date it reads:
Effective date text
(h) For counties that are participating in the corrective sanctions program under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2015, $2,124,800 in 2016, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2017 for the provision of corrective sanctions services for juveniles from that county. In distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall determine a county's distribution by dividing the amount allocated under this paragraph by the number of slots authorized for the program under s. 938.533 (2) and multiplying the quotient by the number of slots allocated to that county by agreement between the department and the county. The department may transfer funds among counties as necessary to distribute funds based on the number of slots allocated to each county.
48.526(8)
(8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the allocations specified in
sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last 6 months of 2015, $1,333,400 in 2016, and $666,700 in the first 6 months of 2017 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
48.526 History
History: 2015 a. 55 ss.
1676 to
1678,
4256 to
4263,
4276 to
4278,
4280,
4282,
4284,
4286,
4288,
4290,
4292,
4294; Stats. 2015 s. 48.526.
48.528
48.528
Community intervention program. 48.528(1)
(1) In each fiscal year, the department shall distribute the amount appropriated under
s. 20.437 (1) (cm) to counties for early intervention services for first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic offenders.
48.528(2)
(2) To determine eligibility for a payment under
sub. (1), the department shall require a county to submit a plan for the expenditure of that payment that ensures that the county targets the programs to be funded under that payment appropriately.
48.528(3)
(3) The department shall distribute 33 percent of the amounts distributed under
sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the violent Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the department of justice, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department shall distribute 33 percent of the amounts distributed under
sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department shall distribute 34 percent of the amounts distributed under
sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the total Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the department of justice, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available.
48.528 History
History: 2015 a. 55 ss.
4295,
4297 to
4299; Stats. 2015 s. 48.528.
48.53
48.53
Literacy and early childhood development grants. 48.53(1)(a)
(a) “Council" means the read to lead development council.
48.53(1)(b)
(b) “State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public instruction.
48.53(2)
(2) The council shall make recommendations to the secretary and state superintendent regarding recipients of grants under
sub. (3). The amount of each grant awarded shall be determined jointly by the secretary and the state superintendent. In addition to reports required under
s. 15.09 (7), annually the council shall submit a report on its operation to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
s. 13.172 (3).
48.53(3)(a)1.
1. A grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.
48.53(3)(a)2.
2. Upon consultation with the state superintendent of public instruction, a grant to a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.
48.53(3)(b)
(b) From the appropriation under
s. 20.437 (1) (q), the secretary may award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.
48.53(3)(c)
(c) From the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (q), the state superintendent may award a grant to a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.
48.53 History
History: 2015 a. 55 ss.
88 to
93,
1678p; Stats. 2015 s. 48.53.
48.545
48.545
Brighter futures initiative. 48.545(1)(a)
(a) “Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized under
ch. 181.
48.545(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.
48.545(2)(a)(a) From the appropriations under
s. 20.437 (1) (eg),
(kb), and
(nL), the department, subject to
par. (am), shall distribute $2,097,700 in each fiscal year to applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,171,800 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 750,000 or more, and $55,000 in each fiscal year to Diverse and Resilient, Inc. to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
48.545 Note
NOTE: Par. (a) (intro.) is shown as affected by
2015 Wis. Acts 55 and
172 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i).
48.545(2)(a)1.
1. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth violence and other delinquent behavior.
48.545(2)(a)2.
2. Prevent and reduce the incidence of youth alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
48.545(2)(a)3.
3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
48.545(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.
48.545(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.
48.545(2)(am)
(am) From the amounts allocated under
par. (a), the department may distribute an amount determined by the department to a nonprofit corporation or public agency to provide a program that accomplishes all of the following:
48.545(2)(am)1.
1. Prevents and reduces the incidence of adverse early childhood experiences in children 8 years of age and under and reduces the effects of those experiences through behavioral health and other services.
48.545(2)(am)2.
2. Provides professional development, training, and research in serving children 8 years of age and under for practitioners serving those children.
48.545(2)(am)3.
3. Provides direct services for children 8 years of age and under.
48.545(2)(am)4.
4. Provides child care, including a special care nursery, for children 8 years of age and under that has achieved the top rating provided under the child care quality rating system under
s. 48.659.
48.545(2)(am)5.
5. Provides early intervention services under
s. 51.44, early childhood education services, in-home treatment services, family services, and outpatient occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy services for children 8 years of age and under.
48.545(2)(b)
(b) A nonprofit corporation or public agency that is applying for a grant under
par. (a) or
(am) 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.
48.545(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):
48.545(3)(a)1.
1. The rate of participation in violent or other delinquent behavior.
48.545(3)(a)3.
3. The rate of nonmarital pregnancy and the rate at which abstinence is used to prevent nonmarital pregnancy.
48.545(3)(a)4.
4. The rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect.
48.545(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.
48.545(3)(a)6.
6. Any other indicators that the department considers important in indicating the development of positive behaviors among adolescents.
48.545(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.
48.545 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 16;
2005 a. 25;
2007 a. 20 ss.
1204 to
1214; Stats. 2007 s. 48.545;
2009 a. 28;
2011 a. 32;
2015 a. 55,
172; s. 13.92 (2) (i).
48.547
48.547
Alcohol and other drug abuse program. 48.547(1)(1)
Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by children and the expectant mothers of unborn children is a state responsibility of statewide dimension. The legislature recognizes that there is a lack of adequate procedures to screen, assess and treat children and the expectant mothers of unborn children for alcohol and other drug abuse. To reduce the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse by children and the expectant mothers of unborn children, the legislature deems it necessary to experiment with solutions to the problems of the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by children and the expectant mothers of unborn children by establishing a juvenile and expectant mother alcohol and other drug abuse program in a limited number of counties. The purpose of the program is to develop intake and court procedures that screen, assess and give new dispositional alternatives for children and expectant mothers with needs and problems related to the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs who come within the jurisdiction of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 in the counties selected by the department.
48.547(2)
(2) Department responsibilities. Within the availability of funding under
s. 20.437 (1) (mb) that is available for the program, the department shall select counties to participate in the program. Unless a county department of human services has been established under
s. 46.23 in the county that is seeking to implement a program, the application submitted to the department shall be a joint application by the county department that provides social services and the county department established under
s. 51.42 or
51.437. The department shall select counties in accordance with the request for proposal procedures established by the department. The department shall give a preference to county applications that include a plan for case management.
48.547(3)
(3) Multidisciplinary screen. The department shall provide a multidisciplinary screen for the program. The screen shall be used by an intake worker to determine whether or not a child or an expectant mother of an unborn child is in need of an alcohol or other drug abuse assessment. The screen shall also include indicators that screen children and expectant mothers for:
48.547(4)
(4) Assessment criteria. The department shall provide uniform alcohol and other drug abuse assessment criteria to be used in the pilot program under
ss. 48.245 (2) (a) 3. and
48.295 (1). An approved treatment facility that assesses a person under
s. 48.245 (2) (a) 3. or
48.295 (1) may not also provide the person with treatment unless the department permits the approved treatment facility to do both in accordance with the criteria established by rule by the department.
48.548
48.548
Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria. The department shall make the multidisciplinary screen developed under
s. 48.547 (3) and the assessment criteria developed under
s. 48.547 (4) available to all counties.
48.548 History
History: 1987 a. 339.
48.55
48.55
State adoption information exchange and state adoption center. 48.55(1)(1) The department shall establish a state adoption information exchange for the purpose of finding adoptive homes for children with special needs who do not have permanent homes and a state adoption center for the purposes of increasing public knowledge of adoption and promoting to adolescents and pregnant women the availability of adoption services. From the appropriation under
s. 20.437 (1) (dg), the department may provide not more than $171,300 in each fiscal year as grants to individuals and private agencies to provide adoption information exchange services and to operate the state adoption center.
48.55(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules governing the adoption information exchange and rules specifying the functions of the state adoption center. The rules specifying the functions of the state adoption center shall include all of the following:
48.55(2)(a)
(a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents including school counselors, county or department employees providing child welfare services under
s. 48.56 or
48.561 and employees of a clinic providing family planning services, as defined in
s. 253.07 (1) (b).
48.55(2)(c)
(c) Operating a toll-free telephone number to provide information and referral services.
48.55(2)(d)
(d) Distributing pamphlets which provide information on the availability of adoption services.
48.55(2)(e)
(e) Promoting adoption through the communications media.
48.55 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DCF 42,
50, and
51, Wis. adm. code.
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
48.56
48.56
Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000. 48.56(1)
(1) Each county having a population of less than 750,000 shall provide child welfare services through its county department.
48.56(2)
(2) Each county department shall employ personnel who devote all or part of their time to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under
ch. 457.
48.56(3)
(3) This section shall not apply to those counties which had child welfare services administered by the staff of the juvenile court prior to January 1, 1955.
48.561
48.561
Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. 48.561(1)
(1) The department shall provide child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.
48.561(2)
(2) The department shall employ personnel in a county having a population of 750,000 or more who devote all of their time directly or indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under
ch. 457.
48.561(3)(a)(a) A county having a population of 750,000 or more shall contribute $58,893,500 in each state fiscal year for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department. That contribution shall be made as follows:
48.561(3)(a)2.
2. Through a reduction of $1,583,000 from the amount distributed to that county under
s. 46.40 (2m) (a) in each state fiscal year.
48.561(3)(b)
(b) The department of administration shall collect the amount specified in
par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 750,000 or more by deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under
s. 79.035,
79.04, or
79.08. The department of administration shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount to be deducted from the state payments due under
s. 79.035,
79.04, or
79.08. The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under this paragraph to the appropriation account under
s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall notify the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The department may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under
s. 20.437 (1) (cx) for providing services to children and families under
s. 48.48 (17) until the amounts in the appropriation account under
s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted.
