49.165(2)(a)
(a) The secretary shall make grants from the appropriation accounts under s.
20.437 (1) (cd) and
(hh) to organizations for the provision of any of the services specified in sub.
(1) (d). Grants may be made to organizations which have provided those domestic abuse services in the past or to organizations which propose to provide those services in the future. No grant may be made to fund services for child or unborn child abuse or abuse of elderly persons.
49.165(2)(b)
(b) In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider:
49.165(2)(b)1.
1. The need for domestic abuse services in the specific community in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.
49.165(2)(b)2.
2. Coordination of the organization's services with other resources in the community and the state.
49.165(2)(b)3.
3. The need for domestic abuse services in the areas of the state served by each health systems agency, as defined in s.
140.83 (1), 1985 stats.
49.165(2)(b)5.
5. Maintenance of effort, by a city, village, town or county.
49.165(2)(c)
(c) No grant may be made to an organization which provides or will provide shelter facilities unless the department of safety and professional services determines that the physical plant of the facility will not be dangerous to the health or safety of the residents when the facility is in operation. No grant may be given to an organization which provides or will provide shelter facilities or private home shelter care unless the organization ensures that the following services will be provided either by that organization or by another organization, person or agency:
49.165(2)(d)
(d) An organization that receives a grant under this section shall provide matching funds or in-kind contributions that are equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant. The department shall establish guidelines regarding which contributions qualify as in-kind contributions.
49.165(2)(e)
(e) In funding new domestic abuse services, the department shall give preference to services in areas of the state where these services are not otherwise available.
49.165(2)(f)1.
1. Award $545,000 in grants in fiscal year 1997-98 and $995,000 in grants in each fiscal year thereafter to organizations for domestic abuse services that are targeted to children. In awarding the grants, the department shall use a competitive request-for-proposals process and, to the extent possible, shall ensure that the grants are equally distributed on a statewide basis.
49.165(2)(f)5.
5. Expend $20,700 each fiscal year to contract with a nonstate agency to do all of the following:
49.165(2)(f)5.a.
a. Act as liaison among local, state, federal and private housing agencies.
49.165(2)(f)5.c.
c. Coordinate and disseminate information on job training programs.
49.165(2)(f)5.d.
d. Circulate information on successful transitional living programs.
49.165(2)(f)6.
6. Expend $69,700 each fiscal year to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to do all of the following:
49.165(2)(f)6.a.
a. Educate organizations and advocates for victims of domestic abuse about the judicial system.
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. 49.165(4)(a)(a) The department shall certify to the elections commission, 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(4)(b)
(b) The department shall make available to law enforcement agencies a current 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;
2011 a. 32;
2013 a. 20,
323;
2015 a. 118.
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 percent 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.
49.175
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),
(dz),
(k),
(kx),
(L),
(mc),
(md),
(me), and
(s) and
(3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following purposes:
49.175(1)(a)
(a)
Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $31,110,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $31,732,200 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(b)
(b)
Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts with Wisconsin Works agencies under s.
49.143 and for job access loans under s.
49.147 (6), $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(c)
(c)
Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s.
49.255, $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(d)
(d)
Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the department, $250,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(f)
(f)
Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter facilities under s.
16.3085, $500,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.505 (7) (kg).
49.175(1)(fa)
(fa)
Homeless case management services grants; additional funding. For grants to shelter facilities under s.
16.3085, $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2020-21. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.865 (4) (g) for the purpose of supplementing the appropriation under s.
20.505 (7) (kg).
49.175(1)(g)
(g)
State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $16,671,200 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $17,268,300 in fiscal year 2020-21.
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 and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or weatherization assistance programs, $6,000,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(j)
(j)
Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s.
49.1635 (5) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(k)
(k)
Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s.
49.163, $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $9,500,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(L)
(L)
Adult literacy grants. For grants to qualified applicants under s.
49.169 to provide literacy training to adults who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., $41,600 in each fiscal year.
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)(n)
(n)
Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $560,300 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(o)
(o)
Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants. For grants awarded under s.
48.545 (2) (c), $500,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(p)
(p)
Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
49.155 or
49.257, $357,097,500 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $365,700,400 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(q)
(q)
Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s.
49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $40,152,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $41,555,200 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(qm)
(qm)
Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in ss.
49.155 (1g) and
49.257, $16,532,900 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $16,683,700 in fiscal year 2020-21.
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, $25,013,300 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(s)
(s)
Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s.
48.57 (3m) (am) and
(3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s.
48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $26,640,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $28,159,200 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(t)
(t)
Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $8,314,300 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $9,314,300 in fiscal year 2020-21. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s.
48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s.
48.569 (1) (d).
49.175(1)(u)
(u)
Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect, $5,789,600 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $6,789,600 in fiscal year 2020-21.
49.175(1)(uk)
(uk)
Grants for prevention services. For grants to counties, nonprofit organizations, or tribes to fund child abuse and neglect prevention services, $500,000 in each fiscal year. The department shall award the grants with the purpose of encouraging innovative practices aimed at reducing the contact that families have with the child welfare system and preventing the removal of children from their homes. A grant recipient shall provide matching funds equal to 9.89 percent of the grant amount awarded. The department shall conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant program in achieving its stated goals and, by June 30, 2021, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, shall submit a report on that evaluation to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3).
49.175(1)(v)
(v)
General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq., $175,000 in each fiscal year.
49.175(1)(w)
(w)
Wisconsin Community Services. For a grant to Wisconsin Community Services for the community building workshop facilitator training to provide services that are targeted to individuals in the city of Milwaukee who are eligible for funds under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program under
42 USC 601 et seq., $400,000 in each fiscal year.
