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 HistoryHistory: 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.
49.16749.167Alcohol 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.
49.167 HistoryHistory: 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 33; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
49.16849.168National reading program grants.
49.168(1)(1)In this section, “national reading program” means a national program that has been in existence since at least 2003 and that mails age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5 at no cost and regardless of their family income.
49.168(2)(2)The department shall establish a program to award grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (em), to nonprofit organizations for the provision of books to young children. A nonprofit organization is eligible for a grant under this section as reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the costs it incurs in purchasing books in partnership with a national reading program to provide age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5 at no cost and regardless of their family income. A single grant under this section may not exceed $10,000.
49.168 HistoryHistory: 2023 a. 191.
49.16949.169Literacy 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 HistoryHistory: 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 33.
49.17549.175Public 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, $37,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $34,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such benefits, $28,000,000. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such benefits, $29,000,000.
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), $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $57,071,200 in each fiscal year thereafter.
49.175(1)(c)(c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in each fiscal year.