48.982(2m)(a)(a) Award grants and provide technical assistance to organizations under subs. (4) and (6) and provide child abuse and neglect prevention information and services on a statewide basis.
48.982(2m)(b)(b) Pay for actual and necessary operating costs under sub. (3).
48.982(2m)(c)(c) Fund statewide projects under sub. (5).
48.982(2m)(d)(d) Fund shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention activities under s. 253.15.
48.982(3)(3)Staff and salaries. The board shall determine the qualifications of and appoint, in the classified service, an executive director and staff. The salaries of the executive director and staff and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the board shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g), (i), (k), (m), and (q).
48.982(4)(4)Award of grants; provision of statewide information and services.
48.982(4)(a)(a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), (m), and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the plan developed under sub. (2) (a). From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (g), (h), (i), (k), (m), and (q), the board, in accordance with that plan, shall provide technical assistance to organizations and shall provide child abuse and neglect prevention information and services on a statewide basis.
48.982(4)(b)(b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to match at least 25 percent of the amount received, through money or in-kind services.
48.982(4)(c)(c) Each grant application shall comply with sub. (7) (d) and shall include proof of the organization’s ability to comply with par. (b). Any in-kind services proposed under par. (b) are subject to the approval of the board.
48.982(4)(d)(d) The board shall award grants to organizations for programs for the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect, including all of the following:
48.982(4)(d)1.1. Programs to promote public awareness of the need for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
48.982(4)(d)2.2. Community-based family resource and support programs that provide services or education to families, including services or education relating to support of parents, perinatal bonding, child development, care of children with special needs, respite care, and prevention of sexual abuse.
48.982(4)(d)3.3. Community-based programs relating to crisis care, early identification of children at risk of child abuse or neglect, and education, training and support groups for parents, children and families.
48.982(4)(e)(e) In determining which organizations shall receive grants, the board shall consider whether the applicant’s proposal will further the coordination of comprehensive child abuse and neglect prevention services between the organization and other resources, public and private, in the community and the state.
48.982(5)(5)Statewide projects. From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g), (i), and (q), the board shall administer any statewide project for which it has accepted money under sub. (2m) (c).
48.982(6)(6)Award of family resource center grants.
48.982(6)(a)(a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (h), (i), (k), (ma), and (q), the board shall award grants to organizations in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures developed under sub. (2) (a). From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (b), (g), (h), (i), (k), (m), (ma), and (q), the board shall provide technical assistance to organizations in accordance with those procedures. No organization may receive a grant or grants under this subsection totaling more than $150,000 in any year.
48.982(6)(am)(am) Notwithstanding the geographical and urban and rural distribution requirements under sub. (2) (a), the board shall allocate not more than $150,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (h) in each fiscal year for the awarding of grants, in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures developed under sub. (2) (a), to organizations located in counties with a population of 750,000 or more.
48.982(6)(b)(b) A grant may be awarded only to an organization that agrees to make at least a 20 percent match to the grant, through either money or in-kind services.
48.982(6)(c)(c) Each grant application shall comply with sub. (7) (d) and shall include proof of the organization’s ability to comply with par. (b). Any in-kind services proposed under par. (b) are subject to the approval of the board.
48.982(6)(d)(d) The board shall award grants to organizations for direct parent education, family support, and referrals to other social services programs and outreach programs, including programs that provide education to parents in their homes. For organizations applying for grants for the first time on or after July 1, 1998, the board shall give favorable consideration in awarding grants to organizations for programs in communities where home visitation programs that provide in-home visitation services to parents with newborn infants are in existence or are in development and, if grants are awarded, shall require programs supported by grants to maximize coordination with these home visitation programs. Programs supported by the grants shall track individual participants to ensure that they receive necessary services and shall emphasize direct services to families with children who are 3 years of age or less.
48.982(6)(e)(e) Grants awarded under this subsection may not supplant any other funding for parenting education.
48.982(7)(7)Grant applications; additional requirements; evaluation.
48.982(7)(d)(d) Each application for a grant under sub. (4) or (6) shall include proof that the organization has the cultural competency to provide services under the grant to persons and families in the various cultures in the organization’s target population and that cultural competency is incorporated in the organization’s policies, administration, and practices. Each grant application shall also include proof of the organization’s ability to do all of the following:
48.982(7)(d)1.1. Maximize the coordination of new and existing family support, educational, and health services and minimize the duplication of those services by coordinating and collaborating with other organizations in the establishment and operation of the organization’s child abuse and neglect prevention program or family resource center.
48.982(7)(d)2.2. Provide programs that identify and build on a family’s strengths to encourage the development of a healthy family.
48.982(7)(d)3.3. Provide culturally competent services.
48.982(7)(d)4.4. Provide or coordinate the provision of community-based outreach, educational, and family support services through the organization’s child abuse and neglect prevention program or family resource center.
48.982(7)(h)(h) The board shall conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs under subs. (4) and (6) in achieving their stated goals and, by June 30 of each odd-numbered year, shall submit a report on that evaluation to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).