46.86(3m) (3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.

46.86(5) (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to ARC Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane County, to provide funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center.

46.86(6) (6) 

46.86(6)(a) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department may award up to $1,330,800 in each fiscal year, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (gb), the department may award not more than $319,500 in each fiscal year, as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following:

46.86(6)(a)1. 1. Meet special needs of women with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.

46.86(6)(a)2. 2. Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.

46.86(6)(b) (b) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under par. (a):

46.86(6)(b)1. 1. Award the grants in accordance with the department’s request-for-proposal procedures.

46.86(6)(b)2. 2. Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.

46.86(6)(b)3. 3. Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.

46.86 History History: 1989 a. 122; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16 ss. 998, 1001, 1005, 1012, 1061 to 1066; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 28; 2013 a. 20.

46.87 46.87 Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program.

46.87(1) (1) In this section:

46.87(1)(a) (a) “Alzheimer’s disease” means a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature senile mental deterioration, and also includes any other irreversible deterioration of intellectual faculties with concomitant emotional disturbance resulting from organic brain disorder.

46.87(1)(b) (b) “Caregiver” means any person other than a paid provider who provides care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease.

46.87(1)(c) (c) “Tribe or band” has the meaning given in s. 46.2805 (11).

46.87(2) (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o), the department shall allocate funds to agencies designated under sub. (3) (c) or (d), to be used for the administration and implementation of an Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. The department shall allocate at least $1,000,000 in each fiscal year toward respite care.

46.87(3) (3) 

46.87(3)(a) (a) A county board or tribe or band may apply to initially participate in the program created under this section by submitting to the department a one-time letter of intent to participate which includes a description of the program and services related to Alzheimer’s disease which the county board or tribe or band intends to provide.

46.87(3)(b) (b) The department shall select counties and tribes or bands to participate in the program on the basis of criteria promulgated by rule.

46.87(3)(c) (c) The county board for each county selected to participate shall designate one of the following as the administering agency for the program:

46.87(3)(c)1. 1. The county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22.

46.87(3)(c)2. 2. The county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437.

46.87(3)(c)3. 3. The county department under s. 46.23.

46.87(3)(c)4. 4. An aging unit, as defined in s. 46.82 (1) (a).

46.87(3)(c)5. 5. The local health department, if any, established under s. 251.02.

46.87(3)(d) (d) A tribe or band selected to participate in the program shall designate an administering agency for the program.

46.87(4) (4) If a county board or tribe or band does not submit an application under sub. (3) (a) by January 1, 1986, the department shall make that allocation of the county or tribe or band available to a private nonprofit organization, as defined under s. 108.02 (19), to administer the program created under this section and shall select the organization according to criteria promulgated by rule. An organization selected as the administering agency under this subsection shall continue to be eligible to receive the allocation of the county or tribe or band unless the county board or tribe or band subsequently submits to the department a letter of intent to participate and receives approval of its proposed program.

46.87(5) (5) The administering agency in each county or tribe or band may use the funds allocated to it to do any of the following: