Section 49.175. Public assistance and local assistance allocations.  


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  • (1) Allocation of funds. Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , 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:
    (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $83,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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) , $58,336,500 in each fiscal year.
    (g) State administration of public assistance programs and overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and the collection of public assistance overpayments, $15,080,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $15,295,800 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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.
    (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, $8,500,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $8,400,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 , section 9106 (2q) , 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.
    (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 , $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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.
    (m) Children first. For services under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36 , $1,140,000 in each fiscal year.
    (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, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155 , $262,064,700 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $280,719,700 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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, $35,244,600 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $33,248,300 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g) , $15,492,700 in each fiscal year.
    (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, $31,338,200 in each fiscal year.
    (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, $21,222,700 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $21,435,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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, $3,647,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $5,392,700 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600 in each fiscal year.
    (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., $127,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (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.
    (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,175,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.) . The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.
    (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.
    (2) Reallocation of funds.
    (a) The department may reallocate funds that are allocated under a paragraph under sub. (1) for any purpose specified in a paragraph under sub. (1) if the secretary of administration approves the reallocation.
    (c) If the amounts of federal block grant moneys that are required to be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md) are less than the amounts appropriated under s. 20.437 (2) (mc) and (md) , the department shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration for reducing the amounts of moneys allocated under sub. (1) . If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the amounts of moneys required to be allocated under sub. (1) may be reduced as proposed by the department and the department shall allocate the moneys as specified in the plan.
    (3) Limit on certain funds. Moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (3) (kp) for the allocations specified in sub. (1) shall be limited to $4,730,300 and may be expended only for obligations incurred between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016.

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Par. (u) 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). Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1