Wis. Stat. § 48.487 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.487
Section 48.487
Status: in_force

(d) Prior to approving the service area of an Indian tribe under par. (c) , the department shall consider whether and how the Indian tribe proposes to coordinate its services with other public or private resources, programs, or activities in the region and the state.

(e) The department shall work closely with the women’s council and the department of public instruction, on a continuing basis, concerning the scope and direction of activities conducted under par. (b) .

(5) Domestic abuse services.

(a) In this subsection:

1. “Domestic abuse” means physical abuse, including a violation of s. 940.225 (1) , (2) , or (3) , or any threat of physical abuse between adult family or adult household members, by a minor family or minor household member against an adult family or adult household member, by an adult against his or her adult former spouse or by an adult against an adult with whom the person has a child in common.

2. “Domestic abuse services” means any of the following:

a. Shelter facilities or private home shelter care.

b. Advocacy and counseling for victims.

c. A 24-hour telephone service.

d. Community education.

3. “Family member” means a spouse, a parent, a child, or a person related by blood or adoption to another person.

4. “Household member” means a person currently or formerly residing in a place of abode with another person.

(b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d) , an elected governing body of an Indian tribe may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide domestic abuse services. If an elected governing body of an Indian tribe expends those moneys for those services, the body shall provide matching funds or in-kind contributions in an amount to be determined by the department. The department shall establish guidelines regarding the types of contributions that qualify as in-kind contributions.

(c) An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may provide shelter facilities only if 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. An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may provide shelter facilities or private home shelter care only if the body ensures that the following services will be provided either by that Indian tribe or by another person:

1. A 24-hour telephone service.

2. Temporary housing and food.

3. Advocacy and counseling for victims.

4. Referral and follow-up services.

5. Arrangements for education of school-age children.

6. Emergency transportation to the shelter.

7. Community education.

(d) An Indian tribe that provides domestic abuse services under this subsection shall report all of the following information to the department by February 15 annually:

1. The total expenditures that the Indian tribe made on domestic abuse services in the previous tribal fiscal year.

2. The expenditures specified in subd. 1. by general category of domestic abuse services provided.

3. The number of persons served in the previous tribal fiscal year by general type of domestic abuse service.

4. The number of persons who were in need of domestic abuse services in the previous tribal fiscal year but who did not receive the domestic abuse services that they needed.

(6) Tribal child care. An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide child care services under 42 USC 9858 . An Indian tribe that receives funding under this subsection shall use that funding to provide child care for an eligible child, as defined in 42 USC 9858n (4).

(7) Child welfare services. An elected governing body of an Indian tribe may expend moneys from a grant received under sub. (1m) to provide child welfare services as authorized under 42 USC 621 to 628b .

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 289 ; 1999 a. 9 ss. 1123d to 1125r , 1128d to 1128k , 1129g to 1129r ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 1215 to 1219 ; Stats. 2007 s. 48.487; 2009 a. 94 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 898 to 908 , 917 ; 2019 a. 9 .