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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.295 - Interpreters for the hearing-impaired.

46.295
Interpreters for the hearing-impaired.
(1)
The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (da) and (hs) to reimburse interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services.
(2)
The department shall grant priority to requests to pay fees charged by interpreters for the following, in the following order:
(a)
Emergencies.
(b)
Medical, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, psychiatric and psychological services.
(c)
Legal services and civil court proceedings.
(d)
Matters concerning law enforcement personnel.
(e)
Matters concerning any federal, state, county or municipal agency.
(3)
The department shall maintain lists of qualified interpreters under s. 885.37 (5) (b).
(4)
The department may use as an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons only the following:
(a)
An interpreter for hearing-impaired persons who is certified by the national registry of interpreters for the deaf.
(b)
If an interpreter under par. (a) is unavailable, an interpreter for hearing-impaired persons whose qualifications have been determined appropriate by the department.
(5)
The department may bill any public or private agency at the rates established by the department for interpreter services for hearing-impaired persons commensurate with the certification or qualification level of the interpreter providing services if the department determines that the agency is required under state or federal law to provide interpreter services to a hearing-impaired person or if the agency agrees to pay for the services.
(6)
The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 2271, 2417; Stats. 1995 s. 46.295; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.297 - Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired.

46.297
Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired.
(1)
Assistance. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (da), the department shall, subject to the availability of funds, provide assistance to hearing-impaired persons to secure telecommunication devices capable of serving their needs. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the department shall purchase or provide funds for the purchase of telecommunication devices.
(2)
Eligibility. A person is eligible to receive assistance under sub. (1) if all of the following conditions are met:
(a)
The person is certified as deaf or severely hearing impaired by a physician, an audiologist licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or the department.
(b)
The adjusted gross income of the person's family is equal to or less than 200 percent of the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).
(3)
Hearing rights. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the department under this section has a right to a contested case hearing under ch. 227.
(4)
Departmental duties. The department shall:
(a)
Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of this section.
(b)
Establish application procedures and determine eligibility.
History:  1983 a. 427; Stats. 1983 s. 46.90; 1983 a. 538 s. 51; Stats. 1983 s. 46.92; 1987 a. 27; 1987 a. 257 s. 2; 1989 a. 173 s. 3; Stats. 1989 s. 47.20; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 2421; Stats. 1995 s. 46.297; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.298 - Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired.

46.298
Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired.
Upon the request of a person who is certified as hearing impaired by the department, by a physician, by a hearing instrument specialist licensed under subch. I of ch. 459 or by an audiologist licensed under subch. II of ch. 459, the department shall issue to the person a decal or sticker for display on a motor vehicle owned or frequently operated by the person to apprise law enforcement officers of the fact that the vehicle is owned or operated by a hearing-impaired person. No charge shall be made for issuance of the decal or sticker. The department shall specify the design of the decal or sticker. The department shall designate the location on the vehicle at which the decal or sticker shall be affixed by its own adhesive.
History:  1987 a. 257; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 173 s. 4; Stats. 1989 s. 47.25; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 2422; Stats. s. 46.298.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.34 - Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants.

46.34
Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants.
The department may assist the department of natural resources in the development of emission standards for hazardous air contaminants under s. 285.27 (2) (b).
History:  1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 227.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.37 - Certain water and sewerage service in Winnebago County.

46.37
Certain water and sewerage service in Winnebago County.
The department, as a member of the tri-institutional Winnebago Mental Health Institute, Winnebago County Asylum, and Sunny View Sanatorium sewer agreement in Winnebago County, is authorized to furnish and charge for water and sewerage services to business and dwelling units located in the privately owned area lying west of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute and bounded on the west by the railroad properties and on the north, east, and south by the grounds of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, together with any dwelling or other units located on the railroad-owned and state-owned property adjacent to this area.
History:  1973 c. 90 s. 560 (3); 2001 a. 103.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.45 - Carry-over of community aids funds.

46.45
Carry-over of community aids funds.
Funds allocated by the department under ss. 46.495 (1) (d), 46.87 (3) (c) 4. and (4) and 51.423 (2) but not spent or encumbered by counties, governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or private nonprofit organizations by December 31 of each year and funds recovered under ss. 46.495 (2) (b) and 51.423 (15) and deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (b) lapse to the general fund on the succeeding January 1 unless carried forward to the next calendar year under s. 20.435 (7) (b) or as follows:
(3)
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), at the request of a county, tribal governing body, or private nonprofit organization, the department shall carry forward up to 3 percent of the total amount allocated to the county, tribal governing body, or nonprofit organization for a calendar year. All funds carried forward for a tribal governing body or nonprofit organization and all funds allocated under s. 46.40 (2m) carried forward for a county shall be used for the purpose for which the funds were originally allocated. Other funds carried forward under this paragraph may be used for any purpose under s. 20.435 (7) (b), except that a county may not use any funds carried forward under this paragraph for administrative or staff costs. An allocation of carried-forward funding under this paragraph does not affect a county's base allocations under s. 46.40 (2), (2m), (8), and (9).
(b)
The department may not carry forward funds allocated to a private nonprofit organization for a calendar year for use in the next calendar year unless the organization continues to be eligible to receive an allocation under s. 46.87 (4) in the next calendar year.
(6)
The department may carry forward 10 percent of any funds specified in sub. (3) that are not carried forward under sub. (3) for emergencies, for justifiable unit services costs above planned levels, and for increased costs due to population shifts. An allocation of carried-forward funding under this paragraph does not affect a county's base allocations under s. 46.40 (2), (2m), (8), and (9).
History:  1987 a. 27, 399, 405; 1989 a. 31, 122, 336; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27, 404; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33, 320; 2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.47 - Grants for nonnarcotic drug treatment in county jails.

46.47
Grants for nonnarcotic drug treatment in county jails.
(1)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (bd), the department shall award grants to provide nonnarcotic drug treatment as provided in sub. (2) to a county or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band that meets all of the following criteria:
(a)
The county or tribe has a county or tribal jail.
(b)
The county or tribe has an established drug court, as defined in s. 165.955 (1).
(c)
The county or tribe provides care coordination for inmates exiting county or tribal jail.
(d)
The county or tribe has identified how it will use care coordination to ensure that all program participants are enrolled in Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 and will continue to receive treatment after an inmate leaves county or tribal jail custody.
(2)
Grant funds awarded under sub. (1) may be used only to provide nonnarcotic, non-addictive, injectable medically assisted treatment to inmates of county or tribal jails who voluntarily receive the treatment within the 5 days immediately preceding release from jail into the community.
(3)
The department shall provide application procedures for awarding grants to counties or tribes under sub. (1) in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.
History:  2017 a. 261; 2021 a. 238 s. 45.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.482 - Coordination of care in substance use overdose.

46.482
Coordination of care in substance use overdose.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Overdose treatment provider” means an entity, including an emergency department of a hospital, that offers treatment or other services to individuals in response to or following a substance use overdose.
(b)
“Peer recovery coach” means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 2. who has completed the training requirements specified under s. 49.45 (30j) (b) 4.
(2)
The department shall establish and maintain a program to facilitate overdose treatment providers to do all of the following:
(a)
Use peer recovery coaches to encourage individuals to seek treatment for a substance use disorder following an overdose.
(b)
Provide access to medications to reverse overdose, as appropriate.
(c)
Coordinate and continue care and treatment of individuals after an overdose, including through referrals to treatment services, to peer support, to community organizations that support recovery, to education, training, and employment services, to housing services, and to child welfare agencies. An overdose treatment provider may coordinate and continue care and treatment under this paragraph by establishing an integrated model of care for patients who have experienced an overdose that may include assessment, follow-up services, and transportation to and from treatment.
(d)
Provide education to patients and families on preventing and reversing an overdose.
(e)
Provide follow-up services for patients after overdose to ensure continued recovery and connection to support services.
(f)
Collect and evaluate data on the outcomes of patients receiving peer recovery coach services and coordination and continuation of care services under this section.
(3)
The department may establish policies and procedures to provide guidance on any of the following:
(a)
The provision of medications that reverse an overdose and any other medications or biological products used to treat a substance use disorder.
(b)
Continuation of, or referral to, evidence-based treatment services for patients with a substance use disorder who have experienced an overdose, for the purpose of supporting long-term treatment and preventing relapse or future overdoses.
(4)
The department shall seek any funding available from the federal government, including grant funding under 42 USC 290dd-4, to establish and maintain the program under sub. (2) or establish the policies and procedures under sub. (3). The department may satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) by encouraging or facilitating or providing funding to programs operated by nongovernmental overdose treatment providers.
History: 2019 a. 122; 2021 a. 240 s. 30.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.49 - Allocation of federal funds for community aids.

46.49
Allocation of federal funds for community aids.
(1)
If the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9 or federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35 and if the department proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40, only with the approval of the committee.
(2)
If the department receives unanticipated federal social services block grant funds under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e, the department shall deposit the moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o), unless the funds are for a specified purpose that is not included in s. 20.435 (7) (o), in which case the department shall deposit the moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md) or (me), as appropriate.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 269, 275, 315; 1993 a. 16, 437, 446; 1995 a. 27, 404; 1997 a. 27; 2007 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.50 - State mental health authority.

46.50
State mental health authority.
In order to promote coordination and efficient development of mental health services by the state and by municipalities in the state, the department is declared to be the state mental health authority of Wisconsin and as such is authorized to receive federal grants in aid and to cooperate with the federal government in promoting the extension of such services.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.52 - Systems change grants.

46.52
Systems change grants.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department shall distribute funds to each grant recipient under this section so as to permit initial phasing in of recovery-oriented system changes, prevention and early intervention strategies, and consumer and family involvement for individuals with mental illness. At least 10 percent of the funds distributed shall be for children with mental illness.
History:  1995 a. 27, 216; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 25; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.53 - Mental health treatment provider training.

46.53
Mental health treatment provider training.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $182,000 in each fiscal year to provide training for mental health treatment professionals on new mental health treatment approaches in working with special populations, including seriously mentally ill individuals and children with serious emotional disturbances, and on the use of new mental health treatment medications.
History:  1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.535 - Crisis intervention training grants.

46.535
Crisis intervention training grants.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cd), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium for mental health crisis intervention team training for law enforcement agencies, as described in s. 165.77 (1) (c), and correctional officers, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (a).
History:  2013 a. 126; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.536 - Crisis program enhancement grants.

46.536
Crisis program enhancement grants.
(1)
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cf), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties or regions comprised of multiple counties to establish or enhance crisis programs to serve individuals having crises in rural areas or counties, municipalities, or regions comprised of multiple counties or municipalities to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs. Grant recipients under this section shall match at least 25 percent of the grant amount awarded for the purpose that the grant is received. The department may not award any single grant in an amount greater than $100,000.
(2)
By June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall collect information from counties, municipalities, and regions comprised of multiple counties and municipalities receiving a grant under sub. (1) and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) on all of the following topics:
(a)
The uses that the grants were directed towards.
(b)
Outcomes generated as a result of enhancing relationships between law enforcement and crisis response services.
(c)
Any other accountability measures determined relevant by the department.
History:  2013 a. 132; 2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 184.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.54 - Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs.

46.54
Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (md), the department shall distribute $874,000 in each fiscal year to increase support for mental health family support projects, employment projects operated by consumers of mental health services, mental health crisis intervention and drop-in projects, and public mental health information activities.
History:  1995 a. 27, 216; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.545 - Individual placement and support.

46.545
Individual placement and support.
(1)
(a)
The department shall create all of the following regional centers for individual placement and support for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness.
1.
A northwestern Wisconsin region.
2.
A south-central Wisconsin region.
3.
A region consisting of a consortium of counties in northeastern Wisconsin.
4.
A region consisting of a consortium of counties in central Wisconsin.
5.
A region consisting of a consortium of counties in southeastern Wisconsin.
(b)
The department shall ensure that each county in the state is served by one of the regional centers created under par. (a).
(c)
The department may contract with existing organizations or consortiums to create any regional center.
(2)
The department shall ensure that each regional center created under sub. (1) (a) has access to the services of all of the following:
(a)
An individual placement and support trainer or mentor, who is responsible for the duties required of a trainer or mentor by an evidence-based individual placement and support model of supported employment.
(b)
An individual placement and support supervisor who is responsible for the duties required of a supervisor by an evidence-based individual placement and support model of supported employment.
(3)
(a)
The department shall award grants to county or tribal unit programs or employment sites implementing individual placement and support services or regional centers for any of the following activities:
1.
Implementing individual placement and support programs.
2.
Offsetting costs until a program is capable of billing the Medical Assistance program for any services covered under the Medical Assistance program.
3.
Becoming a provider of vocational rehabilitation services through the department of workforce development.
(b)
An applicant for a grant under this subsection shall, in the grant application, identify future sources of possible funding to support the individual placement and support services program.
(4)
The department and regional centers shall provide or arrange for work incentive benefits counseling for individuals who are not receiving vocational rehabilitation services from the department of workforce development.
(5)
The department shall seek any approval from the federal department of health and human services that is necessary to obtain federal Medicaid matching funds, if available, for reimbursement of individual placement and support services.
History:  2013 a. 131.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.55 - Grants for services to persons in treatment.

46.55
Grants for services to persons in treatment.
(1)
The department shall award grants to county departments under s. 46.23 or 51.42 for the purpose of providing services to persons who are receiving alcohol and other drug abuse treatment, including child care services for the children of the persons.
(2)
A county department under s. 46.23 or 51.42 may apply to the department for a grant under sub. (1). The department shall select applicants to receive grants under sub. (1) based on criteria developed by the department.
(3)
A county department under s. 46.23 or 51.42 which receives a grant under sub. (1) shall give priority for the services to a family whose income is below 150 percent of the poverty line, under 42 USC 9902 (2), or to a family with only one parent living in the home.
(3m)
Within the limits of available funding under s. 20.435 (5) (mb), the department shall award grants under this section in a total amount for all grants of not more than $250,000 in each fiscal year.
History:  1987 a. 339; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.57 - Grants for services to persons with epilepsy.

46.57
Grants for services to persons with epilepsy.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Agency" means a private nonprofit organization or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 which provides or proposes to provide direct services or indirect services to or on behalf of persons with epilepsy, their families or both.
(b)
“Direct services" means services provided to a person with epilepsy or a member of the family of a person with epilepsy and includes counseling, referral to other services, case management, daily living skills training, providing information, parent helper services, employment services and support group services.
(c)
“Indirect services" means services provided to a person working with or on behalf of a person with epilepsy and includes service provider training, community education, prevention programs and advocacy.
(2)
Purpose; allocation.
(a)
As provided under s. 46.48 (14), the department shall distribute funds to agencies to provide direct services or indirect services to or on behalf of persons with epilepsy or their families or both.
(b)
The department may not allocate more than $50,000 per year to any agency for the program under this section.
(3)
Criteria for awarding grants. In reviewing applications for grants, the department shall consider the following:
(a)
The need for direct services and indirect services to persons with epilepsy and their families in the area in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.
(b)
Ways to ensure that both urban and rural areas receive services under the grant program.
(4)
Reporting. After each year that an agency operates a program funded under this section the agency shall provide the following information to the department:
(a)
The estimated number of persons with epilepsy that reside within the area served by the agency.
(b)
The number of persons with epilepsy and other persons and organizations who received services within the area served by the agency.
History:  1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.65 - Treatment alternative program.

46.65
Treatment alternative program.
(1)
The department shall implement a treatment alternative program. The department shall make grants to provide alcohol or other drug abuse services, as a treatment alternative in lieu of imprisonment, for eligible persons in need of those services. The department shall make grants so that the treatment alternative program serves a variety of geographic locations.
(2)
The department shall promulgate rules to implement the treatment alternative program. The rules shall include all of the following:
(a)
Organizational and administrative requirements for independent program units.
(b)
Procedures for communicating and reaching agreements with representatives of the criminal justice system and treatment providers.
(c)
Eligibility criteria for participants who obtain services under the program.
(d)
Procedures for early identification of eligible participants.
(e)
Assessment, referral, treatment and monitoring procedures.
(f)
Policies and procedures for staff training.
(g)
A data collection system to be used for program management and evaluation.
(h)
A requirement that 75 percent of any recipient's grant must be used to provide treatment services to clients in the program.
History:  1987 a. 339; 1989 a. 122.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.70 - Delivery of services to American Indians.

46.70
Delivery of services to American Indians.
To facilitate the delivery of accessible, available and culturally appropriate social services and mental hygiene services to American Indians by county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42 or 51.437, the department may fund federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (kL).
History:  1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29, 176; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 9, 103; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.71 - American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education.

46.71
American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education.
(1)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (km), the department shall, for the development of new drug abuse prevention, treatment and education programs that are culturally specific with respect to American Indians or to supplement like existing programs, allocate a total of not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year to all the elected governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands that submit to the department plans, approved by the department, that do all of the following:
(a)
Demonstrate the need for the proposed funding.
(b)
Outline the manner in which the funds will be used.
(2)
The amount of funds allocated by the department under sub. (1) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (km).
History:  1989 a. 122, 336; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16.; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2009 a. 28, 276.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.75 - Food distribution grants.

46.75
Food distribution grants.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Agency" means a public agency or private nonprofit organization.
(b)
“Food distribution program" means a program that provides food directly to needy individuals or a program that collects and distributes food to persons who provide the food directly to needy individuals.
(2)
Purpose; amount.
(a)
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dn), the department shall award grants to agencies to operate food distribution programs that qualify for participation in the emergency food assistance program under 7 USC ch. 102.
(b)
The department may not award more than $20,000 to any agency for the program under this section.
(3)
Criteria for awarding grants. In evaluating applications for grants, the department shall give priority to food distribution programs that do the following:
(a)
Serve areas that are not served or are underserved by food distribution services.
(b)
Operate a program that routinely provides prepared meals to homeless persons.
(c)
Provide information to individuals with low incomes concerning other services available to those individuals.
(e)
Use simple methods to determine eligibility.
(f)
Appear likely to continue operation after using the grant under this section.
History:  2009 a. 28 s. 1218; Stats. 2009 s. 46.75.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.77 - Food distribution administration.

46.77
Food distribution administration.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dn), the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in 7 USC 7501 (3), for the storage, transportation, and distribution of commodities provided under 7 USC ch. 102.
History:  2009 a. 28 s. 1219; Stats. 2009 s. 46.77.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.81 - Benefit specialist program.

46.81
Benefit specialist program.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Aging unit" means an aging unit director and necessary personnel, directed by a county commission on aging and organized as one of the following:
1.
An agency of county government with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.
2.
A unit, within a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, with the primary purpose of administering programs of services for older individuals of the county.
3.
A private corporation that is organized under ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).
(b)
“Area agency on aging" means the agency designated under 42 USC 3025 (a) (2) (A).
(c)
“Older individual" means an individual who is 60 years of age or older.
(2)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dh), the department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year to aging units to provide benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.
(3)
An aging unit shall use the funds allocated under sub. (2) and federal funds designated for the purpose to provide benefit specialist services to older individuals. Aging units may also use other funds to provide benefit specialist services.
(4)
Benefit specialists shall offer information, advice and assistance to older individuals related to individual eligibility for, and problems with, public benefits and services and to health care financing, insurance, housing and other financial and consumer concerns. Benefit specialists shall refer older individuals in need of legal representation to the private bar or other available legal resources.
(5)
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dh) the department shall allocate $182,500 in each fiscal year to area agencies on aging. Each area agency on aging shall use the funds for training, supervision and legal back-up services for benefit specialists within its area.
History:  1987 a. 27, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 235, 269, 315; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 41, 79; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 25; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.856 - Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants.

46.856
Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Private nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).
(b)
“Public agency" means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.
(2)
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bg), the department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit organization to do all of the following:
(a)
Provide training and technical assistance to the staff of county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23, to the staff of administering agencies designated under s. 46.87 (3) (c) or (d) and to other providers of services to persons with Alzheimer's disease, as defined in s. 46.87 (1) (a).
(b)
Determine the need for and create appropriate services to persons with Alzheimer's disease in coordination with local agencies and service providers.
(c)
Collect and disseminate information on Alzheimer's disease, coordinate public awareness activities related to the disease and advise the department on public policy issues concerning the disease.
History:  1995 a. 464; 1999 a. 9; 2015 a. 273; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.94 - Referral system for community-based services.

46.94
Referral system for community-based services.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fe), the department shall provide grants to a nonprofit organization to operate a statewide Internet site and telephone-based system to provide information on and referrals to community-based services, advocacy in accessing services, connection to crisis intervention, and follow-up contact. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the nonprofit organization shall agree to allocate moneys for promoting and marketing the system to make the public aware of its existence and purposes.
History:  2017 a. 250.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.972 - Primary health for homeless individuals.

46.972
Primary health for homeless individuals.
(1)
In this subsection, “primary health services" has the meaning given in 42 USC 254c (b) (1).
(2)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ce), the department shall award up to $125,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing primary health services and any other services that may be funded by the program under 42 USC 256 to homeless individuals. Entities that receive funds awarded by the department under this paragraph shall provide the primary health services as required under 42 USC 256 (f). The department may award to an applying entity up to 100 percent of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC 256 (e).
History:  1989. a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 189; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.975 - Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse.

46.975
Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “organization" means a nonprofit corporation or a public agency that proposes to provide services for individuals with alcohol or other drug abuse problems.
(2)
Distribution of funds. The department shall allocate funds for programs as follows:
(a)
The department shall make grants to applying community-based organizations to provide in-home and community-based alcohol and other drug abuse intervention, treatment or family support services directed at low-income Hispanics and Black Americans in urban areas and make funds available to any of the federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state to increase the capacity of reservations to provide outpatient, intervention, treatment or family support services for alcohol and other drug abusers.
(b)
The department shall make a grant to an applying organization to implement an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program which meets the special needs of women with alcohol or other drug abuse problems.
(c)
The department shall make grants to applying organizations for the purpose of organizing community initiatives to combat alcohol and other drug abuse in youth.
History:  1987 a. 339.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.977 - Guardianship grants.

46.977
Guardianship grants.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “guardian” has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10).
(2)
Grant applications and awards.
(ag)
In this subsection, “organization” means a private, nonprofit agency or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437.
(am)
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the department may under this section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants to applying organizations for the purpose of training and assisting guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54. No grant may be paid unless the awardee provides matching funds equal to 10 percent of the amount of the award.
(b)
Organizations awarded grants under par. (am) shall do all of the following:
2.
Provide training and technical assistance on guardianship issues.
4.
Provide technical assistance to recruited guardians in performing their duties.
(c)
In reviewing applications for grants under par. (am), the department shall consider the extent to which the proposed program will effectively train and assist guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54.
(3)
Grant for initial training.
(a)
The department shall award a grant to develop, administer, and conduct the guardian training required under s. 54.26.
(b)
The department shall require the grantee to have expertise in state guardianship law, experience with technical assistance and support to guardians and wards, and knowledge of common challenges and questions encountered by guardians and wards.
(c)
The grantee selected to develop training that meets the requirements under s. 54.26 (1) shall develop plain language, web-based online training modules using adult-learning design principles that can be accessed for free by training topic and in formats that maximize accessibility, with printed versions available for free upon request.
History:  1987 a. 368; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27, 464; 2005 a. 25, 387; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 97.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.99 - Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants.

46.99
Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants.
(1)
In this section, “medical assistance" means the program under subch. IV of ch. 49.
(2)
The department shall request from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c) that authorizes the provision of home or community-based services under medical assistance to children who are eligible for medical assistance and receive early intervention services under s. 51.44.
(3)
If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of costs for medical assistance services provided under the waiver. Counties may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) and distributed to counties under s. 51.44 (3) (a) to provide the nonfederal share of medical assistance costs.
(3m)
If the waiver requested under sub. (2) is granted, counties shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to administer the waiver program under this section.
(4)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o), the department may distribute to counties that provide services under this section the amount of federal moneys received by the state as the federal share of medical assistance for those services, minus the amount transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (im) for the department's costs of administering this section. Counties shall use moneys distributed under this section to provide services under this section or s. 51.44.
History:  2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.995 - Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding.

46.995
Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding.
(1)
A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost incurred by an entity to administer services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program for a child enrolled in the program after December 31, 2010.
(2)
A county shall provide to the department the nonfederal share of the cost of services provided without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program.
(2g)
(a)
The department may require a county to maintain a specified level of contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program. The department shall determine the amount of contribution that a county is required to maintain based on the historical county expenditures for the disabled children's long-term support program.
(b)
Beginning in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and thereafter, counties shall cooperate with the department to determine an equitable funding methodology and county contribution mechanism for contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program under par. (a) and to ensure that county contributions determined by the department are expended for the disabled children's long-term support program in the counties.
(2r)
The department may contract with a county or a group of counties to deliver disabled children's long-term support program services.
(3)
An individual who is performing services for a person receiving long-term care benefits under any children's long-term support waiver program on a self-directed basis and who does not otherwise have worker's compensation coverage for those services is considered, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage, to be an employee of the entity that is providing financial management services for that person.
History:  2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 180; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 232.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities. › 47.01 - Definitions.

47.01
Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1)
“Blind" means central visual acuity that does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or a visual field that subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
(1m)
“Department" means the department of workforce development.
(2)
“Employability" means that the provision of vocational rehabilitation services is likely to enable an individual to obtain or retain employment consistent with his or her capacities and abilities in the competitive labor market, the practice of a profession, self-employment, homemaking, farm or family work, sheltered employment, home-based employment or other gainful work.
(3)
“Person with a disability" means any person who has a physical or mental disability that constitutes or results in a substantial barrier to employment and who can reasonably be expected to benefit in terms of employability from the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.
(3g)
“Person with a severe disability" means any person with a disability who has a severe disability that seriously limits one or more functional capacities, including mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, work tolerance, or work skills, in terms of employability, whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time and who has one or more physical or mental disabilities determined on the basis of an evaluation of rehabilitation potential to cause comparable substantial functional limitation.
(3m)
“Personal assistance services" has the meaning given in 29 USC 706 (11).
(5)
“Visually impaired" means a loss of vision that can reasonably be expected to lead to blindness or a loss of vision that represents a barrier to employment or other major life activities.
(6)
“Vocational rehabilitation" means assisting a person with a disability to become capable of competing in the labor market, practicing a profession, being self-employed, raising a family and making a home, participating in sheltered employment or other gainful work.
History:  1983 a. 435; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 373; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2408, 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3, 112.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities. › 47.035 - Fiscal agents for persons with disabilities.

47.035
Fiscal agents for persons with disabilities.
(1)
Except as authorized in sub. (2) if an individual receives direct funding for personal assistance services that are provided to the individual under s. 47.02 (6) (c), and the services are provided through a county department of human services or social services or an aging unit, the county department or aging unit through which the services are provided shall serve directly as a fiscal agent or contract with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent for that individual for the purposes of performing the responsibilities and protecting the interests of the individual under the unemployment insurance law. The fiscal agent under this subsection is responsible for remitting any federal unemployment compensation taxes or state unemployment insurance contributions owed by the individual, including any interest and penalties which are owed by the individual; for serving as the representative of the individual in any investigation, meeting, hearing or appeal involving ch. 108 or the federal unemployment tax act (26 USC 3301 to 3311) in which the individual is a party; and for receiving, reviewing, completing and returning all forms, reports and other documents required under ch. 108 or the federal unemployment tax act on behalf of the individual.
(2)
An individual may make an informed, knowing and voluntary election to waive the right to a fiscal agent under sub. (1). The waiver may be as to all or any portion of the fiscal agent's responsibilities. The waiver may be rescinded in whole or in part at any time.
History:  1993 a. 373; 1997 a. 39, 112; 1999 a. 82.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 47 - Vocational rehabilitation; specialized programs for persons with disabilities. › 47.07 - Project SEARCH.

47.07
Project SEARCH.
(1)
The department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $250,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) for contracts entered into under this section.
(2)
The department may enter into contracts to provide services to persons with disabilities under the Project SEARCH program operated by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital or its successor organization.
History:  2019 a. 9.