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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 864 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives ROZAR, ALLEN, ANDRACA, |
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| 6 | 6 | | ARMSTRONG, BILLINGS, C. ANDERSON, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, GUNDRUM, HURD, |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOERS, KURTZ, NOVAK, SNYDER, STUBBS, SUBECK and VINING, cosponsored by |
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| 8 | 8 | | Senators JAMES, BALLWEG, COWLES, L. JOHNSON, QUINN, ROYS and SPREITZER. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Referred to Committee on Children and Families. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 48.983 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes; relating to: funding for the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill provides a funding increase to the Department of Children and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Families to support the Family Foundations home visitation program. The bill |
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| 16 | 16 | | provides an increase of $1,666,500 in general purpose revenue funding and requires |
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| 17 | 17 | | that, in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2022-23, DCF allocate $44,500 more in |
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| 18 | 18 | | federal funding than was allocated in fiscal year 2022-23. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Under current law, DCF distributes grants for the prevention of child abuse and |
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| 20 | 20 | | neglect under a program commonly referred to as “Family Foundations.” Under the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Family Foundations program, certain entities are eligible for grants to provide home |
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| 22 | 22 | | visitation services for parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance and who are |
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| 23 | 23 | | assessed to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their child. |
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| 24 | 24 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 25 | 25 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 48.983 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 48.983 (4) (b) 4. In each fiscal year after fiscal year 2022-23, in allocating |
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| 30 | 30 | | moneys for home visitation program services from the appropriation under s. 20.437 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-4978/1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 864 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) (nL), the department shall set aside at least $44,500 more for those services than |
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| 39 | 39 | | was set aside in fiscal year 2022-23. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2.0Fiscal changes. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) HOME VISITATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE. In the schedule under |
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| 42 | 42 | | s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under |
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| 43 | 43 | | s. 20.437 (1) (ab), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,666,500 |
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| 44 | 44 | | to support the home visitation program under s. 48.983. |
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