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2023 SENATE BILL 877
January 5, 2024 - Introduced by Senators JAMES, AGARD, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN,
JACQUE, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS, SPREITZER, TAYLOR and WIRCH,
cosponsored by Representatives SNYDER, CONLEY, ALLEN, ANDRACA, BALDEH,
BARE, C. ANDERSON, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DOYLE, EMERSON, GUSTAFSON, HONG,
JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MURSAU, NEUBAUER, NOVAK, OHNSTAD,
ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RETTINGER, ROZAR, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI,
STEFFEN, STUBBS, SUMMERFIELD, VINING, SUBECK, MELOTIK and RATCLIFF.
Referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention,
Children and Families.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 165.93 (2) (b) (intro.), 165.93 (2) (b) 3., 165.93 (2) (c) (intro.),
165.93 (3) (intro.) and 165.96 (intro.), (2), (4), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13); and
to create 165.93 (2c) and 165.96 (16) and (17) of the statutes; relating to:
funding for victim services and domestic abuse services, training for grant
recipients, grants to child advocacy centers, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to nonprofit or
public organizations that provide services to victims of sexual assault. This bill
increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and
$18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25. Under the bill, DOJ must also annually provide
a grant to a nonstate entity to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to
the recipients of the grants under current law in order to enhance the services to the
victims.
Under current law, the Department of Children and Families awards grants to
nonprofit or public organizations that provide domestic abuse services. This bill
increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and
$18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25.
Under current law, DOJ must provide $17,000 in each fiscal year to specified
child advocacy centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance
activities. This bill increases the amount to $150,000 in each fiscal year and changes
the purpose so that the funds are to enhance the multidisciplinary response to
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suspected child maltreatment. The bill adds two centers as recipients, the Lakeshore
Regional Child Advocacy Center in Ozaukee County and Child Advocacy Centers of
Wisconsin, and updates the names of the centers that are designated recipients
under current law.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 165.93 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.93 (2) (b) (intro.) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant
under this section subsection if the organization meets all of the following criteria:
SECTION 2. 165.93 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
165.93 (2) (b) 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its
operating budget from grants under this section subsection.
SECTION 3. 165.93 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.93 (2) (c) (intro.) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants
under this section subsection, the department shall consider all of the following:
SECTION 4. 165.93 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
165.93 (2c) GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) From the
appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (e), the department shall provide an annual grant
to a nonstate entity to provide ongoing training and technical assistance on a
statewide level to grant recipients under sub. (2) for the purpose of enhancing
services for sexual assault victims.
(b) An entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall report all of the
following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:
1. The total expenditures that the entity made to provide training and technical
assistance to grant recipients under sub. (2).
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2. The grant recipients to which the entity provided training and technical
assistance.
SECTION 5. 165.93 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.93 (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (intro.) An organization that receives a
grant under this section sub. (2) shall report all of the following information to the
department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:
SECTION 6. 165.96 (intro.), (2), (4), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) of the statutes
are amended to read:
165.96 Child advocacy grants. (intro.) Beginning in fiscal year 2011-2012,
from From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the department of justice shall
in each fiscal year provide $17,000 $150,000 to each of the following child advocacy
centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance activities to
enhance the multidisciplinary response to suspected child maltreatment:
(2) Child Protection Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center in Milwaukee County.
(4) Kenosha County Child Advocacy Center in Kenosha County.
(8) Child Advocacy Center of Northeastern Central Wisconsin in Marathon
County.
(9) Chippewa County Valley Child Advocacy Center in Chippewa County.
(10) A child advocacy center Willow Tree Cornerstone Child Advocacy Center
in Brown County.
(11) A child advocacy center Racine County Child Advocacy Center in Racine
County.
(12) A child advocacy center Walworth County Child Advocacy Center in
Walworth County.
(13) CHAT Room Green County Child Advocacy Center in Green County.
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SECTION 7. 165.96 (16) and (17) of the statutes are created to read:
165.96 (16) Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center in Ozaukee County.
(17) Child Advocacy Centers of Wisconsin.
SECTION 8.0Fiscal changes.
(1) SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM SERVICES GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (e), the dollar
amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $7,000,000. In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (e),
the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $18,000,000.
(2) DOMESTIC ABUSE GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (cd), the
dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $7,000,000. In the schedule
under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families
under s. 20.437 (1) (cd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by
$18,000,000.
(3) CHILD ADVOCACY GRANTS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the dollar amount
for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $1,995,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005
(3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (ke), the
dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,995,000
(END)
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