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AB68,963 22Section 963 . 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,734,223 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
24parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not

1been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
2age.
AB68,964 3Section 964. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,965 4Section 965. 49.1635 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,966 5Section 966. 49.1635 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,967 6Section 967. 49.1635 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,968 7Section 968. 49.1635 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (1m) and
8amended to read:
AB68,734,139 49.1635 (1m) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (j), the department shall
10make a grant of $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to Wisconsin Trust Account
11Foundation, Inc., for distribution of annual awards of not more than $75,000 per year
12per program
to programs that provide legal services to persons who are eligible under
13par. (b) 2. sub. (2m) (b) if all of the following apply:
AB68,734,1714 (a) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits a plan to the
15department detailing the proposed use of the grant; the proposed use of the grant
16conforms to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m); and the secretary of the
17department, or his or her designee, approves the plan.
AB68,734,2118 (b) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., enters into an agreement with
19the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant proceeds, and
20the conditions conform to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m) and include
21training, reporting, and auditing requirements.
AB68,734,2422 (c) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., agrees in writing to submit to the
23department the reports required under par. (c) sub. (3m) by the times required under
24par. (c) sub. (3m).
AB68,969
1Section 969. 49.1635 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (2m), and
249.1635 (2m) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB68,735,53 49.1635 (2m) (a) Subject to subd. 3. par. (c), the grant may be used only to
4provide legal services in civil matters related to eviction, domestic abuse, or sexual
5abuse, or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk under s. 813.123.
AB68,970 6Section 970. 49.1635 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (3m) and
7amended to read:
AB68,735,168 49.1635 (3m) For each fiscal year in which the department makes a grant
9under this subsection, Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall submit to the
10department, within 3 months after spending the full amount of that grant, a report
11detailing how the grant proceeds were used. The department may not make a grant
12in a subsequent fiscal year unless Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc.,
13submits the report under this paragraph within the time required and the
14department determines that the grant proceeds were used in accordance with the
15approved plan under par. (a) 1. sub. (1m) (a), the agreement under par. (a) 2. sub. (1m)
16(b)
, and the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m).
AB68,971 17Section 971. 49.168 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,735,24 1849.168 Internet assistance program. (1) The department shall establish
19an Internet assistance program under which it shall, from the appropriation under
20s. 20.437 (2) (eg) and the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (x), make payments to internet
21service providers on behalf of low-income individuals to assist with paying for
22Internet service. Assistance under this program may be provided only after other
23assistance program options have been exhausted. The department may contract for
24the administration of the program.
AB68,736,3
1(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the program under
2this section and shall include a financial eligibility requirement that the family
3income of a recipient not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line.
AB68,972 4Section 972 . 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,736,105 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) In this section, with respect to any
6of the following that fund a contract for services, “allocation” means the amount
7under the contract that the department is obligated to pay.
Except as provided in sub.
8(2), within the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx),
9(L), (mc), (md), (me), and (s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following
10amounts for the following purposes:
AB68,973 11Section 973 . 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,736,1412 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
13$31,110,000 $38,335,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $31,732,200
14$45,703,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,974 15Section 974 . 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,736,1916 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
17with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
1849.147 (6), $50,000,000 $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $50,000,000
19$57,071,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,975 20Section 975 . 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,736,2321 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement
22payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and
23$2,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21
.
AB68,976 24Section 976 . 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,737,4
149.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter
2facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys
3allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under
4s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
AB68,977 5Section 977. 49.175 (1) (fa) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,978 6Section 978 . 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,737,107 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
8overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
9the collection of public assistance overpayments, $16,671,200 $17,363,300 in fiscal
10year 2019-20 2021-22 and $17,268,300 $17,625,100 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,979 11Section 979 . 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,737,1512 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138
13and for transfer to the department of administration for low-income energy or
14weatherization assistance programs, $6,000,000 in each fiscal year $10,829,500 in
15fiscal year 2021-22 and $9,936,400 in fiscal year 2022-23
.
AB68,980 16Section 980 . 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,737,2017 49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s.
1849.1635 (5) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to
19programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000
20$1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB68,981 21Section 981 . 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,737,2522 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
23contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
24Jobs program under s. 49.163, $8,500,000 $12,100,000 in fiscal year 2019-20
252021-22 and $9,500,000 $14,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,982
1Section 982. 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,738,52 49.175 (1) (Lm) Jobs for America's Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for
3America's Graduates to fund programs that improve social, academic, and
4employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy
5families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $500,000 in each fiscal year.
AB68,983 6Section 983. 49.175 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,738,97 49.175 (1) (o) Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants Grants for
8youth services
. For grants awarded under s. 48.545 (2) (c) 48.481, $500,000 in each
9fiscal year.
AB68,984 10Section 984 . 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,738,1311 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
1249.155 or 49.257, $357,097,500 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $365,700,400
13$311,236,600 in each fiscal year 2020-21.
AB68,985 14Section 985 . 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,738,1815 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
16administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
17activities, $40,152,100 $42,678,900 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $41,555,200
18$41,922,600 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,986 19Section 986 . 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,738,2320 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
21improvement activities specified in ss. 49.133, 49.155 (1g), and 49.257, $16,532,900
22$33,847,900 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $16,683,700 $34,484,700 in fiscal
23year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,987 24Section 987 . 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,739,4
149.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
2payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
3recipients of supplemental security income, $25,013,300 in each fiscal year
4$18,564,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $18,145,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.
AB68,988 5Section 988 . 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,739,126 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship
7care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am),
8for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements
9under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration
10of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of
11the reservations of those tribes, $26,640,000 $28,727,100 in fiscal year 2019-20
122021-22 and $28,159,200 $31,441,800 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68,989 13Section 989 . 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,739,2114 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
15to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may
16remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to
17families with children placed in out-of-home care, $8,314,300 in fiscal year 2019-20
18and
$9,314,300 in each fiscal year 2020-21. To receive funding under this paragraph,
19a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the
20percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as
21specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).
AB68,990 22Section 990 . 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,739,2523 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or
24neglect, $5,789,600 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $6,789,600 $7,289,600 in each fiscal
25year 2020-21.
AB68,991
1Section 991. 49.175 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,740,32 49.175 (1) (x) Internet assistance program. For the Internet assistance
3program under s. 49.168, $10,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB68,992 4Section 992 . 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,740,175 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
6Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
7improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
8temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study
9habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and
10role models, $2,675,000 $2,807,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
11paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs
12that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
13those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the
14grants includes funds for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of
15matching funds that the program provides, up to $1,400,000 $1,532,000 in each fiscal
16year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy
17Families block grant moneys may be used.
AB68,993 18Section 993 . 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,740,2219 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
20moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
21account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $116,716,400 in
22fiscal year 2021-22 and
$69,700,000 in each fiscal year 2022-23.
AB68,994 23Section 994 . 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,924 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
25half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding

1generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
2stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
3child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
4of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
5in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
6divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
7the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
8these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
9been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
AB68,995 10Section 995 . 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,1311 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
12or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
13or
she:
AB68,996 14Section 996 . 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,1615 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
16gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB68,997 17Section 997 . 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,2118 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
19who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
20wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
21unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB68,998 22Section 998 . 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,741,2523 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
24to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
25commitment; or
AB68,999
1Section 999. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,42 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
3abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
4against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB68,1000 5Section 1000 . 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,96 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
7separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
8of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
9for whom aid is sought; or
AB68,1001 10Section 1001. 49.343 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,742,2211 49.343 (1g) Establishment of rates. For services provided beginning on
12January 1, 2011, the department shall establish the per client rate that a residential
13care center for children and youth or a group home may charge for its services, and
14the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the
15administrative portion of its foster care services, as provided in this section. In
16establishing rates for a placement specified in s. 938.357 (4) (c) 1. or 2., 2019 stats.,
17the department shall consult with the department of corrections. A residential care
18center for children and youth and a group home shall charge all purchasers the same
19rate for the same services and a child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the
20same administrative rate for the same foster care services. The department shall
21determine the levels of care created under the rules promulgated under s. 48.62 (8)
22to which this section applies.
AB68,1002 23Section 1002 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,743,1924 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
25person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,

1938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
2services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
3chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
4and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
5person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
6case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
7including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
8(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
9order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
10the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
11adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
12be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
13with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
14widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
15dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
16part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
17the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
18persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
19the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1003 20Section 1003 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is amended to read:
AB68,744,1722 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
23person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
24938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
25services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is

1chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
2and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
3person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
4case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
5including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
6(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
7order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
8the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
9adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
10be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
11with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
12surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent
13upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such part of the
14property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for the person.
15The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as
16soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
17of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1004 18Section 1004. 49.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,744,2119 49.37 (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of children and
20families shall establish a 5-year 6-year offender reentry demonstration project
21focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class city.
AB68,1005 22Section 1005. 49.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,744,2523 49.37 (2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by
24June 30, 2023 2024, the department of children and families shall conduct an
25evaluation of the demonstration project.
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