AB1014: Bill Text

AB1014,4 Section 4. 253.17 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1014,,12 253.17 Childhood obesity prevention and management grants. (1) In this section:

AB1014,,13 (a) “Child” means an individual who is 22 years of age or younger or an unborn child.

AB1014,,14 (b) “Childhood obesity prevention and management program” means any of the following designed to assist a child:

AB1014,,15 1. Early interventions and screenings to better identify and promote healthy growth and development and to prevent and manage childhood obesity.

AB1014,,16 2. Parental support for and education on childhood weight management, including support for guardians, caregivers, or others who have or will have responsibility for the child other than the parent.

AB1014,,17 3. Removal of barriers and promotion of better access to proper nutrition and spaces for play and other physical activities.

AB1014,,18 4. School-based efforts to impact circumstances contributing to childhood weight management.

AB1014,,19 5. Early childhood care and education, including both school-based and out-of-school care efforts to impact circumstances contributing to healthy growth and development and reduce childhood obesity.

AB1014,,20 6. Any other type of program, approach, or innovative practice that addresses the factors that prevent childhood obesity and mitigate its impact.

AB1014,,21 (2) The department, in coordination with relevant state agencies, shall award grants to organizations, coalitions of organizations, cities, villages, towns, counties, school districts, or Indian tribes in this state for childhood obesity prevention and management programs. The department shall award a grant under this section for a 2-year period.

AB1014,,22 (3) The department may not award a grant under this section unless the applicant demonstrates all of the following:

AB1014,,23 (a) The applicant’s childhood obesity prevention and management program includes or will include participation of both a child and the child’s parent or guardian, except for all of the following:

AB1014,,24 1. If the child is 18 years of age or older, the child’s parent or guardian need not participate.

AB1014,,25 2. If the child is not born, only the parent’s participation is required.

AB1014,,26 (b) The applicant agrees to provide the department with nonidentifying data on program results and effectiveness.

AB1014,,27 (c) The applicant contributes matching funds or in-kind services with a value equal to at least 25 percent of the grant amount requested.

AB1014,,28 (4) In awarding a grant under this section, the department shall give first priority to applications in which all of the applicant’s matching funds or in-kind services are provided by nongovernmental entities. If sufficient funds are available, the department shall then give priority to applications with the most matching funds or in-kind services provided by nongovernmental entities.

AB1014,,29 (5) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the department may renew a grant at the end of the 2-year grant period.

AB1014,,30 (b) If sufficient funds are available, the department shall renew a grant at the same amount previously awarded if all of the following are true:

AB1014,,31 1. The renewal request is from a grant recipient for which all matching funds or in-kind services will be provided by nongovernmental entities or a grant recipient, regardless of whether the grant recipient met this standard for the previous grant.

AB1014,,32 2. The grant recipient has provided evidence satisfactory to the department showing that its childhood obesity prevention and management program is effective.

AB1014,,33 (c) The department may renew a grant at a higher amount than previously awarded if the grant recipient has increased the amount of matching funds or in-kind services provided by nongovernmental entities.

AB1014,,34 (6) On an annual basis, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) on the grant program under this section. The report shall include all of the following:

AB1014,,35 (a) A description of each type of program funded.

AB1014,,36 (b) The percentages of nongovernmental matching funds and in-kind services offered by each grant recipient.

AB1014,,37 (c) The number of participants enrolled in or reached by each funded childhood obesity prevention and management program.

AB1014,,38 (d) To the extent applicable, the number of participants who completed each funded childhood obesity prevention and management program.

AB1014,,39 (e) The effectiveness of each funded childhood obesity prevention and management program to address factors related to childhood obesity.

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