Chapter DCF 1
FEES FOR CHILD WELFARE AND COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICES
DCF 1.04 Fee liability, exemptions, and waivers. DCF 1.07 Child support determined in children’s or juvenile court. DCF 1.01DCF 1.01 Purpose. This chapter specifies the conditions under which the department establishes and collects fees and delegates to county departments the authority to establish and collect fees under ss. 49.32 (1) and 49.345 (14) (a), Stats. The chapter also specifies the manner of application of ch. DCF 150 when determining child support under s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), Stats., and procedures for collecting support under s. 49.345 (14) (e), Stats. DCF 1.01 HistoryHistory: CR 24-006: cr. Register December 2024 No. 828, eff. 1-1-25. DCF 1.02DCF 1.02 Definitions. Unless otherwise specified, in this chapter: DCF 1.02(1)(1) “Child-placing agency” means an agency licensed under ch. DCF 54 and s. 48.66, Stats., or a similar agency licensed in another state. DCF 1.02(2)(2) “Client” means an individual who receives child welfare services under ch. 48, Stats., or community-based youth justice services under ch. 938, Stats., that are purchased or provided by the department or a county department. DCF 1.02(3)(3) “Collection period” means the period of time that begins on the day a service is provided and ends the earliest of when the fee for the service is paid in full, when the fee is waived, or as provided under the applicable statutes of limitation in s. 893.40 or 893.97, Stats. DCF 1.02(4)(4) “Community-based youth justice services” has the meaning given for “community-based juvenile delinquency-related services” in s. 49.11 (1c), Stats. DCF 1.02(5)(5) “County department” means a county department of social services under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats., or a county department of human services under s. 46.23, Stats. DCF 1.02(6)(6) “Department” means the department of children and families. DCF 1.02(11)(11) “Maximum monthly payment amount” means the amount that a county department or the department has determined that an individual has the ability to pay toward fee liability per month based on the gross monthly income and number of individuals living in the family as indicated in the schedule in s. DCF 1.05 (2) (a). DCF 1.02(13)(13) “Minor” means an individual under 18 years of age. DCF 1.02(14)(a)(a) An individual who has legal custody of a minor at the time a service is provided. DCF 1.02(14)(b)(b) A resident of this state who brought a minor into the state for the purpose of adoption under s. 48.839, Stats. DCF 1.02(16)(16) “Residential, nonmedical facility” means a foster home, subsidized guardianship home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility. DCF 1.02(17)(17) “Service” includes care, maintenance, supplies, and other services purchased or provided by a county department or the department under ch. 48, Stats., or as a community-based youth justice service under ch. 938, Stats. DCF 1.02(19)(19) “Social security disability insurance” means payments under 42 USC 401 to 433 for individuals determined disabled under program requirements. DCF 1.02(20)(20) “Spouse” means an individual who is married to a client at the time a service is provided or at the time a county department or the department is attempting to collect a fee. DCF 1.02(21)(21) “Subsidized guardianship home” means the home of an individual receiving payments under s. 48.623, Stats. DCF 1.02 HistoryHistory: CR 24-006: cr. Register December 2024 No. 828, eff. 1-1-25. DCF 1.03(1)(1) Establishment of fees. Except as provided under sub. (2), a county department or the department may establish fees for child welfare services under ch. 48, Stats., and community-based youth justice services under ch. 938, Stats., purchased or provided for a client. DCF 1.03(2)(2) Services for which fee is prohibited. A county department or the department may not charge a fee for a service if any of the following conditions is met: DCF 1.03(2)(a)(a) State or federal law prohibits charging a fee for the service. DCF 1.03(2)(b)(b) The county department or the department has determined that charging a fee for the service would be administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. DCF 1.03(3)(3) Residential services fee. A county department or the department may charge a minor client’s parent a fee for the care and maintenance of the minor client in a residential, nonmedical facility or juvenile detention facility only if the parent has not been ordered to pay child support as provided under s. 49.345 (14) (b) or (c) or ch. 767, Stats., for placement of the minor client in a residential nonmedical facility or a juvenile detention facility. DCF 1.03(4)(4) Transparency and notice. If a county department or the department establishes fees under sub. (1), it shall do all of the following: DCF 1.03(4)(a)(a) Make both printed and electronic information widely available on all of the following: DCF 1.03(4)(a)2.2. The fee amounts charged for the services or the method for determining the fee amounts. DCF 1.03(4)(b)(b) Make reasonable efforts to provide written notice of the amount of any fee that will be charged to all individuals who may be liable for the fee before the service is provided or as soon as feasible after the service begins. DCF 1.03 HistoryHistory: CR 24-006: cr. Register December 2024 No. 828, eff. 1-1-25. DCF 1.04DCF 1.04 Fee liability, exemptions, and waivers. DCF 1.04(1)(1) Persons liable. Except as provided in sub. (2), any of the following persons shall be liable for a fee: DCF 1.04(1)(a)(a) A client who is not a minor at the time the service is provided. DCF 1.04 NoteNote: An adult is not liable for a fee for services received as a minor.
DCF 1.04(1)(e)(e) A person, other than a county department or a licensed child-placing agency, that brought a child into this state for the purpose of placing the child in a foster home if the conditions in s. 48.98 (2), Stats., are met. DCF 1.04(1)(f)(f) Any other person liable by contract, law, or as determined by a court. DCF 1.04(2)(2) Fee prohibited. A county department or the department may not charge a fee to any of the following persons: DCF 1.04(2)(a)(a) A client who is a minor at the time the service is provided.
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