2021 Session |
LRB or Bill No./Adm. Rule No. |
ORIGINAL UPDATED | DCF 21, 37, 50, 55, and 58 |
FISCAL ESTIMATE CORRECTED SUPPLEMENTAL DOA-2048 N | Amendment No. if Applicable |
Subject The extension of kinship care and long-term kinship care payments to like-kin and the definition of out-of-home care in child welfare rules |
Fiscal Effect State: No State Government costs Indeterminate |
Check columns below only if bill makes a direct appropriation | Increase Costs - May be possible to Absorb |
or affects a sum sufficient appropriation. | Within Agency's Budget Yes No |
Increase Existing Appropriation Increase Existing Revenues |
Decrease Existing Appropriation Decrease Existing Revenues | Decrease Costs |
Create New Appropriation |
Local: No local government costs | Indeterminate |
1. | Increase Costs | 3. Increase Revenues | 5. Types of Local Governmental Units Affected: |
Permissive Mandatory | Permissive Mandatory | Towns Villages Cities |
2. | Decrease Costs | 4. Decrease Revenues | Counties Others _____ |
Permissive Mandatory | Permissive Mandatory | School Districts WTCS Districts |
Fund Sources Affected GPR FED PRO PRS SEG SEG-S | Affected Ch. 20 Appropriations |
Assumptions Used in Arriving at Fiscal Estimate This emergency rule extends the eligibility of the Kinship Care program to additional caregivers that were not previously eligible. This is likely to increase participation in the Kinship Care program and result in additional monthly kinship care benefit payments to those caregivers. The Department is not able to estimate the number of additional caregivers who may become eligible under the new rule, and no additional funding was provided in the authorizing state legislation (2023 Wisconsin Act 119), thus, the overall fiscal effect is indeterminant. The Joint Finance Committee approved the Department’s request to transfer an additional $1,350,000 to the Kinship Care program under Wis. Stats. s. 49.175 (1) (s) to allow for an effective date of January 1, 2025. Additional future funding for the Kinship Care program is re-estimated as a part of the Biennial Budget process. |
Long-Range Fiscal Implications |
Agency/Prepared by: (Name & Phone No.) | Authorized Signature/Telephone No. | Date |
Sam Matteson | Adam Hartung |
DCF Budget Analyst | DCF Budget Director | 12/1/24 |
