49.19(5)(cm)2.2. A direct payment shall be made whenever a recipient of aid under this section has failed to pay rent to the landlord for 2 months or more, unless the failure to pay rent is authorized by law.
49.19(5)(cm)3.3. If a landlord reports to a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 that a recipient has failed to pay rent for 2 or more months, the county department shall do all of the following:
49.19(5)(cm)3.a.a. Inform the recipient of the report.
49.19(5)(cm)3.b.b. Investigate the report.
49.19(5)(cm)3.c.c. If it determines that the conditions for issuing a direct payment under subd. 2. are met, inform the recipient of the right to a fair hearing on the issue of whether direct payment of rent should be made and inform the department of health services of its determination.
49.19(5)(cm)3.d.d. If it determines that direct payments should not be made, inform the recipient and the landlord of that determination.
49.19(5)(cm)4.4. When it has been determined that a direct payment of rent should be made, the department of health services shall issue the recipient’s monthly grant in 2 checks, a direct payment for the amount of the rent and a check drawn in favor of the recipient for the balance of the grant amount.
49.19(5)(cm)5.5. The county department shall review each case in which a direct payment is being made at least once every 12 months and whenever a recipient reports that a condition under subd. 6. for the cessation of direct payments exists.
49.19(5)(cm)6.6. The county department shall inform the department of health services, and the department of health services shall cease making a direct payment, when the county department determines that any of the following conditions exists:
49.19(5)(cm)6.a.a. A direct payment has been made for 24 consecutive months.
49.19(5)(cm)6.b.b. The recipient has reimbursed the landlord for all back rent owed.
49.19(5)(cm)6.c.c. The recipient has moved and has a different landlord.
49.19(5)(cm)7.7. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this paragraph.
49.19(5)(e)(e) No aid may continue longer than 6 months without reinvestigation, except that the department may provide that in certain cases or groups of cases aid may continue up to 12 months without reinvestigation. The county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may conduct a reinvestigation of a case whenever there is reason to believe circumstances have changed. The county department shall submit information concerning reinvestigations, at such times and in such form as the department requires.
49.19(5)(f)(f) This subsection does not prohibit such public assistance as may legitimately accrue directly to persons other than the beneficiaries of this section who may reside in the same household.
49.19(6)(6)The county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may require the child’s parent to do such remunerative work as in its judgment can be done without detriment to the parent’s health or the neglect of the children or the home; and may prescribe the hours during which the parent may be required to work outside of the home.
49.19(7)(7)The county board shall annually appropriate a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section. The county treasurer shall pay out the amounts ordered paid under this section.
49.19(9)(9)If the head of a family is a veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12), or a person under s. 45.51 (2) (a) 2., and is hospitalized or institutionalized because of disabilities in a county other than that of his or her residence or settlement at time of admission, aid shall be granted to the dependent children of the veteran by the county wherein the head of the family had his or her residence or settlement at the time of admission so long as he or she remains hospitalized or institutionalized.
49.19(10)(10)
49.19(10)(a)(a) Aid under this section may also be granted to a nonrelative who cares for a child dependent upon the public for proper support in a foster home having a license under s. 48.62, in a foster home located within the boundaries of a federally recognized American Indian reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body of the reservation, or in a group home licensed under s. 48.625, regardless of the cause or prospective period of dependency. The state shall reimburse counties pursuant to the procedure under s. 48.569 (2) and the percentage rate of participation set forth in s. 48.569 (1) (d) for aid granted under this subsection except that if the child does not have legal settlement in the granting county, state reimbursement shall be at 100 percent. The county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22 shall determine the legal settlement of the child. A child under one year of age shall be eligible for aid under this subsection irrespective of any other residence requirement for eligibility within this section.
49.19(10)(b)(b) Aid under this section may also be granted on behalf of a child in the legal custody of a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or on behalf of a child who was removed from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary to the child’s welfare for any reason when such child is placed in a licensed residential care center for children and youth by the county department. Reimbursement shall be made by the state pursuant to par. (a).
49.19(10)(c)(c) Reimbursement under par. (a) may also be paid to the county when the child is placed in a licensed foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth by a licensed child welfare agency or by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body in this state or by its designee, if the child is in the legal custody of the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or if the child was removed from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of the relative would be contrary to the child’s welfare for any reason and the placement is made under an agreement with the county department.
49.19(10)(d)(d) Aid may also be paid under this section to a licensed foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth by the state when the child is in the custody or guardianship of the state, when the child is a ward of an American Indian tribal court in this state and the placement is made under an agreement between the department and the tribal governing body, or when the child was part of the state’s direct service case load and was removed from the home of a relative specified in sub. (1) (a) as a result of a judicial determination that continuance in the home of a relative would be contrary to the child’s welfare for any reason and the child is placed by the department or the department of corrections.
49.19(10)(e)(e) Notwithstanding pars. (a), (c), and (d), aid under this section may not be granted for placement of a child in a foster home licensed by a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body, for placement of a child in a foster home or residential care center for children and youth by a tribal governing body or its designee, for the placement of a child who is a ward of a tribal court if the tribal governing body is receiving or is eligible to receive funds from the federal government for that type of placement, or for placement of a child in a group home licensed under s. 48.625.
49.19(11)(11)
49.19(11)(am)(am)
49.19(11)(am)1m.1m. Except as provided in subs. (11m) and (11s), monthly payments made under s. 20.437 (2) (dz) and (md) to persons or to families with dependent children shall be based on family size and shall be at 80 percent of the total of the allowances under pars. (b) and (d) plus the following standards of assistance beginning on September 1, 1987:
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49.19(11)(am)2m.2m. Grants shall vary in 2 areas which shall be groups of counties designated by the department based on variation in shelter cost.