48.55(2)(e)(e) Promoting adoption through the communications media. 48.55 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also chs. DCF 49, 50, and 51, Wis. adm. code. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
48.5648.56 Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000. 48.56(1)(1) Each county having a population of less than 750,000 shall provide child welfare services through its county department. 48.56(2)(2) Each county department shall employ personnel who devote all or part of their time to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under subch. I of ch. 457. 48.56(3)(3) This section shall not apply to those counties which had child welfare services administered by the staff of the juvenile court prior to January 1, 1955. 48.56148.561 Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. 48.561(1)(1) The department shall provide child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. 48.561(2)(2) The department shall employ personnel in a county having a population of 750,000 or more who devote all of their time directly or indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under subch. I of ch. 457. 48.561(3)(a)(a) A county having a population of 750,000 or more shall contribute $58,893,500 in each state fiscal year for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department. That contribution shall be made as follows: 48.561(3)(a)2.2. Through a reduction of $1,583,000 from the amount distributed to that county under s. 46.40 (2m) (a) in each state fiscal year. 48.561(3)(a)3.3. Through a deduction of $20,101,300 from any state payment due that county under s. 79.02 (1), as provided in par. (b). 48.561(3)(b)(b) The department of administration shall collect the amount specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 750,000 or more by deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under s. 79.02 (1). The department of administration shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount to be deducted from the state payments due under s. 79.02 (1). The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall notify the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The department may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until the amounts in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted. 48.56248.562 Milwaukee child welfare partnership council. 48.562(1)(1) The Milwaukee child welfare partnership council shall do all of the following: 48.562(1)(ag)(ag) Hold at least one public hearing each year at which the council shall encourage public participation and solicit public input regarding the child welfare system in Milwaukee County. 48.562(1)(am)(am) Recommend policies and plans for the improvement of the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those policies and plans to the department under par. (dm). 48.562(1)(b)(b) Recommend measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the child welfare system in Milwaukee County, including outcome measures, and submit its recommendations with respect to those measures to the department under par. (dm). 48.562(1)(c)(c) Recommend funding priorities for the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those funding priorities to the department under par. (dm). 48.562(1)(d)(d) Identify innovative public and private funding opportunities for the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those funding opportunities to the department under par. (dm). 48.562(1)(dm)(dm) Annually, submit a report of its recommendations under pars. (am) to (d) to the department, which within 60 days after receiving the report shall prepare a response to those recommendations and transmit the report, together with its response, to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). 48.562(1)(e)(e) Advise the department in planning, and providing technical assistance and capacity building to support, a neighborhood-based system for the delivery of child welfare services in Milwaukee County.