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3Section 279
. 48.685 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.685
(5) (a) Subject to par. (bm), the department may license to operate an
5entity, a county department or a child welfare agency may license to operate a foster
6home under s. 48.62, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or
7more
, an Indian tribe, or a county department may provide subsidized guardianship
8payments under s. 48.623 (6) to a person who otherwise may not be so licensed or
9provided those payments for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5., and an entity
10may employ, contract with, or permit to reside at the entity or permit to reside with
11a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity a person who otherwise may
12not be so employed, provided payments, or permitted to reside at the entity or with
13that caregiver for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (b) 1. to 5., if the person
14demonstrates to the department, county department, or child welfare agency or, in
15the case of an entity that is located within the boundaries of a reservation, to the
16person or body designated by the Indian tribe under sub. (5d) (a) 3., by clear and
17convincing evidence and in accordance with procedures established by the
18department by rule or by the tribe that he or she has been rehabilitated.
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19Section 280
. 48.977 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.977
(3r) (a)
Guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623
21(1) may not be made to a guardian of a child unless a subsidized guardianship
22agreement under s. 48.623 (2) is entered into before the guardianship order is
23granted and the court either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or
24dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been adjudicated in need of
25protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If a child's permanency plan calls
1for placement of the child in the home of a guardian and the provision of monthly
2subsidized guardianship payments to the guardian, the petitioner under sub. (4) (a)
3shall include in the petition under sub. (4) (b) a statement of the determinations
4made under s. 48.623 (1) and a request for the court to include in the court's findings
5under sub. (4) (d) a finding confirming those determinations. If the court confirms
6those determinations, appoints a guardian for the child under sub. (2), and either
7terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which
8the child is adjudicated to be in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2)
9(a), the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3) (a),
an Indian tribe or the
10department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the
11guardian under s. 48.623 (1).
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12Section 281
. 48.977 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.977
(3r) (b)
Successor guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under
14s. 48.623 (6) (bm) may not be made to a successor guardian of a child unless the court
15makes a finding confirming that the successor guardian is named as a prospective
16successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended
17subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) that was entered into before
18the death or incapacity of the guardian and that the conditions specified in s. 48.623
19(6) (bm) have been met, appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and
20authority of guardianship as provided in sub. (5m), and either terminates any order
21specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been
22adjudicated in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If the court
23makes that finding and appointment and either terminates such an order or
24dismisses such a proceeding, the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3)
1(a),
an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized
2guardianship payments to the successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm).
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3Section
282. 49.155 (1g) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1g) (ac) A child care scholarship and bonus program, in the amount of
5at least $3,975,000
per in fiscal year
2023-24, a child care scholarship program, in
6the amount of at least $3,275,000 in fiscal year 2024-25, and a child care bonus
7program, in the amount of at least $5,700,000 in fiscal year 2024-25.
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8Section
283. 49.155 (1g) (bc) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1g) (bc) Grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child care resource and referral
10services, in the amount of at least
$1,298,600
$2,598,600 per fiscal year.
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11Section
284. 49.155 (1g) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1g) (h) A grant to support development and expansion of the Wisconsin
13Early Education Shared Services Network, in the amount of at least $2,500,000 in
14fiscal year 2024-25.
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15Section
285. 49.155 (1g) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.155
(1g) (i) Increases to the maximum payment rates paid to child care
17providers on the basis of a provider's quality rating under sub. (6) (e) 3. d. and e.
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18Section
286. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1d., 1g., 1h., 1m., 2., and
203., the gross income of the individual's family is at or below
185 percent of the poverty
21line for a family the size of the individual's family or, for an individual who is already
22receiving a child care subsidy under this section, the gross income of the individual's
23family is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the
24individual's family. In calculating the gross income of the family, the department or
25county department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered
1child or family support payments received by the individual, if those support
2payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
3and 3., except that, in calculating farm and self-employment income, the
4department or county department or agency determining eligibility shall include the
5sum of the following:
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6Section
287. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1d. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.155
(1m) (c) 1d. a. Notwithstanding sub. (5) (b), if the individual is already
8receiving a child care subsidy under this section and the gross income of the
9individual's family exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the
10individual's family, the individual's copayment amount under sub. (5) increases by
11$1 for every
$3 $5 by which the individual's family's gross income exceeds 200 percent
12of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual's family.
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13Section
288. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (a)
Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
15$37,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $34,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.
In the
16following fiscal year, for such benefits, $28,000,000. In the fiscal year after that, for
17such benefits, $29,000,000.
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18Section
289. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (b)
Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
20with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
2149.147 (6), $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $57,071,200 in
fiscal year 2022-23 22each of the following fiscal years.
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23Section
290. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (g)
State administration of public assistance programs and
25overpayment collections. For state administration of public assistance programs and
1the collection of public assistance overpayments, $17,231,100 in fiscal year 2021-22
2and $17,482,300 in fiscal year 2022-23.
In the following fiscal year, for such
3purposes, $19,015,300. In the fiscal year after that, for such purposes, $19,424,300.
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4Section 291
. 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.175
(1) (Lm)
Jobs for America's Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for
6America's Graduates-Wisconsin to fund programs that improve social, academic,
7and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for
8needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq.,
$500,000 in each fiscal year
, $1,000,000.
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9Section 292
. 49.175 (1) (Lp) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.175
(1) (Lp)
Skills enhancement program. For skills enhancement grants,
11$500,000 in each fiscal year.
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12Section
293. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read: