(n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 $560,300 in each fiscal year.

(o) Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants. For grants awarded under s. 48.545 (2) (c), $500,000 in each fiscal year 2018-19.

(p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $289,215,200 or 49.257, $357,097,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $318,369,200 $365,700,400 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $36,189,400 $40,152,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $36,030,000 $41,555,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. ss. 49.155 (1g), $15,652,700 and 49.257, $16,532,900 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and $16,683,700 in fiscal year 2020-21.

(r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $26,938,000 $25,013,300 in each fiscal year.

(s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $22,012,100 $26,640,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $22,741,200 $28,159,200 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21.

(t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $6,282,500 $8,314,300 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $7,314,300 $9,314,300 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

(u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year $5,789,600 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $6,789,600 in fiscal year 2020-21.

(v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $115,000 $175,000 in each fiscal year.

(y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 $250,000 in each fiscal year.

(z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,275,000 $2,675,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 $1,400,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds to be equally distributed among the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Appleton Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

49.175 (1) (fa) Homeless case management services grants; additional funding. For grants to shelter facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2020-21. All moneys allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (g) for the purpose of supplementing the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg).

49.257 Milwaukee child care grant program. (1) In this section, “child care provider” has the meaning given in s. 49.155 (1) (ag).

(2) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (p), the department may award grants to child care providers to support access to high-quality child care for families that reside in a geographic area with high-poverty levels, as identified by the department, in the city of Milwaukee. A grant under this section may be used for start-up costs, ongoing operational costs, including subsidy payments for eligible families, and quality improvement activities. A child care provider that is awarded a grant under this subsection shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded. The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services.

(3) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), the department may award grants to any of the following to improve overall child care quality in the geographic area identified under sub. (2):

(a) Child care providers and employees of child care providers.

(b) Educational institutions for the purpose of educating employees of child care providers.

49.36 (7) The department shall pay a county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency not more than $400 $800 for each person who participates in the program under this section in the region in which the county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency administers the program under this section. The county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works agency shall pay any additional costs of the program.

49.45 (2) (a) 23. Promulgate rules that define “supportive services", “personal services" and “nursing services" provided in a certified residential care apartment complex, as defined under s. 50.01 (6d), for purposes of reimbursement under ss. 46.27 (11) (c) 7. and s. 46.277 (5) (e).

49.45 (3) (a) Reimbursement shall be made to each county department under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 for any administrative services performed in the Medical Assistance program on the basis of s. 49.78 (8). For purposes of reimbursement under this paragraph, assessments completed under s. 46.27 (6) (a) are administrative services performed in the Medical Assistance program.