Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 16.3085

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    Definition. In this section, “shelter facility” has the meaning given in s. 16.308 (1) (d).
   (2)   Grants.
      (a)    From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg), the department may award up to 10 grants, of up to $50,000 each, annually to any shelter facility.
      (b)    A shelter facility shall use all grant moneys awarded to it under par. (a) for the purpose of providing intensive case management services to homeless families, including any of the following:
         1.    Services related to financial management.
         2.    Employment-related services, including connecting parents who are job training graduates or who have a recent work history with their local workforce development board established under 29 U.S. Code § 2832 and assisting them with using the job center website maintained by the department of workforce development.
         3.    Services intended to ensure continuation of school enrollment for children.
         4.    Services related to the enrollment of unemployed or underemployed parents in a food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.79 (9) or in the Wisconsin Works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161.