46.977 Guardianship grants.
(1) Definition. In this section, “guardian” has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10).
(2) Grant applications and awards.
(ag) In this subsection, “organization” means a private, nonprofit agency or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437.
(am) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the department may under this section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants to applying organizations for the purpose of training and assisting guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54. No grant may be paid unless the awardee provides matching funds equal to 10 percent of the amount of the award.
(b) Organizations awarded grants under par. (am) shall do all of the following:
2. Provide training and technical assistance on guardianship issues.
4. Provide technical assistance to recruited guardians in performing their duties.
(c) In reviewing applications for grants under par. (am), the department shall consider the extent to which the proposed program will effectively train and assist guardians for individuals found incompetent under ch. 54.
(3) Grant for initial training.
(a) The department shall award a grant to develop, administer, and conduct the guardian training required under s. 54.26.
(b) The department shall require the grantee to have expertise in state guardianship law, experience with technical assistance and support to guardians and wards, and knowledge of common challenges and questions encountered by guardians and wards.
(c) The grantee selected to develop training that meets the requirements under s. 54.26 (1) shall develop plain language, web-based online training modules using adult-learning design principles that can be accessed for free by training topic and in formats that maximize accessibility, with printed versions available for free upon request.
History: 1987 a. 368; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27, 464; 2005 a. 25, 387; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 97.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
46.014 - Secretary, powers and duties.
46.016 - Cooperation with federal government.
46.018 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
46.02 - Agency powers and duties.
46.028 - Electronic benefit transfer.
46.03 - Department, powers and duties.
46.031 - County social service and mental hygiene budget and contract.
46.034 - Authority to establish services integration and coordination pilot programs.
46.035 - Department, additional powers to provide structures, facilities and permanent improvements.
46.036 - Purchase of care and services.
46.041 - Children's consultation service; establishment; purposes.
46.042 - Treatment program for emotionally disturbed children.
46.043 - Additional services of mental health institutes.
46.044 - State psychiatric institute.
46.047 - State-operated residential facilities and support services.
46.048 - Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
46.055 - Secure mental health facility for sexually violent persons.
46.056 - Wisconsin Resource Center.
46.057 - Mendota juvenile treatment center.
46.058 - Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints.
46.06 - Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases.
46.064 - Client wages, allowances and release payments.
46.066 - Freedom of worship; religious ministration.
46.07 - Property of patients or residents.
46.09 - Purchases, bills, audits, payments.
46.14 - Reports of state institutions.
46.15 - Institutions subject to chapter 150.
46.16 - General supervision and inspection by department.
46.17 - County buildings; establishment, approval, inspection.
46.175 - County institutions: minimum standards.
46.18 - Trustees of county institutions.
46.19 - Officers and employees of county institutions.
46.20 - Joint county institutions.
46.205 - County home in adjoining county.
46.206 - Welfare services; supervisory functions of state department.
46.208 - Relief block grants; functions of state department.
46.21 - Institutions and department of human services in populous counties.
46.215 - County department of social services in populous counties.
46.22 - County social services.
46.225 - Indigency determinations.
46.23 - County department of human services.
46.234 - Recovery residences; registration.
46.245 - Information for certain pregnant women.
46.248 - Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants.
46.269 - Determining financial eligibility for long-term care programs.
46.271 - Long-term support pilot projects.
46.272 - Children's community options program.
46.275 - Community integration program for residents of state centers.
46.277 - Community integration program for persons relocated or meeting reimbursable levels of care.
46.2785 - Community Opportunities and Recovery Program.
46.279 - Restrictions on placements and admissions to intermediate and nursing facilities.
46.28 - Revenue bonding for residential facilities.
46.2804 - Client management of managed care long-term care benefit.
46.2805 - Definitions; long-term care.
46.281 - Powers and duties of the department, secretary, and counties; long-term care.
46.284 - Care management organizations.
46.285 - Operation of resource center and care management organization.
46.2895 - Long-term care district.
46.2896 - Counting promissory notes as assets.
46.2897 - Self-directed services option.
46.2898 - Employment of individuals with disabilities; long-term care programs.
46.2899 - Services for the developmentally disabled who receive post-secondary education.
46.29 - Council on physical disabilities.
46.293 - Specialized programs for the blind and visually impaired.
46.295 - Interpreters for the hearing-impaired.
46.297 - Telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired.
46.298 - Vehicle sticker for the hearing impaired.
46.33 - Employee counseling referral programs.
46.34 - Emission standards for hazardous air contaminants.
46.37 - Certain water and sewerage service in Winnebago County.
46.40 - Community aids funding.
46.45 - Carry-over of community aids funds.
46.47 - Grants for nonnarcotic drug treatment in county jails.
46.48 - Grants for community programs.
46.482 - Coordination of care in substance use overdose.
46.485 - Mental health services for severely emotionally disturbed children.
46.49 - Allocation of federal funds for community aids.
46.495 - Distribution of community aids funds to counties.
46.50 - State mental health authority.
46.52 - Systems change grants.
46.53 - Mental health treatment provider training.
46.535 - Crisis intervention training grants.
46.536 - Crisis program enhancement grants.
46.54 - Consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs.
46.545 - Individual placement and support.
46.55 - Grants for services to persons in treatment.
46.56 - Initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families.
46.57 - Grants for services to persons with epilepsy.
46.65 - Treatment alternative program.
46.70 - Delivery of services to American Indians.
46.71 - American Indian drug abuse prevention, treatment and education.
46.75 - Food distribution grants.
46.77 - Food distribution administration.
46.81 - Benefit specialist program.
46.85 - Programs for older individuals.
46.856 - Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants.
46.87 - Alzheimer's family and caregiver support program.
46.90 - Elder abuse reporting system.
46.94 - Referral system for community-based services.
46.96 - Independent living center grants; independent living services.
46.972 - Primary health for homeless individuals.
46.973 - Drug dependence program.
46.975 - Grant and funding program; services related to alcohol and other drug abuse.
46.986 - Respite care program.
46.99 - Medical assistance waiver for Birth to 3 participants.
46.995 - Disabled children's long-term support program; local funding.