938.546 Juvenile treatment court grant program.
(1) The department of children and families may make grants available to counties or Indian tribes to enable them to establish and operate evidence-based programs to develop intake and court procedures that screen, assess, and provide dispositional alternatives for juveniles who come under the jurisdiction of the court. The programs shall have, as a goal, improving juvenile well-being by meeting the comprehensive needs of juveniles, including juveniles' need for care and treatment and for accountability and rehabilitation, consistent with the prevention of delinquency.
(2) The department of children and families may make the grants for the programs specified in sub. (1) within the availability of funding under s. 20.437 (1) (bf). The department of children and families shall collaborate with the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the director of state courts in establishing the grant program under this section.
(3) A county or Indian tribe that operates a program funded under this section shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish eligibility criteria for a juvenile's participation in the program.
(b) Provide services to program participants that are consistent with evidence-based practices in treatment services needed by those participants, including substance abuse treatment services, mental health treatment services, and intensive case management services.
(c) Provide a multidisciplinary screen as described in s. 938.547 (3) for program participants.
(d) Provide a holistic and trauma-informed approach to the treatment of program participants and provide those participants with services that may be needed, as determined by the county or Indian tribe under the program.
(e) Integrate all services provided to program participants by state and local government agencies and other organizations. The county or Indian tribe shall require regular communication among a participant's treatment providers, other service providers, the court and court personnel, and any person designated under the program to monitor the participant's compliance with his or her obligations under the program and under the court's order.
(4) A county or Indian tribe that receives a grant under this section shall create an oversight committee to advise the county or Indian tribe in developing, implementing, administering, and evaluating its program.
(5) A county or Indian tribe that receives a grant under this section shall submit data requested by the department of children and families to the department of children and families each quarter. The department of children and families may request any data regarding a program funded under this section that is necessary to evaluate the program and prepare the reports under subs. (6) and (7).
(6) The department of children and families shall, annually, analyze the data submitted under sub. (5) for the previous year and prepare a progress report that evaluates the effectiveness of the grant program. The department of children and families shall make the report available to the public.
(7) The department of children and families shall, every 5 years, prepare a comprehensive report that analyzes the data submitted under sub. (5) for the previous 5 years. The department of children and families shall submit the report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
(8) A county or Indian tribe may, together with one or more counties or Indian tribes, jointly apply for and receive a grant under this section. A joint application shall include a written agreement specifying the role of each county or Indian tribe in developing, administering, and evaluating the program. The oversight committee established under sub. (4) shall include a representative from each county and Indian tribe operating a joint program.
(9) The department of children and families shall assist a county or Indian tribe receiving a grant under this section in obtaining funding from other sources for its program.
History: 2017 a. 202, 261.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 938 - Juvenile justice code.
938.01 - Title, legislative intent and purposes.
938.028 - Indian juvenile welfare.
938.03 - Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge.
938.067 - Powers and duties of intake workers.
938.069 - Powers and duties of disposition staff.
938.07 - Additional sources of court services.
938.08 - Duties of person furnishing services to court.
938.09 - Representation of the interests of the public.
938.10 - Power of the judge to act as intake worker.
938.12 - Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be delinquent.
938.125 - Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to have violated civil laws or ordinances.
938.13 - Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be in need of protection or services.
938.135 - Referral of juveniles to proceedings under ch. 51 or 55.
938.14 - Jurisdiction over interstate compact proceedings.
938.15 - Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody.
938.18 - Jurisdiction for criminal proceedings for juveniles 14 or older; waiver hearing.
938.183 - Original adult court jurisdiction for criminal proceedings.
938.19 - Taking a juvenile into custody.
938.195 - Recording custodial interrogations.
938.20 - Release or delivery from custody.
938.205 - Criteria for holding a juvenile in physical custody.
938.207 - Places where a juvenile may be held in nonsecure custody.
938.208 - Criteria for holding a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility.
938.209 - Criteria for holding a juvenile in a county jail or a municipal lockup facility.
938.21 - Hearing for juvenile in custody.
938.217 - Change in placement; juvenile held in custody.
938.22 - County and private juvenile facilities.
938.222 - Contracts with private entities for juvenile detention facility services.
938.223 - Contracts with Minnesota counties for juvenile detention facility services.
938.224 - Contracts with department for juvenile detention facility services.
938.225 - Statewide plan for juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
938.24 - Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry.
938.243 - Basic rights: duty of intake worker.
938.245 - Deferred prosecution.
938.25 - Petition: authorization to file.
938.255 - Petition; form and content.
938.263 - Amendment of petition.
938.265 - Consultation with victims.
938.273 - Service of summons or notice; expense.
938.275 - Parents' contribution to cost of custody, sanctions and court and legal services.
938.28 - Failure to obey summons; capias.
938.29 - Substitution of judge.
938.295 - Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination.
938.296 - Testing for HIV infection and certain diseases.
938.2965 - Waiting area for victims and witnesses.
938.297 - Motions before trial.
938.299 - Procedures at hearings.
938.305 - Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a juvenile.
938.31 - Fact-finding hearing.
938.312 - Notice of dismissal.
938.315 - Delays, continuances and extensions.
938.325 - Proceedings by telephone or live audiovisual means.
938.331 - Court reports; effect on victim.
938.335 - Dispositional hearings.
938.34 - Disposition of juvenile adjudged delinquent.
938.341 - Delinquency adjudication; restriction on firearm possession.
938.3415 - Delinquency adjudication; restriction on body armor possession.
938.342 - Disposition; truancy and school dropout ordinance violations.
938.343 - Disposition of juvenile adjudged to have violated a civil law or an ordinance.
938.344 - Disposition; certain intoxicating liquor, beer and drug violations.
938.345 - Disposition of juvenile adjudged in need of protection or services.
938.346 - Notice to victims of juveniles' acts.
938.35 - Effect of judgment and disposition.
938.355 - Dispositional orders.
938.356 - Duty of court to warn.
938.357 - Change in placement; juvenile subject to dispositional order.
938.358 - Trial reunification.
938.36 - Payment for services.
938.361 - Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services.
938.362 - Payment for certain special treatment or care services.
938.363 - Revision of dispositional orders.
938.364 - Dismissal of certain dispositional orders.
938.365 - Extension of orders.
938.366 - Extended out-of-home care.
938.368 - Continuation of dispositional orders.
938.371 - Access to certain information by substitute care provider.
938.373 - Medical authorization.
938.383 - Reasonable and prudent parent standard.
938.385 - Plan for transition to independent living.
938.39 - Disposition by court bars criminal proceeding.
938.44 - Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.
938.45 - Orders applicable to adults.
938.47 - Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal.
938.48 - Authority of department of corrections.
938.485 - Authority of department.
938.50 - Examination of juveniles under supervision of department of corrections.
938.505 - Juveniles placed under correctional supervision.
938.51 - Notification of release or escape of juvenile from correctional custody or supervision.
938.52 - Facilities for care of juveniles in care of department of corrections.
938.53 - Duration of control of department of corrections over delinquents.
938.533 - Community supervision.
938.534 - Intensive supervision program.
938.535 - Early release and intensive supervision program; limits.
938.538 - Serious juvenile offender program.
938.546 - Juvenile treatment court grant program.
938.547 - Juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program.
938.548 - Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria.
938.549 - Juvenile classification system.
938.57 - Powers and duties of county departments providing juvenile welfare services.
938.59 - Examination and records.
938.595 - Duration of control of county departments over delinquents.
938.78 - Confidentiality of records.
938.795 - Powers of the department.
938.988 - Interstate placement of juveniles.