Wisconsin Code § 46.40

Community aids funding
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(1) DISTRIBUTION LIMITS. (a) Within the limits of available federal funds and of the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o), the department shall
distribute funds for community social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services and
for services under ss. 46.87 and 51.421 to county departments
under ss. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, and 51.437 and to county
aging units, as provided in subs. (2), (2m), (8), and (9).
(d) If the department of health services receives any federal
moneys under 42 USC 1396 to 1396v in reimbursement of the
cost of preventing out-of-home placements of children, the department of health services shall transfer those moneys to the department of children and families, and the department of children
and families shall use those moneys as the first source of moneys
used to meet the amount of the allocation under s. 48.563 (2) that
is budgeted from federal funds.
(2) BASIC COUNTY ALLOCATION. Subject to sub. (9), for social services under s. 46.495 (1) (d) and services under s. 51.423
(2), the department shall distribute not more than $176,068,400
in each fiscal year.
(2m) FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT ALLOCATIONS. (a) Prevention
and treatment of substance abuse. For prevention and treatment
of substance abuse under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35, the department shall distribute not more than $13,975,500 in fiscal year
2009-10 and $9,735,700 in each fiscal year thereafter.
(b) Community mental health services. For community mental health services under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9, the department
shall distribute $2,513,400 in each fiscal year.
(7m) STATE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ALLOCATION.
For community mental health services, the department shall distribute not less than $24,348,700 in each fiscal year.
(8) ALZHEIMER’S FAMILY AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT ALLOCATION. Subject to sub. (9), the department cannot distribute more
than $3,058,900 in each fiscal year for services to persons with
Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87.
(9) TRANSFER OR ADJUSTMENT OF COMMUNITY AIDS ALLOCATIONS. (ag) Adjustment for family care. If a care management
organization under s. 46.284 is available in a county and the
county has under s. 46.281 (4) agreed to a reduction in its distribution under sub. (2), the department shall use the amount established under s. 46.281 (4) to fund the services of care management organizations under s. 46.284 (4).
(ar) Transfer to family care program and adult protective services allocation. If a care management organization under s.
46.284 is available in a county, the department may, of the
amount allocated under sub. (8), dispose of the lesser of up to 60
percent or the amount remaining after subtracting an amount necessary to maintain funding for recipients under sub. (8) who, on
September 1, 2001, are ineligible for the family care benefit under s. 46.286, to that county, as follows:
1. By transferring a portion of that amount, as determined by
the department, to the family care program to fund the services of
resource centers under s. 46.283 (5) and the services of care management organizations under s. 46.284 (4).
2. By transferring a portion of that amount, as determined by
the department, to the county’s adult protective services allocation under par. (b).
(b) Adult protective services allocation. For adult protective
services, the department shall distribute the amounts transferred
under par. (ar) 2. in each fiscal year.
(c) Adjustment for medical assistance buy-in program. If a
former recipient of services funded under the allocation under
sub. (2) is a participant in the medical assistance buy-in program
under s. 49.472, the department may decrease that allocation by
the amount that the department estimates it will incur in providing services to that participant under s. 49.472.
(d) Payment adjustments for certain Medical Assistance services. The department may decrease a county’s allocation under
sub. (2) by the amount of any payment adjustments under s. 49.45
(52) (a) made for that county from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) for services described under s. 49.45 (52) (a)
1. The total amount of the decrease for a county under this paragraph during any fiscal year may not exceed that part of the
county’s allocation under sub. (2) that derives from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (b) for that fiscal year.
(e) County income maintenance administration. Beginning in
calendar year 2012, the department shall decrease the allocation
under sub. (2) for a county with a population of 750,000 or more
from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (b) by $2,700,000.
(14m) COUNTY COMMUNITY AIDS BUDGETS. Before December 1 of each year, each county department under ss. 46.215,
46.22, 46.23, 51.42 and 51.437 and each tribal governing body
shall submit to the department a proposed budget for the expenditure of funds allocated under this section or carried forward under
s. 46.45 (3). The proposed budget shall be submitted on a form
developed by the department and approved by the department of
administration.

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