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2021

    • Testimony
    • Support or AB 423, which aimed to ensure increased accuracy of  information published about those serving children in out-of-home care (OHC) and incidents of sexual abuse of a child, allowing for a better understanding of the prevalence of issues in OHC facilities (so they may be addressed) and the quality protection and care provided in our systems.
    • Memo
    • Support for key Initiatives in Governor Tony Evers’ proposed budget with the potential to lift up families and strengthen the human services ecosystem across the state’s private and public sector.
    • Testimony
    • Support for SB 161, which would allow the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to certify a congregate care setting, such as a shelter care facility, group home, or residential care center for children and youth (RCCs), as a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)—providing a more robust continuum for Wisconsin youth needing placement and a way for Wisconsin to continue claiming Title IV-E federal match on some of the costs associated with out-of-home care placement.

 2020

2019

  • Certification of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs—AB 643 (December 18, 2019)
    • Testimony 
    • Support of AB 643, which would permit the Department of Children and Families to create a certification fora Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) in current congregate care settings such as a shelter care facility, group home, or residential care center for children and youth.

  • Wisconsin Enacts New Law to Support Homeless Youth‚—AB 52 (November 20, 2019)
    • Press Release
    • Details regarding Governor Tony Evers’ signing of AB 52—which allows 17-year-olds who are unaccompanied and homeless to contract for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program—and how the bill forwards the work of WAFCA members.

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