Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 1.02

Current through December 30, 2024

Section DCF 1.02 - Definitions

Unless otherwise specified, in this chapter:

(1) "Child-placing agency" means an agency licensed under ch. DCF 54 and s. 48.66, Stats., or a similar agency licensed in another state.

(2) "Client" means an individual who receives child welfare services under ch. 48, Stats., or community-based youth justice services under ch. 938, Stats., that are purchased or provided by the department or a county department.

(3) "Collection period" means the period of time that begins on the day a service is provided and ends the earliest of when the fee for the service is paid in full, when the fee is waived, or as provided under the applicable statutes of limitation in s. 893.40 or 893.97, Stats.

(4) "Community-based youth justice services" has the meaning given for "community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" in s. 49.11 (1c), Stats.

(5) "County department" means a county department of social services under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats., or a county department of human services under s. 46.23, Stats.

(6) "Department" means the department of children and families.

(7) "Fee" means the amount established as a charge for a service under s. DCF 1.03.

(8) "Foster home" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (6), Stats.

(9) "Group home" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (7), Stats.

(10) "Juvenile detention facility" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (10r), Stats.

(11) "Maximum monthly payment amount" means the amount that a county department or the department has determined that an individual has the ability to pay toward fee liability per month based on the gross monthly income and number of individuals living in the family as indicated in the schedule in s. DCF 1.05 (2) (a).

(12) "Medical assistance" has the meaning given in s. 49.43 (8), Stats.

(13) "Minor" means an individual under 18 years of age.

(14) "Parent" means any of the following:

(a) An individual who has legal custody of a minor at the time a service is provided.

(b) A resident of this state who brought a minor into the state for the purpose of adoption under s. 48.839, Stats.

(15) "Residential care center for children or youth" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (15d), Stats.

(16) "Residential, nonmedical facility" means a foster home, subsidized guardianship home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility.

(17) "Service" includes care, maintenance, supplies, and other services purchased or provided by a county department or the department under ch. 48, Stats., or as a community-based youth justice service under ch. 938, Stats.

(18) "Shelter care facility" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (17), Stats.

(19) "Social security disability insurance" means payments under 42 USC 401 to 433 for individuals determined disabled under program requirements.

(20) "Spouse" means an individual who is married to a client at the time a service is provided or at the time a county department or the department is attempting to collect a fee.

(21) "Subsidized guardianship home" means the home of an individual receiving payments under s. 48.623, Stats.

(22) "Supplemental security income" means payments under 42 USC 1381 to 1385.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 1.02

Adopted by, CR 24-006: cr. Register December 2024 No. 828, eff. 1/1/2025