Section DHS 68.06 - Allowable use of funds(1) PURPOSES. As permitted by s. 46.87(5), Stats., the administering agency may use allocated funds for any of the following purposes:(a) To pay for the cost of goods and services provided to or purchased for or by households and for limited transportation and supplemental services for a caregiver of a person living in a residential facility who is found eligible to participate in the program under s. DHS 68.07. The program may not be used to pay fees associated with the cost of permanent placement in an assisted living facility or other living arrangement that is not a CBRF or adult family home as defined under s. DHS 68.02.(b) To contract with service providers to develop new programs or expand services.(c) To provide outreach, that is, to search out persons in need of support by the program, or to provide activities designed to develop or enhance public awareness of dementia.(d) To develop or assist support groups for persons with dementia and caregivers.(e) To pay for program administration, except that no more than 10% of funds allocated for the program may be used for this purpose.(2) GOODS AND SERVICES.(a) A household or a person living in a residential facility who is participating in the program may not be restricted from purchasing goods and services listed under this subsection and identified under s. DHS 68.08 from providers who are located outside of the county to which application is made.(b) The administering agency at the time of need determination under s. DHS 68.08 shall enumerate to households and individuals participating in the program the goods or services that may be purchased or provided to accomplish the purposes listed under sub. (1), which shall be limited to goods and services that can be provided under any of the following categories: 2. Adult day center services.3. Advocacy and legal assistance.4. Caregiver counseling and therapeutic resources.5. Case management and service coordination.8. Daily living skills training.9. Emergency housing and energy assistance.10. Employment -related support services.11. Health screening and accessibility.12. Home-delivered meals for people with dementia and caregivers that are not Title III-C2 eligible.14. In-home personal care.15. Inpatient treatments not covered by the person's primary health insurance.16. Intake and assessment.17. Interpreter services.18. Outreach to individuals, groups or the community.19. Protective placement or guardianship.20. Recreation and social activities, including Memory Cafs and social events.21. Respite, including short-term respite in a residential facility.24. Any other goods and services necessary to maintain the person with dementia as a member of the household.(3) ADMINISTRATION. Administering agencies may use program funds to pay for the cost of administering the program only if the costs are incurred under one or both of the following categories: (a) Training and development.(b) Agency and systems management. Note: For descriptions of the categories listed under subs.(2) and (3), write the Division of Disability and Elder Services, Bureau on Aging and Long-Term Care Resources, P.O. Box 7851, Madison, Wisconsin 53707.
(4) Non - Supplanting. Program funds may not be used to purchase goods and services that are otherwise covered by a person's private health or long term care insurance, or be spent in place of other federal, state or local programs that would, in the absence of the Alzheimer's and Dementia Family Caregiver Program, be available to the family.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 68.06
Cr. Register, March, 1989, No. 399, eff. 4-1-89.Amended by, CR 17-032: am. (1) (intro.), (a) to (d), r. and recr. (2) (b), am. (3) (a), cr. (4) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7-1-18; correction in (2) (a), (b) (intro.) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7/1/2018For descriptions of the categories listed under subs.(2) and (3), write the Division of Disability and Elder Services, Bureau on Aging and Long-Term Care Resources, P.O. Box 7851, Madison, Wisconsin 53707.