Section 46.86 - Treatment programs(1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435(5) (md) the department may award not more than $125,500 in each fiscal year as grants to counties and private nonprofit entities for treatment for pregnant women and mothers with alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs; mothers who have alcohol and other drug abuse treatment needs and dependent children up to the age of 5 years; and the dependent children up to the age of 5 years of those mothers. The grants shall be awarded in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures. The grants shall be used to establish community-based programs, residential family-centered treatment programs or home-based treatment programs. The program under a grant must include alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services, parent education, support services for the children of the women who are enrolled in the program, vocational assistance and housing assistance. Any program funded under this subsection must also provide follow-up aftercare services to each woman and her children for at least 2 years after the date on which a woman has left the program.(2m)(a) In this subsection, "long-term treatment" means treatment that is, in the majority of instances, not less than 5 months nor more than 12 months in duration.(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435(5) (md), the department shall distribute not more than $79,500 in each fiscal year for residential long-term treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, including treatment with respect to family relationships, antisocial behavior and employability, in a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01(19), in a 1st class city.(3m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435(5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $900,000 in each fiscal year to fund a multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. The multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team must coordinate its activities with other prevention and treatment programs in Milwaukee County for cocaine-abusing women and their children. Residents from other counties may be served by the multidisciplinary prevention and treatment team. The department may carry forward funds distributed under this subsection, but not encumbered by December 31, for distribution for the purpose under this subsection in the following calendar year.(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435(5) (md), the department may not distribute more than $235,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to ARC Community Services, Inc., for women and children in Dane County, to provide funding for staff of the center and transportation and meal expenses for chemically dependent women who receive services from the center.(6)(a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435(5) (md), the department may award up to $1,330,800 in each fiscal year, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.435(5) (gb), the department may award not more than $319,500 in each fiscal year, as grants to counties and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs that do all of the following: 1. Meet special needs of women with problems resulting from alcohol or other drug abuse.2. Emphasize parent education, vocational and housing assistance and coordination with other community programs and with treatment under intensive care.(b) The department shall do all of the following with respect to the grants under par. (a): 1. Award the grants in accordance with the department's request-for-proposal procedures.2. Ensure that the grants are distributed in both urban and rural communities.3. Evaluate the programs under the grants by use of client-outcome measurements that the department develops.Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 20,s 868, eff. 7/2/2013.Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 20,s 867, eff. 7/2/2013.Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 20,s 866, eff. 7/2/2013.Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 20,s 865, eff. 7/2/2013.Amended by Acts 2013 ch, 20,s 864, eff. 7/2/2013.1989 a. 122; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16 ss. 998, 1001, 1005, 1012, 1061 to 1066; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 28.