Wisconsin Administrative Code

DCF 57.47 Group home capacity limits.

DCF 57.48 General conditions for approval of application.

DCF 57.485 Determination of need.

DCF 57.49 License application.

DCF 57.50 Licensure prohibited.

DCF 57.51 Probationary and regular license.

DCF 57.515 License provisions.

DCF 57.52 Corporate licensure.

DCF 57.53 Transferability of license.

DCF 57.54 Posting of license and citations.

DCF 57.55 Sanctions and penalties.

DCF 57.56 License revocation.

DCF 57.57 Summary suspension of a license.

DCF 57.58 Appeal procedure.

DCF 57.59 Complaints. Subchapter III — Admission and Discharge

DCF 57.60 Rate determination.

DCF 57.61 Allowable costs.

DCF 57.62 Rate methodology.

DCF 57.63 Rate resolution.

DCF 57.64 Extraordinary payments.

DCF 57.65 Advisory committee. erate the group home in compliance with this chapter, the provisions of the license, and applicable state, federal, and local law. DCF 57.02 Exceptions to rules. (1) The department may grant an exception to a non-statutory requirement of this chapter…

DCF 58.01 Purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 48.57 (3m) (h) and (i) and (3n) (h) and (i) and 227.11 (2), Stats., to establish criteria and procedures for determining the initial and continuing eligibility of a relative caregiver for a monthly payment …

DCF 58.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAdult residentY means a person 18 years of age or over who meets any of the following conditions: (a) Lives at the home of a relative caregiver with the intent of making that home the person[s home. (b) Lives at the home of a relative …

DCF 58.03 Types of care by a relative caregiver. This chapter applies to the following types of care by a relative caregiver of a child: (1) COURT-ORDERED OUT-OF-HOME CARE PLACEMENT. A relative caregiver applying for or receiving kinship care payments on behalf of a child that wa…

DCF 58.04 Requirements for applicants and kinship care and long-term kinship care relatives. (1) APPLICATION. (a) All applicants. The relative caregiver applies for kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments using the application form prescribed by the department. (…

DCF 58.05 Background check. (1) WHEN CONDUCTED. (a) Mandatory. 1. ZApplication.[ Within 10 working days after receiving a complete application as specified under s. DCF 58.08 (1), the kinship care agency shall begin the background check of the relative caregiver and any adult res…

DCF 58.06 Best interests of the child. (1) CRITERIA FOR BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION. (a) Kinship care. For kinship care eligibility, the kinship care agency shall determine if living with the relative caregiver is in the best interests of the child based on the criteria in this s…

DCF 58.07 Need for protection or services. (1) KINSHIP CARE. When determining the eligibility of a relative caregiver to receive kinship care payments, the kinship care agency shall determine if any of the following conditions is met: (a) Court order. The child has been placed wi…

DCF 58.08 Agency procedures. (1) APPLICATION. (a) Complete application. A kinship care agency shall consider a relative caregiver[s application for kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments to be complete when the agency has received all of the following from the r…

DCF 58.09 Special provisions for court-ordered kinship care and long-term kinship care. (1) PAYMENTS PENDING DECISION ON FOSTER CARE APPLICATION. In this section: Subject to subs. (2) and (3), a kinship care agency may make kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments…

DCF 58.10 Change in circumstances. (1) NOTIFICA(a) A relative caregiver shall notify the kinship care agency within 5 working days after the date that any of the following occur: 1. The relative caregiver and child move to a new residence. 2. The relative caregiver or a prospecti…

DCF 58.11 Appeal rights. (1) KINSHIP CARE; DIRECTOR REVIEW OF BACKGROUND CHECK DENIAL. (a) Request for review. 1. A relative caregiver applying for or receiving kinship care payments may submit a request for review by the director of the kinship care agency if the relative caregi…

DCF 58.12 Procedures for requesting an exemption for good cause to the requirement for cooperation in securing child support. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) XEmotional harmY means that the child or relative caregiver is emotionally impaired to an extent that substantially …

DCF 59.01 Introduction. (1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of children in shelter care facilities. (2) TO WHOM THE RULES APPLY. This chapter applies to all persons making application to the department for a license to…

DCF 59.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAge or developmentally appropriate activitiesY means activities that are generally accepted as suitable for children of a given chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child…

DCF 59.03 Administration and management. (1) PUBLICLY OPERATED FACILITIES. (a) Application. 1. a. A county wanting to operate a public shelter care facility, including a hold-over room, shall apply to the department for a license on forms provided by the department. The applicati…

DCF 59.04 Personnel. (1) QUALIFICATIONS OF SHELTER CARE WORKERS, HOLD-OVER ROOM ATTENDANTS AND RELIEF HELP. (a) Personal qualifications. Shelter care workers, relief help, volunteers and hold-over room attendants shall be responsible, mature individuals of reputable character who…

DCF 59.05 Child care. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to all shelter care facilities except that only the provisions of subs. (1m), (3) (a), (4) (a) to (d), (5), (6), (9), (10) (a) and (11) to (14) apply to hold-over rooms. (1m) ADMISSION TO SHELTER CARE. A child may not …

DCF 59.055 Promoting normalcy. (1) SIMILAR TO A shelter care facility shall promote normalcy and the healthy development of a child placed in the shelter care facility by supporting the child[s right to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities a…

DCF 59.057 Communication log. (1) A shelter care facility shall require each shift of shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers to use a communication log to document and communicate with other shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers about children whom they supervise i…

DCF 59.06 Physical plant and environment. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to all shelter care facilities except that only subs. (2), (4) (c), (5) (b) to (g), (j) and (k), (7) (c), (8) (d), (10) (g), (13) to (18), (19) (a), (20) and (21) (d) apply to hold-over rooms. (2) B…

DCF 59.08 License denial or revocation. (1) GROUNDS. The department may deny, revoke or suspend a license, initiate other enforcement actions specified in this chapter or in ch. 48, Stats., or place conditions on a license if the applicant or licensee, a proposed or current emplo…

DCF 61.01 Purpose. This chapter provides the requirements for the establishment, certification, and operation of a QRTP under s. 48.675, Stats., which provides that the department may certify a congregate care facility to operate a QRTP if it determines that the facility[s progra…

DCF 61.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XChildY means an individual under 21 years of age who is placed in a QRTP and is under juvenile court jurisdiction or other court order, is being provided services by a child welfare or juvenile justice agency, or is placed under an agr…

DCF 61.03 QRTP requirements. (1) TRAUMA-INFORMED TREATMENT MODEL. A QRTP shall provide services according to a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed to meet the needs, including clinical needs as appropriate, of children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders …

DCF 61.04 QRTP certification. (1) APPLICATION. The licensee of a congregate care facility may apply for certification to operate a QRTP by submitting all of the following to the department: (a) A completed initial application form prescribed by the department. (b) A copy of the t…

DCF 61.05 QRTP continuation. (1) CERTIFICATION REVIEW COINCIDES WITH LICENSE CONTINUATION REVIEW. The department shall review a facility[s QRTP certification at the same time that the department reviews the facility[s license under s. 48.66 (5), Stats. (2) APPLICATION. To apply f…

DCF 61.06 Monitoring. (1) The department may review a congregate care facility[s compliance with QRTP certification requirements in s. DCF 61.03 by visiting and inspecting the facility at any time. The department shall have unrestricted access to the QRTP, including all of the fo…

DCF 61.07 Notification requirement. A congregate care facility operating a QRTP shall notify the department in writing within one week after any change that may affect the facility[s compliance with a QRTP requirement under s. DCF 61.03. History: EmR2124: emerg. cr., eff. 9-29-21…

DCF 61.08 Denial, suspension, restriction, nonrenewal, revocation, or withholding of a QRTP certification. (1) The department may deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, revoke, or otherwise withhold a QRTP certification for any of the following reasons: (a) The facility[s prog…