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From the Clerk of Circuit Court, Director of Court Services, requesting authorization to enter into a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families in the amount of $320,537 for the period of January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, to conduct permanency plan reviews for all Milwaukee County children in out-of-home care.
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COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE
INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION
Date: January 12, 2011
To: Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr., County Board Chairman
From: John Barrett - Clerk of Circuit Court/Director of Court Services
Subject: Permanency Plan Reviews
Request
The Clerk of Circuit Court is requesting authorization to enter into a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services in the amount of $320,537 for the period of January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011 to conduct permanency plan reviews for all Milwaukee County children in out-of-home care. The $320,537 shall offset the cost of 4.8 positions and all related operating costs for six months.
The County continues calendaring permanency plan reviews for cases that meet the requirements set forth in sec. 48.38(2) when the dispositional order for CHIPS extensions expired on or after Monday, February 26, 2001.
The State will fund the 4.8 County positions needed to staff the case processing of the permanency plan reviews at Children's Court in Milwaukee County. These 4.8 positions consist of one full-time Court Commissioner, one .4 Court Commissioner, one Administrative Assistant III, one Clerical Assistant I position, one full-time and one .4 Deputy Court Clerk/Judicial Assistant.
Fiscal
Approval of this contract will have no tax levy effect, as the State will fully fund all related expenditures.
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cc: Supervisor Peggy West, Chairperson, Health & Human Needs Committee
Jodi Mapp