A local government or tribe that applies for funds under this
chapter shall certify that matching expenditures represent expenditures
eligible for federal match as required under
42 USC
9858-
9858
q, 45 CFR Parts 98 and 99, this chapter, and the RFP. The department shall
determine the minimum match expenditure to be either the federal medical
assistance percentage for Wisconsin for the federal fiscal year in which the
match expenditure occurs or a higher percentage rate needed to meet the state's
match requirements under
45 CFR
98.53 and 45 CFR 98.63 as affected by ss.
20.437(2) (cm) and (md) and 49.175(1) (qm), Stats. The department may round
this percentage of required match to the nearest higher percentage that will
allow the match amount to be expressed in whole dollars. A match expenditure
shall comply with the following criteria:
(1) A match expenditure shall be from
locally-generated revenues or federal revenues specifically authorized by
federal law to be used as match to federal funds.
Note:
42 USC
5305(a)(9) provides that
funds from the federal Community Development Block Grant under
42 USC
5301 to
5321
may be used as match.
(2) A
match expenditure under this chapter may not be used as match to any other
state or federal funds, except that the local share of public school costs
specified under the state's school aid formula shall not be considered as match
to other state funds.
(3) A match
expenditure shall be made during the required matching period provided in
45 CFR
98.60(d)(3) and identified
in the RFP.
(4) A match expenditure
shall be made for qualifying child care services and programs, including
programs with the following purposes:
(a)
Providing low-income working families with financial resources to find and
access quality child care for their children.
(b) Enhancing the quality and increasing the
supply of child care for all families, including those who receive no direct
assistance under s. 49.155, Stats.
(c) Providing parents with a broad range of
options in addressing their child care needs.
(d) Improving the quality of and coordination
among child care programs and early childhood development programs.
(e) Increasing the availability of early
childhood development care services and before- and after-school care
services.
(f) Educating consumers
about child care.
(g) Improving the
health and safety aspects of child care, including regulation of child
care.
(h) Providing crisis respite
child care to children in protective services cases or in need of protective
services.
(i) Other items permitted
under
42 USC
9858-
9858
q.
(5) Expenditures for
public pre-kindergarten programs or pre-school programs operated by public
school districts may not exceed 20% of the total match expenditure for each
application.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 204.05
CR 02-010: cr. Register
July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02; emerg. am. (intro.), eff. 10-7-03; CR 03-101:
am. (intro.) Register March 2004 No. 579, eff. 4-1-04; CR 06-095: am. (intro.)
and (4) (a), Register November 2006 No. 611, eff. 12-1-06; correction in
(intro.) made under s.
13.92(4) (b) 7,
Stats., Register November 2008 No.
635.
