Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Children — Abuse and neglect Children and families department of Organization miscellaneous
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides an increase in general purpose revenue to the Department of Children and Families to support the Family Foundations home visitation program. Under current law, DCF distributes grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect under a program commonly referred to as “Family Foundations.” Under the Family Foundations program, certain entities are eligible for grants to provide home visitation services for parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance and who are assessed to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their child.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 5
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Allen, Billings, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Joers, Kurtz, Mayadev, Novak, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Steffen and Subeck; cosponsored by Senator James
- Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Dec 9, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- Dec 12, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- Dec 19, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1