16.308 Grants for the provision of shelter for homeless individuals and families.

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(1)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Current operating budget” means the budget for the calendar or fiscal year during which an application is submitted, including all sources and amounts of revenue and all actual and planned expenditures.

(b)“Eligible applicant” means any of the following:

1. A county or municipal governing body.

2. A county or municipal governmental agency.

3. A community action agency.

4. A private nonprofit organization, as defined under s. 108.02

(19), or a nonstock corporation that is organized under ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103

(17).

5. A federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.

6. A housing and community development authority.

7. An organization operated for profit.

(c)“Proposed operating budget” means the budget proposed for the calendar or fiscal year following the year in which an application is submitted, including all anticipated revenue other than the amount sought in the grant application and all planned expenditures.

(d)“Shelter facility” means a temporary place of lodging for homeless individuals or families.

(2)Purpose; allocation.

(a)From the appropriations under s. 20.505

(fm)and

(h), the department shall award grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of supplementing the operating budgets of agencies and shelter facilities that have or anticipate a need for additional funding because of the renovation or expansion of an existing shelter facility, the development of an existing building into a shelter facility, the expansion of shelter services for homeless persons, or an inability to obtain adequate funding to continue the provision of an existing level of services.