48.07 Additional sources of court services.
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48.07 Additional sources of court services. If the county board of supervisors has complied with s. 48.06 , the court may obtain supplementary services for investigating cases and providing supervision of cases from one or more of the following sources:
(2)Licensed child welfare agency. The court may request the services of a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60 in accordance with procedures established by that agency. The child welfare agency shall receive no compensation for these services but may be reimbursed out of funds made available to the court for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties for the court.
(3)The department in populous counties. In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the department may be ordered by the court to provide services for furnishing emergency shelter care to any child whose need therefor is determined by the intake worker under s. 48.205 . The court may authorize the department to appoint members of the department to furnish emergency shelter care services for the child. The emergency shelter care may be provided as specified in s. 48.207 .
(4)County departments that provide developmental disabilities, mental health or alcohol and other drug abuse services. Within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated to match state funds, the court may order county departments established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 to provide special treatment or care to a child if special treatment or care has been ordered under s. 48.345
(6)and if s. 48.362
(4)applies or to provide special treatment or care to the expectant mother of an unborn child if special treatment or care has been ordered under s. 48.347
(4)and if s. 48.362
(4)applies.