Wis. Stat. § 46.001
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 46.001, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Purposes of chapter.
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The purposes of this chapter are to conserve human resources in Wisconsin; to prevent dependency, mental illness, developmental disability, mental infirmity, and other forms of social maladjustment by a continuous attack on causes; to provide effective aid and services to all persons in need of that aid and those services and to assist those persons to achieve or regain self-dependence at the earliest possible date; to avoid duplication and waste of effort and money on the part of public and private agencies; and to coordinate and integrate a social welfare program.
History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1983 a. 447 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 292 ; 2007 a. 20 .
History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1983 a. 447 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 292 ; 2007 a. 20 .
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