46.001 Purposes of chapter. - Wisconsin Statutes

46.001

46.001 Purposes of chapter. 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.

46.001 - ANNOT.

History: 1977 c. 354; 1983 a. 447; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 292; 2007 a. 20.