Wyo. Code R. 015-0012-7
Effective Date: 04/05/2005 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 015.0012.7.04052005
SEXUAL ASSAULT SHELTER SERVICES
(a) Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-638 (a)(i) requires the Division of Victim Services to administer a statewide plan providing victims services, including a statewide program of shelter services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-118(d) requires the Division to promulgate by rule a method for the distribution of funds to crime victim service providers.
(a) Funding for domestic violence and sexual assault shelter service provision shall be available to service providers in each county. The amount available to each county shall be allocated on an annual basis as a portion of the total state funds appropriated for domestic violence and sexual assault shelter services based on the following formula:
(i) Each county shall be allocated a base amount of $30,000.
(ii) The remainder of the funds shall be divided proportionally among the counties. Eighty percent (80%) of the distribution of remaining funds shall be in accordance with the total population of the county as a percentage of the total state population. The other twenty percent (20%) of the remaining funds shall be distributed in accordance with the total area of the county (in square miles) as a percentage of the total area of the state (in square miles).
(A) Population shall be calculated based on the most recent Federal U.S. Census conducted every ten years.
(B) Areas of counties and the state shall be based on measurements provided by the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information, Division of Economic Analysis.
(C) The calculation of Fremont County’s population shall not include the population of the Wind River Indian Reservation. However, the area calculation of Fremont County shall include the area of the Wind River Indian Reservation.
(D) The Wind River Reservation shall be considered as a separate county in the distribution of funds and receive the base amount along with the appropriate proportion of remaining funds based on population and area.
(a) Applicants for state domestic violence and sexual assault shelter funds shall submit to the Division a strategic plan indicating to which county or counties the intended services will be provided. Strategic plan format and evaluation shall be in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Rules of the Division of Victim Services, Office of the Attorney General.
(b) The Division may divide the funds available to an individual county among domestic violence and sexual assault shelter service provider applicants within the county.
(c) In the event there is no approved applicant within a county, the Division may distribute the funds allocated for that county to domestic violence and sexual assault shelter service providers in bordering counties.
(d) Domestic violence and sexual assault shelter service providers may serve more than one county, but in order to receive funding allocated to multiple counties a shelter shall provide proof of an agreement, preferably with the county commissioners, with all counties in which services are to be provided.
(a) All domestic violence and sexual assault shelter service providers approved to receive state funds shall enter into a contract governed by the provisions set forth in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Rules of the Division of Victims Services, Office of the Attorney General.
(b) Any state funds awarded to a program pursuant to a state contract not used for approved contract purposes during the contract period shall be returned to the Division within 45 days of the conclusion of the contract period.