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165.93 Sexual Assault Victim Services Grant Statute
165.93(1)
(1) Definitions. In this
section:
165.93(1)(a)
(a) "Department" means the
department of justice.
165.93(1)(b)
(b) "Sexual assault" means
conduct that is in violation of s.
940.225, 948.02,
948.025,
948.03,
948.055,
948.06,
948.07,
948.08,
948.09
or 948.10.
165.93(1)(c)
(c) "Sexual contact"
has the meaning given in s.
939.22 (34).
165.93(1)(d)
(d) "Sexual
intercourse" has the meaning given in s.
939.22 (36).
165.93(1)(e)
(e) "Victim" means an
individual who has been sexually assaulted, regardless of whether the sexual
assault has been reported to any governmental agency.
165.93(2)
(2) Grants.
165.93(2)(a)
(a) Beginning on January 1,
1995, the department shall provide grants to eligible organizations from the
appropriation under s.
20.455 (5) (gc) to provide
services for sexual assault victims.
165.93(2)(b)
(b) An organization is eligible
to apply for and receive a grant under this section if the organization meets
all of the following criteria:
165.93(2)(b)1.
1. The organization is a
nonprofit corporation or a public agency.
165.93(2)(b)2.
2. The organization provides or
proposes to provide, either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service
agreement or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities or
individuals, all of the following for sexual assault victims:
165.93(2)(b)2.a.
a. Advocacy and counseling
services.
165.93(2)(b)2.b.
b. Crisis telephone line
services on a 24 hours per day and 7 days per week basis.
165.93(2)(b)2.c.
c. Professional education about
intervention for sexual assault victims and community education programs for the
prevention of sexual assault.
165.93(2)(b)2.d.
d. Services for persons living
in rural areas, men, children, elderly persons, physically disabled persons,
minority groups and other groups of victims that have special needs. This
subdivision does not require the applicant to provide services to any group of
persons that does not reside in the applicant's service area.
165.93(2)(b)3.
3. The organization does not
receive more than 70% of its operating budget from grants under this section.
165.93(2)(b)4.
4. The organization does not
provide all of its services under subd.
2. a. to d.
by contract, subcontract, service agreement or collaborative agreement with
other organizations, entities or individuals.
165.93(2)(c)
(c) Whenever the department
reviews applications for grants under this section, the department shall
consider all of the following:
165.93(2)(c)1.
1. The need for sexual assault
victim services in the community in which the applicant provides services or
proposes to provide services.
165.93(2)(c)2.
2. The degree to which the
applicant's services or proposed services are coordinated with other resources
in the community and state.
165.93(2)(c)3.
3. The needs of urban and rural
communities.
165.93(2)(c)4.
4. The needs of existing and
proposed programs and services.
165.93(3)
(3) Reporting requirements. An
organization that receives a grant under this section shall report all of the
following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the
grant:
165.93(3)(a)
(a) The total expenditures that
the organization made on sexual assault victim services in the period for which
the grant was provided during that fiscal year.
165.93(3)(b)
(b) The number of persons served
by general type of sexual assault victim services provided in the period for
which the grant was provided during that fiscal year. The department shall
identify for organizations the general types of sexual assault services
provided.
165.93(3)(c)
(c) The number of persons who
requested sexual assault victim services in the period for which the grant was
provided during that fiscal year but who did not receive the sexual assault
victim services that they requested.
165.93 - ANNOT.
History:
1993 a. 16,
227; 1995 a. 225.
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