Current through April 27, 2019
Section 7-2 - State Funds Distribution Formula for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Shelter Services (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.