015-8 Wyo. Code R. § 8-3
These definitions apply to all Division Rules.
(a) "Advocacy" means assistance to victims by volunteers or paid staff who have successfully completed the 40-hour State approved training agenda and who are qualified by the individual programs. Skills of a qualified advocate include crisis intervention, listening, problem solving, and knowledge of alternatives available in the community.
(b) "Crisis and Referral Services" means short-term, immediate assistance and advocacy given by phone or in person to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by volunteer or paid staff.
(c) "Division" means the Division of Victim Services.
(d) "Emergency Shelter" means shelter provided to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault other than in exclusively dedicated safe houses.
(e) "Governing Body" means a community board, a public agency, a tribal agency, or the board of directors of a private nonprofit corporation.
(f) "Inservice Training Programs" means the practice of providing basic and advanced domestic violence and sexual assault related instruction to volunteers, boards of directors, and paid staff. The instruction is provided by program staff or by consultants.
(g) "Practicum" means a supervised activity meant to develop or enhance the trainee's ability to provide direct services.
(h) "Prevention and Education" means information about domestic violence and sexual assault provided to the community or specific audiences within the community.
(i) "Program" means a nonprofit organization or public agency consisting of a governing body, staff, and volunteers or which provides:
(j) "Public Office" means a facility known to the public in which communities can obtain domestic violence and sexual assault services.
(k) "Safe house" means a physical structure dedicated exclusively to providing shelter to domestic violence and sexual assault victims. It is a temporary refuge offered twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) day a week.
(l) "Staff" means individuals who are hired to provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and required to attend 40 hours of training in domestic violence and sexual assault.
(m) "Support Groups" means individuals who meet on a regular basis to share problem-solving techniques, information, and to express concern in a non-judgmental atmosphere. These groups provide peer education, not therapy, unless the program has qualified staff.
(n) "Transportation" means providing the means for victims to obtain shelter in a Safe house or other domestic violence and sexual assault services.
(o) "Victim" means a person who has been subjected to acts of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or other criminal acts of violence.
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