93-21-105 - Criteria to qualify for state funding.
§ 93-21-105. Criteria to qualify for state funding.
The criteria which must be met by domestic violence shelters to qualify for state funding shall include all of the following:
(a) Geographic distribution throughout the entire state of Mississippi requiring that there be at least one (1) shelter in each of the nine (9) districts of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol as such districts existed on July 1, 1982, prior to funding more than one (1) shelter in a highway safety patrol district. More than one (1) shelter may be funded in a highway safety patrol district upon a showing of documented need.
(b) The shelter's ability to provide services.
(c) The shelter's ability to secure community support, including written endorsements of local officials and organizations.
(d) The shelter's administrative design and efficiency. However, domestic violence shelters in existence on the effective date of Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113 which have met the requirements of Section 93-21-107 shall be given priority in funding.
Sources: Laws, 1983, ch. 502, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 12, 1983).