43.280.020 - Grant program -- Funding. - Washington Statutes

Grant program — Funding.

There is established in the *department of community, trade, and economic development a grant program to enhance the funding for treating the victims of sex offenders. Activities that can be funded through this grant program are limited to those that:

     (1) Provide effective treatment to victims of sex offenders;

     (2) Increase access to and availability of treatment for victims of sex offenders, particularly if from underserved populations; and

     (3) Create or build on efforts by existing community programs, coordinate those efforts, or develop cooperative efforts or other initiatives to make the most effective use of resources to provide treatment services to these victims.

     Funding shall be given to those applicants that emphasize providing stable, victim-focused sexual abuse services and possess the qualifications to provide core services, as defined in RCW 70.125.030. Funds for specialized services, as defined in RCW 70.125.030, shall be disbursed through the request for proposal or request for qualifications process.

[1996 c 123 § 3; 1995 c 399 § 113; 1990 c 3 § 1203.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.

Effective date -- 1996 c 123: See note following RCW 43.280.010.