43.63A.740 - Prostitution prevention and intervention account. - Washington Statutes

Prostitution prevention and intervention account.

The prostitution prevention and intervention account is created in the state treasury. All designated receipts from fees under RCW 9.68A.105 and 9A.88.120 and fines collected under RCW 9A.88.140 shall be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used in the following order of priority:

     (1) Programs that provide mental health and substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, housing relief, education, and vocational training for youth who have been diverted for a prostitution or prostitution loitering offense pursuant to RCW 13.40.213;

     (2) Funding for services provided to sexually exploited children as defined in RCW 13.32A.030 in secure and semi-secure crisis residential centers with access to staff trained to meet their specific needs;

     (3) Funding for services specified in RCW 74.14B.060 and 74.14B.070 for sexually exploited children; and

     (4) Funding the grant program to enhance prostitution prevention and intervention services under RCW 43.63A.720.

[2010 c 289 § 18; 2009 c 387 § 2; 1995 c 353 § 11.]