§ 93-21-311. Criteria for making grant or loan
In making grants or loans from the trust fund, the division shall consider the degree to which the applicant’s proposal meets the following criteria: Has as its primary purpose the development and facilitation of a community-based prevention program in a specific geographical area, which program shall utilize trained volunteers and existing community resources where practicable; […]
§ 93-21-115. Donations from municipalities to support local shelters
The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to donate annually out of any money in the municipal treasury such sums as the governing authorities deem advisable to support any domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center operating within or serving its area. For the purposes […]
§ 93-21-117. Victims of Domestic Violence Fund
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Victims of Domestic Violence Fund.” The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of: Monies appropriated by the Legislature; The interest accruing to the fund; Monies received under the provisions of Section […]
§ 93-21-119. Office Against Interpersonal Violence (OAIV) established; OAIV Advisory Board; purpose, membership
There is established the Office Against Interpersonal Violence (OAIV) within the Mississippi Department of Health under the direct supervision of the State Health Officer. The OAIV shall be responsible for administering certain state and federal pass-through victim-services funds and related monies, and for developing, promulgating and implementing certification and reporting standards for domestic violence and […]
§ 93-21-121. Office Against Interpersonal Violence powers and duties
The Office Against Interpersonal Violence shall have authority to: Receive funds intended for care of victims of interpersonal violence when those funds are not directed elsewhere; Administer funds received from any source and establish procedures for the disbursement of funds to certified agencies for the delivery of shelter and other services for victims of interpersonal […]
§ 93-21-123. Office Against Interpersonal Violence authorized to seek, receive and administer certain grants
From and after July 1, 2016, the Office Against Interpersonal Violence shall be the single state agency for the receipt and administration of and the sole authority and responsibility to seek grants on behalf of the state which will be administered or available after July 1, 2016. The OAIV shall also be authorized to contract […]
§ 93-21-301. Short title
Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311 shall be known as the “Children’s Trust Fund Act of 1989.”
§ 93-21-303. Declaration of policy
The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and declares the policy of this state as follows: The children of Mississippi are its single greatest resource and our children require the utmost protection to guard their future and the future of this state; Child abuse and neglect are a threat to the family unit and […]
§ 93-21-305. Fund established; source of funds; interest; disbursements; purpose of fund
There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Mississippi Children’s Trust Fund.” The fund shall consist of any monies appropriated to the fund by the Legislature, any donations, gifts and grants from any source, receipts from the birth certificate fees as provided by subsection (2) of Section […]
§ 93-21-307. Administration of fund; powers and duties of Division of Family and Children’s Services
The administration of the Mississippi Children’s Trust Fund shall be vested in the Division of Family and Children’s Services of the State Department of Public Welfare. In carrying out the provisions of Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311, the Division of Family and Children’s Services shall have the following powers and duties: To assist in developing programs […]