§ 9-2-1212 — Board; duties and responsibilities

Wyoming § 9-2-1212

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 2: AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 12: SENIOR CITIZENS

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(a) The Wyoming senior services board shall:
(i) Review emergency grant proposals;
(ii) Adopt the basic grant amount, grant formula and
approve criteria for emergency grant applications through rules
and regulations promulgated by the board to meet the following
public purposes:
(A) To meet the demands of Wyoming's growing
elderly population;
(B) To enhance services to Wyoming's senior
citizens;
(C) To strengthen the opportunity for senior
citizens to age in the least restrictive environment possible;
(D) To be cost effective in the provision of
services to senior citizens;
(E) To promote compliance with federal and state
mandates requiring placement of people in the least restrictive
environment; and
(F) To supplement and enhance existing programs
providing services to senior citizens in the state.
(iii) Review and monitor the expenditure of monies
awarded under W.S. 9-2-1214;
(iv) In consultation with the division on aging,
promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in accordance with
the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to implement the
provisions of W.S. 9-2-1210 through 9-2-1215; and
(v) Consider other necessary matters.
(b) In fulfilling its duties under subsection (a) of this
section, the board shall:
(i) Consult with the division on aging and the
advisory council on aging appointed pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1206,
as necessary;
(ii) Consider and may accept federal grants and other
contributions, grants, gifts, bequests and donations from any
source. Any funds received pursuant to this paragraph are
continuously appropriated to the board to be separately
accounted for and expended by grants to senior centers for the
public purposes specified in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section
and need not be expended as part of an authorized basic or
emergency grant.