30-7-4
Section 30-7-4 Coalition certification; funding. (a) Any domestic violence center within
the state that desires to become certified by the director may request certification. Upon
approval and certification by the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs,
a domestic violence center may receive funding appropriated by the Legislature specifically
to the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (b)(1) The department may pay the administrative
costs necessary to fulfill the requirements of this chapter from the Domestic Violence Trust
Fund; provided, however, the department may not expend on an annual basis more than eight
percent of the total available funds from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, or the actual
cost of administration, whichever is less. (2) State funds received by the Alabama Coalition
Against Domestic Violence from appropriations by the Legislature may be used for administrative
expenses. Administrative expenses paid from state funds shall not...
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30-6-6
Section 30-6-6 Establishment and funding of facilities. (a) In order to be certified,
each domestic violence center shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a facility that shall
serve as a center to receive and house persons who are victims of domestic violence. For the
purpose of this chapter, minor children and other dependents of a victim, when the dependents
are partly or wholly dependent on the victim for support or services, may be sheltered with
the victim in a domestic violence center. (2) Provide minimum services which shall include,
but not be limited to, information and referral services, counseling and case management services,
temporary emergency shelter for more than 24 hours for adult victims and their accompanying
children, a 24-hour hotline, training for law enforcement personnel, assessment and appropriate
referral of resident children, outreach services as defined by standards for counties without
a physical emergency shelter facility, and educational services for...
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30-6-7
Section 30-6-7 Limitations on appropriation and expenditure of funds. (a) The Department
of Economic and Community Affairs may pay the administrative costs necessary to fulfill the
requirements of this chapter from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund; provided, however, the
department may not expend, on an annual basis, more than eight percent of the total available
funds from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, or the actual costs of administration, whichever
is less. (b) Each domestic violence center shall complete a financial audit after its first
year of operation following certification. Thereafter, a domestic violence center shall complete
a financial audit every three years or at the request of the director. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813,
p. 1452, §7; Act 99-589, p. 1344, §1; Act 2015-493, §2.)...
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30-7-3
Section 30-7-3 State funding. Any domestic violence center within the state that meets
the standards established by this chapter and is certified by the Department of Economic and
Community Affairs as a full member in the coalition or other qualified entity shall be eligible
to receive funds that are appropriated from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund or any other
state funds to the coalition or other qualified entity. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §3;
Act 2015-493, §2.)...
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41-23-160
Section 41-23-160 Certified domestic violence center capital improvement grant program.
(a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACADV. The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2) DIRECTOR. The Director of
the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (3) OTHER QUALIFIED ENTITY. An entity designated
by the director to fulfill the duties of the ACADV in the event the ACADV ceases operations
or is otherwise ineligible to receive federal funds for domestic violence programs in this
state. (b) There is established a certified domestic violence center capital improvement grant
program under the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (c) A certified domestic violence
center, as provided for in Section 30-6-6, may apply to the director, or his or her
designee, for a capital improvement grant. The grant application shall provide all of the
following information: (1) A statement specifying the capital improvement and...
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41-16-72
Section 41-16-72 Procurement of professional services. Any other provision of law notwithstanding,
the procurement of professional services by any agency, department, board, bureau, commission,
authority, public corporation, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama shall be conducted
through the following selection process: (1)a. Except as otherwise provided herein, attorneys
retained to represent the state in litigation shall be appointed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the Governor from a listing of attorneys maintained by the Attorney General.
All attorneys interested in representing the State of Alabama may apply and shall be included
on the listing. The selection of the attorney or law firm shall be based upon the level of
skill, experience, and expertise required in the litigation and the fees charged by the attorney
or law firm shall be taken into consideration so that the State of Alabama receives the best
representation for the funds paid. Fees shall be...
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30-6-11
Section 30-6-11 Disposition of funds. There is created the Domestic Violence Trust Fund
within the State Treasury for the specific purpose of funding certified domestic violence
centers. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Beginning on January 1, 2016, and thereafter, in addition to any and all other fees collected
for any marriage license or other documentation of marriage, the marriage license issuing
agent or marriage recording agent shall collect sixty dollars ($60). The funds, as well as
those fines imposed pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 30-5-8, shall be designated
only for the purposes of this chapter, and forwarded monthly to the department for deposit
in the Domestic Violence Trust Fund. Ten percent of unspent and unencumbered funds shall be
retained in the fund. The remaining portion of the funds shall revert to the General Fund
at the end of the fiscal year. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §11; Acts 1987, No. 87-596,
p....
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30-7-2
Section 30-7-2 Minimum standards for domestic violence shelters. (a) The following minimum
standards for domestic violence centers shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community
Affairs to determine membership in the coalition or other qualified entity and eligibility
for receiving funds administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Any
domestic violence center seeking membership shall meet the following qualifications: (1) Be
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of operating a domestic violence
center; provided, however, it may be affiliated with a larger private organization, but must
be a distinct entity with its own corporate structure and budget. All funding and budget issues
pertaining to the operation of the domestic violence program shall be reported independently
from other activities to the coalition or other qualified entity. (2) Have as its primary
mission the provision of services to victims of domestic violence, as...
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30-6-4
Section 30-6-4 Duties of ACADV. The ACADV, or other qualified entity, shall do all of
the following: (1) Recommend minimum certification qualifications and administrative standards
to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of domestic violence victims and their children
to the director. (2) Assist the director in the evaluation of certified domestic violence
centers in order to determine compliance with certification standards. (3) At the discretion
of the director, conduct statewide training and technical assistance for certified domestic
violence centers and partnering organizations. (4) Make recommendations to the Department
of Economic and Community Affairs regarding the content of batterers' intervention programs.
(5) Assist the director in other matters relating to the implementation and administration
of programs under this chapter. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §4; Act 99-589, p. 1344,
§1; Act 2015-493, §2.)...
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30-7-6
Section 30-7-6 Perpetrator counseling programs. (a) The director, in consultation with
the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated or other qualified entity, as
provided in subsection (b) of Section 30-7-2, the Alabama Network of Family Resource
Centers, and the Alabama Department of Mental Health, shall establish the content of batterers'
intervention programs in order to direct services to those persons who are adjudged to have
committed an act of domestic violence, as defined in Section 30-5-2, those against
whom an injunction for protection against domestic violence is entered, those referred by
the court, and those who volunteer to attend such programs. (b) The facilitators, supervisors,
and trainees of the program shall be certified to provide these programs through initial certification
by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, and the programs and personnel shall
be annually recertified by the department to ensure that they meet specified standards....

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