Wyoming Children's Trust Fund

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, ch. 8
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-102 Legislative declaration.

(a) The legislature hereby finds that child abuse and neglect are a threat to the family unit and impose major expenses on society. The legislature further finds that there is a need to assist private and public agencies in identifying and establishing programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. (b) It is the purpose of this article to promote prevention and education programs that are designed to lessen the occurrence and reoccurrence of child abuse and neglect and to reduce the need for state intervention in child abuse and neglect prevention and education.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-103 Definitions.

(a) As used in this article: (i) "Board" means the Wyoming children's trust fund board created in W.S. 14-8-104; (ii) "Child abuse" means any act which reasonably may be construed to fall under the definition of "abuse" or "neglect" under W.S. 14-3-202(a)(ii) or (vii); (iii) "Prevention program" means a program of direct child abuse prevention services to a child, parent or guardian and includes research or education programs related to the prevention of child abuse. The prevention program may be classified as a primary prevention program when it is available to the community on a voluntary basis and as a secondary prevention program when it is directed toward groups of individuals who have been identified as high risk; (iv) "Recipient" means and is limited to a nonprofit or public organization which receives a grant from the income account created in W.S. 14-8-106(b); (v) "Trust fund" means the Wyoming children's trust fund created in W.S. 14-8-106(a); (vi) "Income account" means the Wyoming children's income account created by W.S. 14-8-106(b).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-104 Wyoming children's trust fund board; creation; members.

(a) There is created a Wyoming children's trust fund board. The board shall consist of eight (8) members, as follows: (i) The director of the department of family services or the director's designee; (ii) The state superintendent of public instruction; (iii) Five (5) persons appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate who are knowledgeable in the area of child abuse prevention and are representative of any one (1) or more of the following areas: (A) Law enforcement; (B) Medicine; (C) Law; (D) Business; (E) Mental health; (F) Domestic relations; (G) Child abuse prevention; (H) Education; (J) Social work; and (K) Parent organizations. (iv) The director of the department of health or the director's designee. (b) Each appointed member of the board shall serve for a term of three (3) years. A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. (c) The board shall meet regularly. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the manner and amounts provided by law for state employees.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-105 Powers and duties of the board.

(a) The board shall: (i) Provide for the coordination and exchange of information on the establishment and maintenance of prevention programs; (ii) Develop and publicize criteria regarding grants from the trust fund, including the duration of grants and any requirements for matching funds which are received from the trust fund; (iii) Review and monitor the expenditure of monies by recipients; (iv) Prepare an annual report to the joint appropriations interim committee on the board's activities which include periodic evaluations of the effectiveness of the prevention programs funded by the trust fund; (v) Accept grants from the federal government as well as solicit and accept contributions, grants, gifts, bequests and donations from individuals, private organizations and foundations for credit to the trust fund or the income account as directed by the terms of the contribution, grant, gift, bequest or donation; (vi) Expend monies of the income account for the establishment, promotion and maintenance of prevention programs, for operational expenses of the board and to increase the balance of the trust fund corpus; (vii) Exercise any other powers or perform any other duties which are consistent with the purposes for which the board was created and which are reasonably necessary for the fulfillment of the board's responsibilities; (viii) Establish a classification system for potential recipients based upon need and shall award grants to those classified most needy.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-106 Wyoming children's trust fund and income account; creation; source of funds.

(a) There is created the Wyoming children's trust fund. The fund shall be administered by the board and shall consist of monies appropriated or designated to the fund by law and all monies collected by the board pursuant to W.S. 14-8-105(a)(v) for credit to the trust fund. Funds deposited within the trust fund are intended to be inviolate and constitute a perpetual trust account. The state treasurer shall invest the account as authorized by law and in a manner to obtain the highest net return possible consistent with the preservation of the trust fund corpus. (b) There is created the Wyoming children's income account. The account shall be administered by the board and shall consist of monies appropriated or designated to the account by law and all monies collected by the board pursuant to W.S. 14-8-105(a)(v) for credit to the income account. The state treasurer shall credit annually to the income account the income earned from investment of the trust fund corpus. All funds in the income account at the end of a biennium shall remain in the account for expenditure as authorized in this article.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-107 Disbursement of grants from the income account.

(a) Grants may be awarded from the income account to provide monies for the start-up, continuance or expansion of prevention programs, to provide educational and public informational seminar and to study and evaluate prevention programs. (b) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 114, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 114, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-8-108 Biennial audit.

The director of the department of audit or his designee shall audit the trust fund biennially. Copies of the audit shall be provided to the legislature.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title14.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026