9-2-1212. Board; duties and responsibilities.

(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.