[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR90.23]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 90--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--The STOP (Services  Training  Officers  Prosecutors) 
              Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program
 
Sec. 90.23  State implementation plan.

    (a) Each State must submit a plan describing its identified goals 
and how the funds will be used to accomplish those goals. States may use 
grant funds to accomplish any of the seven identified purposes of the 
Violence Against Women Act.
    (b) The implementation plan should describe how the State, in 
disbursing monies, will:
    (1) Give priority to areas of varying geographic size with the 
greatest showing of need based on the availability of existing domestic 
violence and sexual assault programs in the population and geographic 
area to be served in relation to the availability of such programs in 
other such populations and geographic areas;
    (2) Determine the amount of subgrants based on the population and 
geographic area to be served;
    (3) Equitably distribute monies on a geographic basis including 
nonurban and rural areas of various geographic sizes; and
    (4) Recognize and address the needs of underserved populations. 
State plans may include but are not required to submit information on 
specific projects.
    (c) State plans will be due 120 days after the date of the award.