1. A shelter for victims of domestic violence may apply to the designated authority for funds to be used for the funding of the shelter. All applications shall be submitted by the first day of October of the year preceding the calendar year for which the funding is desired, and shall include all of the following:
(1) Evidence that the shelter is incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation;
(2) A list of the directors of the corporation, and a list of the trustees of the shelter if different;
(3) The proposed budget of the shelter for the following calendar year;
(4) A summary of the services proposed to be offered in the following calendar year;
(5) An estimate of the number of persons to be served during the following calendar year.
2. Upon receipt of an application for funds from a shelter that meets the criteria set forth in section 455.220, the designated authority, on or before the fifteenth day of November of the year in which the application is filed, shall notify the shelter, in writing, whether it is eligible to receive funds, and if the shelter is eligible, specify the amount available for that shelter from the fees collected pursuant to section 455.205 *.
3. Funds allocated to shelters pursuant to this section shall be paid to the shelters twice annually, on the first day of January and the first day of July of the years following the year in which the application is filed.