Montana Board of Crime Control Request for Proposals

■ I need to notify family, friends, businesses and government agencies that I have moved to a confidential location and now have an Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) mailing address. The ACP is a mail-forwarding service, so my mail will go first to the ACP office and ACP staff will then forward it to where I actually live. I understand that the ACP does not forward magazines, packages or presorted standard mail;

■ I share the ACP address (PO Box 201410) with many other participants. There may be other families with the same or similar name, so I will make sure the authorization code/private mailbox number (PMB #) ACP assigns me and my family is on all our mail. I will contact the ACP before I move and will NOT file a change of address with the United States Postal Service – submitting a change of address with the post office would place my name and new address on a national database that is widely distributed and easily accessible;

■ I realize that applying under a name other than my legal name could result in denial of ACP privileges or denial of services from other government agencies. I understand that the ACP cannot forward mail to me if it is addressed to a name different than the name (or names) I provided on the ACP application;

■ The ACP will send me an authorization card when my application is approved. It is my responsibility to let state and local government employees know that I am now an ACP participant. I know that to require a government agency to send my mail to the ACP substitute address, I will need to show them my ACP authorization card;

■ Government agencies often share information. I have discussed with a victim advocate the impacts of giving personal information to government agencies and private businesses. Giving information to one agency means many others may obtain that information. If I choose to give my actual address to a state or local government agency, that agency does not have to and probably will not keep my actual address confidential;

■ The only circumstances under which the ACP will release my street address and phone number is if a judge orders the program to do so or if a law enforcement agency requests it (see 40-15-118, MCA). I understand that the information I give to the ACP is confidential, but my participation in the ACP is not. If asked, the ACP will verify that I am a program participant and that the ACP substitute address is my legal mailing address;

■ law enforcement, court or other federal or state agency records or files;

(A document from this category is preferred.)

■ a domestic violence or sexual assault program if you are alleged to be a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault; or

■ a religious, medical or other professional from whom you have sought assistance in dealing with alleged domestic violence, a sexual offense or stalking.

■ a copy of my Montana Driver's License;

■ a copy of my heating or electrical bill reflecting my Montana address; or

■ other documentation that reflects my Montana residency.