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74.04.520 | Food stamp program—Confidentiality. | The provisions of RCW 74.04.060 relating to disclosure of information regarding public assistance recipients shall apply to recipients of food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically.
[ 1998 c 79 s 12 ; 1969 ex.s. c 172 s 8 .] |
74.04.535 | Food stamp employment and training program. | (1) The department, the employment security department, and the state board for community and technical colleges shall work in partnership to expand the food stamp employment and training program. Subject to federal approval, the program shall be expanded to three additional community colleges or other community-based ... |
74.04.541 | Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits—Distribution dates. | Beginning February 1, 2017, the department must expand the dates it distributes supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from the first through the tenth of every month, to the first through the twentieth of every month.
[ 2016 c 54 s 1 .] |
74.04.600 | Supplemental security income program—Purpose. | The purpose of RCW 74.04.600 through 74.04.650 is to recognize and accept that certain act of congress known as Public Law 92-603 and Public Law 93-66, and to enable the department of social and health services to take advantage of and implement the provisions of that act. The state shall provide assistance to those in... |
74.04.610 | Supplemental security income program—Termination of federal financial assistance payments—Supersession by supplemental security income program. | Effective January 1, 1974, the financial assistance payments under the federal aid categories of old age assistance, disability assistance, and blind assistance provided in chapters 74.08 , *74.10, and 74.16 RCW, respectively, and the corresponding provisions of RCW 74.04.005 , shall be terminated and superseded by the... |
74.04.620 | State supplement to national program of supplemental security income—Authorized—Reimbursement of interim assistance, attorneys' fees. | (1) The department is authorized to establish a program of state supplementation to the national program of supplemental security income consistent with Public Law 92-603 and Public Law 93-66 to those persons who are in need thereof in accordance with eligibility requirements established by the department. (2) The depa... |
74.04.630 | State supplementation to national program of supplemental security income—Contractual agreements with federal government. | The department may enter into contractual agreements with the United States department of health, education and welfare, consistent with the provisions of Public Laws 92-603 and 93-66, and to be effective January 1, 1974, for the purpose of enabling the secretary of the department of health, education and welfare to pe... |
74.04.635 | State supplement to national program of supplemental security income—World War II Philippine veterans. | (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person receiving benefits under RCW 74.04.620 on December 14, 1999, and who meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section is eligible to receive benefits under this section although he or she does not retain a residence in the state and returns to the Repub... |
74.04.640 | Acceptance of referrals for vocational rehabilitation—Reimbursement. | Referrals to the state department of social and health services for vocational rehabilitation made in accordance with section 1615 of Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall be accepted by the state. The department shall be reimbursed by the secretary of the department of health, education and welfare f... |
74.04.650 | Individuals failing to comply with federal requirements. | Notwithstanding any other provisions of RCW 74.04.600 through 74.04.650 , those individuals who have been receiving supplemental security income assistance and failed to comply with any federal requirements, including those relating to drug abuse and alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation, shall be ineligible for stat... |
74.04.655 | Vocational rehabilitation—Assessment, referral. | (1) The economic services administration shall work jointly with the division of vocational rehabilitation to develop an assessment tool that must be used to determine whether the programs offered by the division of vocational rehabilitation could assist persons receiving benefits under RCW 74.62.030 and 43.185C.220 in... |
74.04.657 | Veterans' benefits—Assessment for eligibility. | During the application process for benefits under RCW 74.62.030 and 43.185C.220 , the department shall inquire of each applicant whether he or she has ever served in the United States military service. If the applicant answers in the affirmative, the department shall confer with a veterans benefit specialist with the W... |
74.04.658 | Military service benefits—Referral to Washington department of veterans affairs. | During the application process for public assistance benefits, the department shall inquire of each applicant whether he or she has ever served in the United States military services or is a family or household member of someone who has ever served in the United States military services. If the applicant answers in the... |
74.04.660 | Family emergency assistance program—Extension of benefits during state of emergency. | The department shall establish a consolidated emergency assistance program for families with children. Assistance may be provided in accordance with this section. (1) Benefits provided under this program shall be limited to one period of time, as determined by the department, within any consecutive twelve-month period.... |
74.04.670 | Long-term care services—Eligibility. | (1) For purposes of RCW 74.04.005 (13)(a), an applicant or recipient is not eligible for long-term care services if the applicant or recipient's equity interest in the home exceeds an amount established by the department in rule, which shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars. This requirement does not appl... |
74.04.680 | Cash benefits in final month of eligibility. | (1) To assist with family-related expenses, households with children receiving food benefits under this title, who are not simultaneously receiving temporary assistance for needy families, are eligible to receive a one-time state-funded cash benefit in the final month of eligibility when the household's food benefits t... |
74.04.750 | Reporting requirements—Food stamp allotments and rent or housing subsidies, consideration as income. | (1) Applicants and recipients under this title must satisfy all reporting requirements imposed by the department. (2) The secretary shall have the discretion to consider: (a) Food stamp allotments or food stamp benefits transferred electronically and/or (b) rent or housing subsidies as income in determining eligibility... |
74.04.760 | Minimum amount of monthly assistance payments. | Payment of assistance shall not be made for any month if the payment prior to any adjustments would be less than ten dollars. However, if payment is denied solely by reason of this section, the individual with respect to whom such payment is denied is determined to be a recipient of assistance for purposes of eligibili... |
74.04.770 | Consolidated standards of need—Rateable reductions—Grant maximums. | (1) The department shall establish consolidated standards of need each fiscal year which may vary by geographical areas, program, and family size, for temporary assistance for needy families, refugee assistance, supplemental security income, and benefits under RCW 74.62.030 . (2)(a) Standards of need for temporary assi... |
74.04.790 | Supplementary program—Reimbursement for employees being victims of assault. | (1) For purposes of this section only, "assault" means an unauthorized touching of a child protective, child welfare, or adult protective services worker employed by the department of children, youth, and families or the department of social and health services resulting in physical injury to the employee. (2) In recog... |
74.04.800 | Incarcerated parents—Policies to encourage family contact and engagement. | (1)(a) The secretary of social and health services and the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall review current department policies and assess the adequacy and availability of programs targeted at persons who receive services through the department who are the children and families of a per... |
74.04.805 | Essential needs and housing support eligibility. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2632.SL ) ***
(1) The department is responsible for determining eligibility for referral for essential needs and housing support under RCW 43.185C.220 . Persons eligible for a referral are persons who: (a) Have been determined to be eligible for the aged, blind, or disabled assistance progra... |
74.04.815 | Military dependents—Home and community-based services programs. | (1) As used in this section: (a) "Dependent" means a spouse, birth child, adopted child, or stepchild of a military service member. (b) "Legal resident" means a person who maintains Washington as his or her principal establishment, home of record, or permanent home and to where, whenever absent due to military obligati... |
74.04.820 | Victims of human trafficking eligibility. | Victims of human trafficking, as defined in RCW 74.04.005 , are eligible for state family assistance programs as provided in rule on February 1, 2022, who otherwise meet program eligibility requirements.
[ 2020 c 136 s 3 .]
Effective date — 2020 c 136: See note following RCW 74.04.005 . |
74.04.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
74.08.025 | Eligibility for public assistance—Temporary assistance for needy families—Limitations for drug or alcohol-dependent persons. | (1) Public assistance may be awarded to any applicant: (a) Who is in need and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of department assistance programs; and (b) Who has not made a voluntary assignment of property or cash for the purpose of qualifying for an assistance grant; and (c) Who is not an inmate of a publi... |
74.08.030 | Old age assistance eligibility requirements. | In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements of RCW 74.08.025 , an applicant for old age assistance must be an applicant who: (1) Has attained the age of sixty-five: PROVIDED, That if an applicant for old age assistance is already on the assistance rolls in some other program or category of assistance, such appl... |
74.08.043 | Need for personal and special care—Authority to consider in determining living requirements. | In determining the living requirements of otherwise eligible applicants and recipients of supplemental security income and benefits under RCW 74.62.030 and 43.185C.220 , the department is authorized to consider the need for personal and special care and supervision due to physical and mental conditions.
[ 2011 1st sp.s... |
74.08.044 | Need for personal and special care—Licensing—Rules and regulations. | The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations establishing eligibility for alternate living arrangements, and license the same, including minimum standards of care, based upon need for personal care and supervision beyond the level of board and room only, but less than the level of care required in a... |
74.08.045 | Need for personal and special care—Purchase of personal and special care by department. | The department may purchase such personal and special care at reasonable rates established by the department from substitute homes and intermediate care facilities providing [provided] this service is in compliance with standards of care established by the regulations of the department.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 172 s 12 .] |
74.08.046 | Energy assistance allowance. | There is designated to be included in the public assistance payment level a monthly energy assistance allowance. The allowance shall be excluded from consideration as income for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefit levels of food stamp or benefits program recipients to the maximum extent exclusion is auth... |
74.08.050 | Applications for grants. | Application for a grant in any category of public assistance shall be made to the county office by the applicant or by another on his or her behalf, and shall be reduced to writing upon standard forms prescribed by the department, and a written acknowledgment of receipt of the application by the department shall be giv... |
74.08.055 | Verification of applications—Electronic applications—Penalty. | (1) Each applicant for or recipient of public assistance shall complete and sign a physical application or, if available, electronic application for assistance which shall contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is signed under the penalties of perjury. The department may make electronic applications av... |
74.08.060 | Action on applications—Ineligibility of inmates—Employment and training services. | The department shall approve or deny the application within forty-five days after filing, and shall immediately notify the applicant in writing of its decision. If the department is not able within forty-five days, despite due diligence, to secure all information necessary to establish eligibility, the department shall... |
74.08.080 | Grievances—Departmental and judicial review. | (1)(a) A public assistance applicant or recipient who is aggrieved by a decision of the department or an authorized agency of the department has the right to an adjudicative proceeding. A current or former recipient who is aggrieved by a department claim that he or she owes a debt for an overpayment of assistance or fo... |
74.08.090 | Rule-making authority and enforcement. | The department is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this title to the end that this title shall be administered uniformly throughout the state, and that the spirit and purpose of this title may be complied with. The department shall have the power to compel complian... |
74.08.100 | Age and residency verification—Felony. | Proof of age and length of residence in the state of any applicant may be established as provided by the rules and regulations of the department: PROVIDED, That if an applicant is unable to establish proof of age or length of residence in the state by any other method he or she may make a statement under oath of his or... |
74.08.105 | Out-of-state recipients. | No assistance payments shall be made to recipients living outside the state of Washington unless in the discretion of the secretary there is sound social reason for such out-of-state payments: PROVIDED, That the period for making such payments when authorized shall not exceed the length of time required to satisfy the ... |
74.08.210 | Grants not assignable nor subject to execution. | Grants awarded under this title shall not be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this title shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or to the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency law.
[ 1959 c 26 s 74.08.210 . Prior:... |
74.08.260 | Federal act to control in event of conflict. | If any plan of administration of this title submitted to the federal security agency shall be found to be not in conformity with the federal social security act by reason of any conflict of any section, portion, clause or part of this title and the federal social security act, such conflicting section, portion, clause ... |
74.08.278 | Central operating fund established. | In order to comply with federal statutes and regulations pertaining to federal matching funds and to provide for the prompt payment of initial grants and adjusting payments of grants the secretary is authorized to make provisions for the cash payment of assistance by the secretary or county administrators by the establ... |
74.08.280 | Payments to persons incapable of self-care—Protective payee services. | If any person receiving public assistance has demonstrated an inability to care for oneself or for money, the department may direct the payment of the installments of public assistance to any responsible person, social service agency, or corporation or to a legally appointed guardian for his or her benefit. The state m... |
74.08.283 | Services provided to attain self-care. | The department is authorized to provide such social and related services as are reasonably necessary to the end that applicants for or recipients of public assistance are helped to attain self-care.
[ 1963 c 228 s 16 ; 1959 c 26 s 74.08.283 . Prior: 1957 c 63 s 6 .] |
74.08.290 | Suspension of payments—Need lapse—Imprisonment—Conviction under RCW74.08.331. | The department is hereby authorized to suspend temporarily the public assistance granted to any person for any period during which such person is not in need thereof. If a recipient is convicted of any crime or offense, and punished by imprisonment, no payment shall be made during the period of imprisonment. If a recip... |
74.08.331 | Unlawful practices—Obtaining assistance—Disposal of realty—Penalties. | (1) Any person who by means of a willfully false statement, or representation, or impersonation, or a willful failure to reveal any material fact, condition, or circumstance affecting eligibility or need for assistance, including medical care, surplus commodities, and food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred elec... |
74.08.335 | Transfers of property to qualify for assistance. | Temporary assistance for needy families and benefits under RCW 74.62.030 and 43.185C.220 shall not be granted to any person who has made an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of rendering himself or herself eligible for the assistance. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person who has transferred ... |
74.08.338 | Real property transfers for inadequate consideration. | When the consideration for a deed executed and delivered by a recipient is not paid, or when the consideration does not approximate the fair cash market value of the property, such deed shall be prima facie fraudulent as to the state and the department may proceed under RCW 43.20B.660 .
[ 1987 c 75 s 40 ; 1979 c 141 s ... |
74.08.340 | No vested rights conferred. | All assistance granted under this title shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be enacted, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his or her assistance being affected in any way by such amendi... |
74.08.370 | Old age assistance grants charged against general fund. | All old age assistance grants under this title shall be a charge against and payable out of the general fund of the state. Payment thereof shall be by warrant drawn upon vouchers duly prepared and verified by the secretary of the department of social and health services or his or her official representative.
[ 2013 c 2... |
74.08.380 | Acceptance of federal act. | The state hereby accepts the provisions of that certain act of the congress of the United States entitled, An Act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of federal old age benefits, and by enabling the several states to make more adequate provisions for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and cr... |
74.08.390 | Research, projects, to effect savings by restoring self-support—Waiver of public assistance requirements. | The department of social and health services may conduct research studies, pilot projects, demonstration projects, surveys and investigations for the purpose of determining methods to achieve savings in public assistance programs by means of restoring individuals to maximum self-support and personal independence and pr... |
74.08.580 | Electronic benefit cards—Prohibited uses—Violations. | (1) Any person receiving public assistance is prohibited from using electronic benefit cards or cash obtained with electronic benefit cards: (a) For the purpose of participating in any of the activities authorized under chapter 9.46 RCW; (b) For the purpose of parimutuel wagering authorized under chapter 67.16 RCW; (c)... |
74.08.582 | Electronic benefit cards—Names of two or more persons. | A person who has in his or her possession or under his or her control electronic benefit cards issued in the names of two or more persons and who is not authorized by those persons to have any of the cards in his or her possession is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 253 s 3 .]
Findings — Purpose — 2012 c 253: See note... |
74.08.900 | Limited application. | Nothing in this chapter except RCW * 74.08.070 and 74.08.080 applies to **chapter 74.50 RCW.
[ 1989 c 3 s 3 .]
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 74.08.070 was repealed by 1989 c 175 s 185 . **(2) Chapter 74.50 RCW was repealed by 2019 c 325 s 6004 . |
74.08A.010 | Time limits—Transitional food assistance. | (1) A family that includes an adult who has received temporary assistance for needy families for 60 months after July 27, 1997, shall be ineligible for further temporary assistance for needy families assistance. (2) For the purposes of applying the rules of this section, the department shall count any month in which an... |
74.08A.015 | Time limits—State of emergency extension. | All families who have received temporary assistance for needy families since March 1, 2020, are eligible for the extension under RCW 74.08A.010 (4)(a)(ii), regardless of whether they are current recipients. Eligible families shall only receive temporary assistance for needy families benefits that accrue after July 25, ... |
74.08A.020 | Electronic benefit transfer. | By October 2002, the department shall develop and implement an electronic benefit transfer system to be used for the delivery of public assistance benefits, including without limitation, food assistance. The department shall comply with P.L. 104-193, and shall cooperate with relevant federal agencies in the design and ... |
74.08A.030 | Provision of services by religiously affiliated organizations—Rules. | (1) The department shall allow religiously affiliated organizations to provide services to families receiving temporary assistance for needy families on the same basis as any other nongovernmental provider, without impairing the religious character of such organizations, and without diminishing the religious freedom of... |
74.08A.035 | Income eligibility—Child support.(Effective July 1, 2029.) | The department shall disregard and not count as income any amount of current child support passed through to applicants or recipients pursuant to RCW 26.23.035 in determining eligibility for and the amount of temporary assistance for needy families or WorkFirst.
[ 2024 c 174 s 2 .]
Effective date — 2024 c 174: See note... |
74.08A.039 | Income eligibility—Federal supplemental security income. | In determining the income eligibility of an applicant or recipient for temporary assistance for needy families or WorkFirst, the department shall not count the federal supplemental security income received by a household member.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 42 s 5 .]
Findings — Intent — Effective date — 2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See ... |
74.08A.040 | Indian tribes—Program access—Funding—Rules. | The department shall (1) provide eligible Indian tribes ongoing, meaningful opportunities to participate in the development, oversight, and operation of the state temporary assistance for needy families program; (2) certify annually that it is providing equitable access to the state temporary assistance for needy famil... |
74.08A.050 | Indian tribes—Tribal program—Fiscal year. | An eligible Indian tribe exercising its authority under P.L. 104-193 to operate a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program shall operate the program on a state fiscal year basis. If a tribe decides to cancel a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program, it shall notify the department no later ... |
74.08A.060 | Food stamp work requirements. | Single adults without dependents between eighteen and fifty years of age shall comply with federal food stamp work requirements as a condition of eligibility. The department may exempt any counties or subcounty areas from the federal food stamp work requirements in P.L. 104-193, unless the department receives written e... |
74.08A.100 | Immigrants—Eligibility. | The state shall exercise its option under P.L. 104-193 to continue services to legal immigrants under temporary assistance for needy families, medicaid to the extent allowed by federal law, the state's basic health plan as provided in chapter 70.47 RCW, and social services block grant programs. Eligibility for these be... |
74.08A.110 | Immigrants—Sponsor deeming. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, qualified aliens and aliens permanently residing under color of law shall have their eligibility for assistance redetermined. (2) In determining the eligibility and the amount of benefits of a qualified alien or an alien permanently residing under color of law f... |
74.08A.120 | Immigrants and victims of human trafficking—Food assistance. | (1) The department may establish a food assistance program for legal immigrants and victims of human trafficking as defined in RCW 74.04.005 who are ineligible for the federal food stamp program. (2) The rules for the state food assistance program shall follow exactly the rules of the federal food stamp program except ... |
74.08A.130 | Immigrants—Naturalization facilitation. | The department shall make an affirmative effort to identify and proactively contact legal immigrants receiving public assistance to facilitate their applications for naturalization. The department shall obtain a complete list of legal immigrants in Washington who are receiving correspondence regarding their eligibility... |
74.08A.210 | Diversion program—Emergency assistance. | (1) In order to prevent some families from developing dependency on temporary assistance for needy families, the department shall make available to qualifying applicants a diversion program designed to provide brief, emergency assistance for families in crisis whose income and assets would otherwise qualify them for te... |
74.08A.220 | Individual development accounts—Microcredit and microenterprise approaches—Rules. | The department shall carry out a program to fund individual development accounts established by recipients eligible for assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program. (1) An individual development account may be established by or on behalf of a recipient eligible for assistance provided under the... |
74.08A.230 | Earnings disregards and earned income cutoffs. | (1) In addition to their monthly benefit payment, a family may earn and keep the first $500 of the family's earnings in addition to one-half of the family's remaining earnings during every month it is eligible to receive assistance under this section. (2) In no event may a family be eligible for temporary assistance fo... |
74.08A.240 | Noncustodial parents in work programs. | The department may provide Washington WorkFirst activities or make cross-referrals to existing programs to qualifying noncustodial parents of children receiving temporary assistance for needy families who are unable to meet their child support obligations. Services authorized under this section shall be provided within... |
74.08A.250 | "Work activity" defined. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, "work activity" means: (1) Unsubsidized paid employment in the private or public sector; (2) Subsidized paid employment in the private or public sector, including employment through the state or federal work-study program for a period not to exceed... |
74.08A.260 | Work activity—Referral—Individual responsibility plan—Refusal to work. | (1) Each recipient shall be assessed after determination of program eligibility and before referral to job search. Assessments shall be based upon factors that are critical to obtaining employment, including but not limited to education, availability of child care, history of family violence, history of substance abuse... |
74.08A.265 | Assistance termination—Report—Finding of racial disproportionality. | (1) Annually by December 31st, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature disaggregated data identifying the race of individuals whose temporary assistance for needy families benefits were reduced or terminated during the preceding year due to: (a) San... |
74.08A.270 | Good cause. | (1) Good cause reasons for failure to participate in WorkFirst program components include situations where: (a) The recipient is a parent or other relative personally providing care for a child under the age of six years, and formal or informal child care, or day care for an incapacitated individual living in the same ... |
74.08A.275 | Employability screening. | Each recipient approved to receive temporary assistance for needy families shall be subject to an employability screening under RCW 74.08A.260 after determination of program eligibility and before referral to job search. If the employability screening determines the recipient is not employable, or meets the criteria sp... |
74.08A.280 | Program goal—Collaboration to develop work programs—Contracts—Service areas—Regional plans. | (1) The legislature finds that moving those eligible for assistance to self-sustaining employment is a goal of the WorkFirst program. It is the intent of WorkFirst to aid a participant's progress to self-sufficiency by allowing flexibility within the statewide program to reflect community resources, the local character... |
74.08A.285 | Job search instruction and assistance. | The WorkFirst program operated by the department to meet the federal work requirements specified in P.L. 104-193 shall contain a job search component. The component shall consist of instruction on how to secure a job and assisted job search activities to locate and retain employment. Nonexempt recipients of temporary a... |
74.08A.290 | Competitive performance-based contracting—Evaluation of contracting practices—Contracting strategies. | (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the department is authorized to engage in competitive contracting using performance-based contracts to provide all work activities authorized in chapter 58, Laws of 1997, including the job search component authorized in *section 312 of this act. (2) The department may use co... |
74.08A.300 | Placement bonuses. | In the case of service providers that are not public agencies, initial placement bonuses of no greater than five hundred dollars may be provided by the department for service entities responsible for placing recipients in an unsubsidized job for a minimum of twelve weeks, and the following additional bonuses shall also... |
74.08A.310 | Self-employment assistance—Training and placement programs. | The department shall: (1) Notify recipients of temporary assistance for needy families that self-employment is one method of leaving state assistance. The department shall provide its regional offices, recipients of temporary assistance for needy families, and any contractors providing job search, training, or placemen... |
74.08A.320 | Wage subsidy program. | The department shall establish a wage subsidy program to be known as the community jobs program for recipients of temporary assistance for needy families who have barriers to employment, lack experience and attachment to the job force, or have been unsuccessful in securing employment leading to family self-sufficiency.... |
74.08A.330 | Community service program. | The department shall establish the community service program to provide the experience of work for recipients of public assistance. The program is intended to promote a strong work ethic for participating public assistance recipients. Under this program, public assistance recipients are required to volunteer to work fo... |
74.08A.341 | Program constraints—Expenditures. | The department of social and health services shall operate the Washington WorkFirst program authorized under RCW 74.08A.210 through 74.08A.330 , 43.330.145 , 43.216.710 , and 74.25.040 , and chapter 74.12 RCW within the following constraints: (1) The program shall be operated within amounts appropriated by the legislat... |
74.08A.350 | Questionnaires—Job opportunities for welfare recipients. | The department of social and health services shall create a questionnaire, asking businesses for information regarding available and upcoming job opportunities for welfare recipients. The department of revenue shall include the questionnaire in a regular quarterly mailing. The department of social and health services s... |
74.08A.380 | Teen parents—Education requirements. | All applicants under the age of eighteen years who are approved for assistance and, within one hundred eighty days after the date of federal certification of the Washington temporary assistance for needy families program, all unmarried minor parents or pregnant minor applicants shall, as a condition of receiving benefi... |
74.08A.400 | Outcome measures—Intent. | It is the intent of the legislature that the Washington WorkFirst program focus on work and on personal responsibility for recipients. The program shall be evaluated among other evaluations, through a limited number of outcome measures designed to hold each community service office and economic services region accounta... |
74.08A.410 | Outcome measures—Development—Benchmarks. | (1) The WorkFirst program shall develop outcome measures for use in evaluating the WorkFirst program authorized in chapter 58, Laws of 1997, which may include but are not limited to: (a) Caseload reduction, including data for participants who exit: (i) Due to increased income; (ii) to employment; (iii) at the participa... |
74.08A.411 | Outcome measures—Data—Report to the legislature and the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force. | The department shall continue to implement WorkFirst program improvements that are designed to achieve progress against outcome measures specified in RCW 74.08A.410 . Outcome data regarding job retention and wage progression shall be reported quarterly to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature ... |
74.08A.420 | Outcome measures—Evaluations—Awarding contracts—Bonuses. | Every WorkFirst office, region, contract, employee, and contractor shall be evaluated using the criteria in RCW 74.08A.410 . The department shall award contracts to the highest performing entities according to the criteria in RCW 74.08A.410 . The department may provide for bonuses to offices, regions, and employees wit... |
74.08A.440 | Recipients exempted from active work search—Benefits eligibility. | Recipients exempted from active work search activities due to incapacity or a disability shall receive services for which they are eligible, including aged, blind, or disabled assistance benefits as they relate to the facilitation of enrollment in the federal supplemental security income program, referrals to essential... |
74.08A.500 | Legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout chapter 126, Laws of 2018 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advisory committee" means the intergenerational poverty advisory committee. (2) "Cycle of poverty" or "poverty cycle" means the set of factors or events by which the long-term poverty of a pers... |
74.08A.505 | Legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force—Membership—Duties—Five-year plan. | (1)(a) A legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force is established, with voting members as provided in this subsection. Task force membership shall include diverse, statewide representation and its membership shall reflect regional, racial, and cultural diversity to adequately represent the ... |
74.08A.510 | Legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force—Intergenerational poverty advisory committee—Membership—Duties. | (1) To assist the task force established in RCW 74.08A.505 , there is created the intergenerational poverty advisory committee. (2) The advisory committee must include diverse, statewide representation from public, nonprofit, and for-profit entities. The committee membership must reflect regional, racial, and cultural ... |
74.08A.900 | Short title—1997 c 58. | This act may be known and cited as the Washington WorkFirst temporary assistance for needy families act.
[ 1997 c 58 s 2 .] |
74.08A.901 | Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—1997 c 58. | Part headings, captions, and the table of contents used in this act are not any part of the law.
[ 1997 c 58 s 1008 .] |
74.08A.902 | Exemptions and waivers from federal law—1997 c 58. | The governor and the department of social and health services shall seek all necessary exemptions and waivers from and amendments to federal statutes, rules, and regulations and shall report to the appropriate committees in the house of representatives and senate quarterly on the efforts to secure the federal changes t... |
74.08A.903 | Conflict with federal requirements—1997 c 58. | If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not... |
74.08A.904 | Severability—1997 c 58. | If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[ 1997 c 58 s 1012 .] |
74.08A.905 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
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