Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2013.

     Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0015 Need standards for cash assistance, in order to revise basic need standards for cash assistance based on the 2009 forecast. RCW 74.04.770 requires the department of social and health services to annually establish consolidated standards of need.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0015.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.770, and 74.08.090.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 12-21-095 on October 22, 2012.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: November 28, 2012.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

     (1) For assistance units with obligation to pay shelter costs:

Assistance Unit Size	Need Standard
1	$((1,154)) 1,192
2	(( 1,460)) 1,508
3	((1,803)) 1,862
4	((2,128)) 2,197
5	((2,452)) 2,532
6	((2,777)) 2,867
7	((3,209)) 3,314
8	((3,552)) 3,668
9	((3,894)) 4,022
10 or more	((4,237)) 4,376

     (2) For assistance units with shelter provided at no cost:

Assistance Unit Size	Need Standard
1	$((607)) 621
2	((768)) 786
3	((948)) 970
4	((1,119)) 1,145
5	((1,290)) 1,319
6	((1,460)) 1,494
7	((1,688)) 1,727
8	((1,868)) 1,911
9	((2,048)) 2,095
10 or more	((2,228)) 2,280

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.770, and 74.08.090. 11-24-021, § 388-478-0015, filed 11/30/11, effective 1/1/12; 11-01-121, § 388-478-0015, filed 12/20/10, effective 1/1/11; 10-04-111, § 388-478-0015, filed 2/3/10, effective 3/6/10; 08-24-070, § 388-478-0015, filed 12/1/08, effective 1/1/09; 07-24-033, § 388-478-0015, filed 11/30/07, effective 12/31/07; 07-06-066, § 388-478-0015, filed 3/5/07, effective 4/5/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 06-05-102, § 388-478-0015, filed 2/14/06, effective 3/17/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.770, and 74.08.090. 05-22-077 and 05-23-012, § 388-478-0015, filed 10/31/05 and 11/4/05, effective 1/1/06; 05-01-074, § 388-478-0015, filed 12/9/04, effective 1/9/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.770, 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057. 03-24-059, § 388-478-0015, filed 12/1/03, effective 1/1/04; 03-23-116, § 388-478-0015, filed 11/18/03, effective 12/19/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.510, and 74.04.770. 02-23-029, § 388-478-0015, filed 11/12/02, effective 12/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, and 74.04.200. 01-11-108, § 388-478-0015, filed 5/21/01, effective 7/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.200. 99-04-056, § 388-478-0015, filed 1/29/99, effective 3/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-478-0015, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]