WSR 18-22-021
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed October 26, 2018, 9:44 a.m., effective January 1, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2019.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0015 Need standards for cash assistance, to revise the basic need standards for cash programs. These changes, effective January 1, 2019, are required annually by RCW
74.04.770.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0015.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-18-075 on September 4, 2018.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: October 25, 2018.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-01-040, filed 12/12/17, effective 1/12/18)
WAC 388-478-0015Need standards for cash assistance.
The need standards for cash assistance units are:
(1) For assistance units with an obligation to pay shelter costs:
Assistance unit size | Need standard |
1 | $((1,388))1,460 | |
2 | ((1,756))1,848 | |
3 | ((2,168))2,281 | |
4 | ((2,558))2,692 | |
5 | ((2,948))3,102 | |
6 | ((3,339))3,513 | |
7 | ((3,859))4,060 | |
8 | ((4,271))4,494 | |
9 | ((4,683))4,927 | |
10 or more | ((5,095))5,360 | |
(2) For assistance units with shelter provided at no cost:
Assistance unit size | Need standard |
1 | $((643))659 | |
2 | ((813))833 | |
3 | ((1,004))1,029 | |
4 | ((1,185))1,214 | |
5 | ((1,365))1,399 | |
6 | ((1,546))1,585 | |
7 | ((1,787))1,832 | |
8 | ((1,978))2,027 | |
9 | ((2,169))2,223 | |
10 or more | ((2,359))2,418 | |