WSR 21-23-102
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed November 17, 2021, 8:11 a.m., effective January 1, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2022.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0015 Need standards for cash assistance, to update cash assistance program need standards, as required annually by RCW 74.04.770.
Citation of 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 21-20-125 on October 5, 2021.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: November 17, 2021.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-4895.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 20-20-007, filed 9/24/20, effective 10/25/20)
WAC 388-478-0015Need standards for cash assistance.
The monthly need and payment standards for cash assistance are based on a determination of the assistance unit size. The need standards for cash assistance units are:
(((1) Effective January 1, 2020:))
Assistance unit size
Need standard
1
(($1,520))$1,631
 
2
((1,923))2,064
 
3
((2,374))2,548
 
4
((2,801))3,007
 
5
((3,229))3,465
 
6
((3,656))3,924
 
7
((4,226))4,535
 
8
((4,677))5,020
 
9
((5,128))5,504
 
10 or more
((5,579))5,988
 
(((2) Effective January 1, 2021:))
((Assistance unit size
Need standard))
((1
$1,538))
 
((2
1,946))
 
((3
2,402))
 
((4
2,834))
 
((5
3,267))
 
((6
3,699))
 
((7
4,276))
 
((8
4,732))
 
((9
5,188))
 
((10 or more
5,645))