HB 3084-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/14/04)

Establishes in the department a military family assistance program. To the extent of available funds, the department shall contract with an existing military family assistance program in Washington state that provides emergency grants to families with financial hardship due to national guard activation.

Requires the director to include provisions in its contracts indicating that any military family assistance program that receives funds from the department must not engage in discrimination that denies assistance to a family on the basis of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, creed, religion, or presence of a disability.