WSR 18-01-040
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed December 12, 2017, 10:53 a.m., effective January 12, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0015 Need standards for cash assistance, to revise the basic need standards for cash assistance. The department is required by RCW 74.04.770 to establish standards of need for cash assistance programs on an annual basis.
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, 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-21-072 on August 18 [October 16], 2017.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: December 11, 2017.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-23-146, filed 11/22/16, effective 1/1/17)
WAC 388-478-0015 Need 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
(($1,348)) $1,388
 
2
((1,706)) 1,756
 
3
((2,106)) 2,168
 
4
((2,485)) 2,558
 
5
((2,864)) 2,948
 
6
((3,243)) 3,339
 
7
((3,749)) 3,859
 
8
((4,149)) 4,271
 
9
((4,549)) 4,683
 
10 or more
((4,949)) 5,095
 
(2) For assistance units with shelter provided at no cost:
Assistance unit size
Need standard
1
(($645)) $643
 
2
((816)) 813
 
3
((1,008)) 1,004
 
4
((1,189)) 1,185
 
5
((1,371)) 1,365
 
6
((1,552)) 1,546
 
7
((1,794)) 1,787
 
8
((1,986)) 1,978
 
9
((2,177)) 2,169
 
10 or more
((2,369)) 2,359