BILL REQ. #:  H-0415.1 

Read first time 01/27/2003.   Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

     AN ACT Relating to community-based and faith-based social services organizations; and adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.20A RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary will designate a person within each of the department's administrative regions to serve as a liaison for community-based and faith-based social services organizations. The liaison will be available to such organizations to:
     (a) Provide information to community-based and faith-based social services organizations that relates to opportunities for the organizations to cooperate with the department in providing community services throughout the state;
     (b) Identify areas of need that are not currently being met in the state in which community-based and faith-based social services organizations may provide needed services;
     (c) Coordinate efforts to promote involvement of community-based and faith-based social services organizations to provide community services throughout the state.
     (2) The department must achieve the purposes of this section through existing resources.