WSR 97-01-001

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Public Assistance)

[Filed December 5, 1996, 9:51 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 5, 1996.

Purpose: The need standard is used to determine eligibility for various public assistance programs. The department is required to update the standard to reflect changes in the cost of living.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-250-1250 and 388-250-1300.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-19-099 on September 18, 1996.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 2, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 5, 1996

Merry Kogut, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 3910, filed 10/11/95, effective 11/11/95)

WAC 388-250-1250 Standards of assistance--Need standards. (1) Effective September 1, ((1995)) 1996, the department shall determine the statewide monthly need standard for a household with an obligation to pay shelter to be:

Recipients Need

in Household Standard

1 $ ((800)) 788

2 ((1,011)) 996

3 ((1,252)) 1,233

4 ((1,472)) 1,450

5 ((1,696)) 1,670

6 ((1,925)) 1,896

7 ((2,223)) 2,190

8 ((2,461)) 2,424

9 ((2,703)) 2,662

10 or more ((2,937)) 2,893

(2) Effective September 1, ((1995)) 1996, the department shall determine a household with shelter provided at no cost, except as described under WAC 388-250-1200, to be:

Recipients Need

in Household Standard

1 $ ((500)) 481

2 ((632)) 608

3 ((783)) 752

4 ((920)) 884

5 ((1,060)) 1,019

6 ((1,204)) 1,157

7 ((1,390)) 1,336

8 ((1,539)) 1,478

9 ((1,690)) 1,624

10 or more ((1,836)) 1,764

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.025, 74.08.090, 80.36.420 (3)(a)(b) and 45 CFR 233.20 (a)(l)(i). 95-21-049 (Order 3910), 388-250-1250, filed 10/11/95, effective 11/11/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and 45 CFR 233.20 (a)(1) and (2). 94-20-039 (Order 3784), 388-250-1250, filed 9/28/94, effective 10/29/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090. 94-09-001 (Order 3729), 388-250-1250, filed 4/6/94, effective 5/7/94.]

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 3910, filed 10/11/95, effective 11/11/95)

WAC 388-250-1300 Standards of assistance--One hundred eighty-five percent of need standards. (1) Effective September 1, ((1995)) 1996, the department shall determine one hundred eighty-five percent of the statewide monthly need standard for basic requirements for a household with an obligation to pay shelter costs to be:

Recipients 185% of

in Household Need Standard

1 $ ((1,480)) 1,458

2 ((1,870)) 1,843

3 ((2,316)) 2,281

4 ((2,723)) 2,683

5 ((3,137)) 3,090

6 ((3,561)) 3,508

7 ((4,112)) 4,052

8 ((4,552)) 4,484

9 ((5,000)) 4,925

10 or more ((5,433)) 5,352

(2) Effective September 1, ((1995)) 1996, the department shall determine one hundred eighty-five percent of the statewide monthly need standard for basic requirements for a household with shelter provided at no cost to be:

Recipients 185% of

in Household Need Standard

1 $ ((925)) 890

2 ((1,169)) 1,125

3 ((1,448)) 1,391

4 ((1,702)) 1,635

5 ((1,961)) 1,885

6 ((2,227)) 2,140

7 ((2,571)) 2,472

8 ((2,847)) 2,734

9 ((3,126)) 3,004

10 or more ((3,396)) 3,263