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during the department's transition to performance-based contracts. 1 Funding must be prioritized to regions with high numbers of foster 2 care youth, regions where backlogs of youth that have formerly 3 requested educational outreach services exist, or youth with high 4 educational needs. The department is encouraged to use private 5 matching funds to maintain educational advocacy services. 6 (b) The department shall contract with the office of the 7 superintendent of public instruction, which in turn shall contract 8 with a nongovernmental entity or entities to provide educational 9 advocacy services pursuant to RCW 28A.300.590. 10 (8) $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 11 year 2022, $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 12 fiscal year 2023, and $112,000 of the general fund—federal 13 appropriation are provided solely for the department to develop, 14 implement, and expand strategies to improve the capacity, 15 reliability, and effectiveness of contracted visitation services for 16 children in temporary out-of-home care and their parents and 17 siblings. Strategies may include, but are not limited to, increasing 18 mileage reimbursement for providers, offering transportation-only 19 contract options, and mechanisms to reduce the level of parent-child 20 supervision when doing so is in the best interest of the child. The 21 department shall report to the office of financial management and the 22 relevant fiscal and policy committees of the legislature regarding 23 these strategies by November 1, 2022. The report shall include the 24 number and percentage of parents requiring supervised visitation and 25 the number and percentage of parents with unsupervised visitation, 26 prior to reunification. 27 (9) For purposes of meeting the state's maintenance of effort for 28 the state supplemental payment program, the department of children, 29 youth, and families shall track and report to the department of 30 social and health services the monthly state supplemental payment 31 amounts attributable to foster care children who meet eligibility 32 requirements specified in the state supplemental payment state plan. 33 Such expenditures must equal at least $3,100,000 annually and may not 34 be claimed toward any other federal maintenance of effort 35 requirement. Annual state supplemental payment expenditure targets 36 must continue to be established by the department of social and 37 health services. Attributable amounts must be communicated by the 38 p. 1129 ESSB 5187.SL