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Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Mental Health Systems." The department 1 may concentrate delivery of these treatments and therapies at a 2 limited number of programs to deliver the treatments in a cost- 3 effective manner. 4 (3)(a) $6,198,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2022 and $6,198,000 of the general fund—state 6 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely to implement 7 evidence- and research-based programs through community juvenile 8 accountability grants, administration of the grants, and evaluations 9 of programs funded by the grants. In addition to funding provided in 10 this subsection, funding to implement alcohol and substance abuse 11 treatment programs for locally committed offenders is provided 12 through an interagency agreement with the health care authority. 13 (b) The department of children, youth, and families shall 14 administer a block grant to county juvenile courts for the purpose of 15 serving youth as defined in RCW 13.40.510(4)(a) in the county 16 juvenile justice system. Funds dedicated to the block grant include: 17 Consolidated juvenile service (CJS) funds, community juvenile 18 accountability act (CJAA) grants, chemical dependency/mental health 19 disposition alternative (CDDA), and suspended disposition alternative 20 (SDA). The department of children, youth, and families shall follow 21 the following formula and must prioritize evidence-based programs and 22 disposition alternatives and take into account juvenile courts 23 program-eligible youth in conjunction with the number of youth served 24 in each approved evidence-based program or disposition alternative: 25 (i) Thirty-seven and one-half percent for the at-risk population of 26 youth ten to seventeen years old; (ii) fifteen percent for the 27 assessment of low, moderate, and high-risk youth; (iii) twenty-five 28 percent for evidence-based program participation; (iv) seventeen and 29 one-half percent for minority populations; (v) three percent for the 30 chemical dependency and mental health disposition alternative; and 31 (vi) two percent for the suspended dispositional alternatives. 32 Funding for the special sex offender disposition alternative (SSODA) 33 shall not be included in the block grant, but allocated on the 34 average daily population in juvenile courts. Funding for the 35 evidence-based expansion grants shall be excluded from the block 36 grant formula. Funds may be used for promising practices when 37 approved by the department of children, youth, and families and 38 juvenile courts, through the community juvenile accountability act 39 p. 1141 ESSB 5187.SL