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(ii) The department may transfer up to 10 percent of funding 1 between budget units identified in (b) through (f) of this 2 subsection. The department shall provide notification prior to any 3 transfer to the office of financial management and to the appropriate 4 legislative committees and the legislative-executive WorkFirst 5 poverty reduction oversight task force. The approval of the director 6 of financial management is required prior to any transfer under this 7 subsection. 8 (h) On January 2nd and July 1st of each year, the department 9 shall provide a maintenance of effort and participation rate tracking 10 report for temporary assistance for needy families to the office of 11 financial management, the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of 12 the legislature, and the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty 13 reduction oversight task force. The report must detail the following 14 information for temporary assistance for needy families: 15 (i) An overview of federal rules related to maintenance of 16 effort, excess maintenance of effort, participation rates for 17 temporary assistance for needy families, and the child care 18 development fund as it pertains to maintenance of effort and 19 participation rates; 20 (ii) Countable maintenance of effort and excess maintenance of 21 effort, by source, provided for the previous federal fiscal year; 22 (iii) Countable maintenance of effort and excess maintenance of 23 effort, by source, for the current fiscal year, including changes in 24 countable maintenance of effort from the previous year; 25 (iv) The status of reportable federal participation rate 26 requirements, including any impact of excess maintenance of effort on 27 participation targets; 28 (v) Potential new sources of maintenance of effort and progress 29 to obtain additional maintenance of effort; 30 (vi) A two-year projection for meeting federal block grant and 31 contingency fund maintenance of effort, participation targets, and 32 future reportable federal participation rate requirements; and 33 (vii) Proposed and enacted federal law changes affecting 34 maintenance of effort or the participation rate, what impact these 35 changes have on Washington's temporary assistance for needy families 36 program, and the department's plan to comply with these changes. 37 (i) In the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, it is the intent of the 38 legislature to provide appropriations from the state general fund for 39 the purposes of (a) of this subsection if the department does not 40 p. 200 ESSB 5187.SL