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receive additional federal temporary assistance for needy families 1 contingency funds in each fiscal year as assumed in the budget 2 outlook. 3 (2) $3,545,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2024 and $3,545,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for naturalization services. 6 (3) $2,366,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024 is provided solely for employment services for refugees and 8 immigrants, of which $1,774,000 is provided solely for the department 9 to pass through to statewide refugee and immigrant assistance 10 organizations for limited English proficiency pathway services; and 11 $2,366,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 12 2025 is provided solely for employment services for refugees and 13 immigrants, of which $1,774,000 is provided solely for the department 14 to pass through to statewide refugee and immigrant assistance 15 organizations for limited English proficiency pathway services. 16 (4) On January 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, the department must 17 report to the governor and the legislature on all sources of funding 18 available for both refugee and immigrant services and naturalization 19 services during the current fiscal year and the amounts expended to 20 date by service type and funding source. The report must also include 21 the number of clients served and outcome data for the clients. 22 (5) To ensure expenditures remain within available funds 23 appropriated in this section, the legislature establishes the benefit 24 under the state food assistance program, pursuant to RCW 74.08A.120, 25 to be 100 percent of the federal supplemental nutrition assistance 26 program benefit amount. 27 (6) The department shall review clients receiving services 28 through the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program, to determine 29 whether they would benefit from assistance in becoming naturalized 30 citizens, and thus be eligible to receive federal supplemental 31 security income benefits. Those cases shall be given high priority 32 for naturalization funding through the department. 33 (7) The department shall continue the interagency agreement with 34 the department of veterans' affairs to establish a process for 35 referral of veterans who may be eligible for veterans' services. This 36 agreement must include out-stationing department of veterans' affairs 37 staff in selected community service office locations in King and 38 Pierce counties to facilitate applications for veterans' services. 39 p. 201 ESSB 5187.SL