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offender is included in the contract rate, the contract rate may 1 exceed five percent to include the cost of that service. 2 (b) The department shall engage in ongoing mitigation strategies 3 to reduce the costs associated with community supervision violators, 4 including improvements in data collection and reporting and 5 alternatives to short-term confinement for low-level violators. 6 (c) $1,233,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024 and $88,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to acquire and implement a 9 sentencing calculation module for the offender management network 10 information system and is subject to the conditions, limitations, and 11 review requirements of section 701 of this act. This project must use 12 one discrete organizational index across all department of 13 corrections programs. Implementation of this sentencing calculation 14 module must result in a reduction of tolling staff within six months 15 of the project implementation date and the department must report 16 this result. In addition, the report must include the budgeted and 17 actual tolling staffing levels by fiscal month beginning with fiscal 18 year 2023 and the count of tolling staff reduced by fiscal month from 19 date of implementation through six months post implementation. The 20 report must be submitted to the senate ways and means and house 21 appropriations committees within 30 calendar days after six months 22 post implementation. 23 (d) $110,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2025 is provided solely for the amend collaboration and training 25 program. 26 (e) $1,409,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 27 year 2024 and $1,386,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for staffing and operational 29 costs to operate the Bellingham reentry center as a state-run 30 facility. 31 (f) $1,320,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 32 year 2024 and $1,320,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 33 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for staffing and operational 34 costs to operate the Helen B. Ratcliff reentry center as a state-run 35 facility. 36 (g) $18,813,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2024 and $19,027,000 of the general fund—state 38 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for reentry 39 p. 351 ESSB 5187.SL