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to full day slots, and to increase full day slots by 500, beginning 1 in fiscal year 2025. 2 (c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $2,509,000 of the 3 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $3,278,000 4 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are 5 provided solely to increase complex needs grant funds for the early 6 childhood education and assistance program. 7 (d) The department of children, youth, and families must develop 8 a methodology to identify, at the school district level, the 9 geographic locations of where early childhood education and 10 assistance program slots are needed to meet the entitlement specified 11 in RCW 43.216.556. This methodology must be linked to the caseload 12 forecast produced by the caseload forecast council and must include 13 estimates of the number of slots needed at each school district and 14 the corresponding facility needs required to meet the entitlement in 15 accordance with RCW 43.216.556. This methodology must be included as 16 part of the budget submittal documentation required by RCW 43.88.030. 17 (2) The department is the lead agency for and recipient of the 18 federal child care and development fund grant. Amounts within this 19 grant shall be used to fund child care licensing, quality 20 initiatives, agency administration, and other costs associated with 21 child care subsidies. 22 (3) The department of children, youth, and families shall work in 23 collaboration with the department of social and health services to 24 determine the appropriate amount of state expenditures for the 25 working connections child care program to claim towards the state's 26 maintenance of effort for the temporary assistance for needy families 27 program. The departments will also collaborate to track the average 28 monthly child care subsidy caseload and expenditures by fund type, 29 including child care development fund, general fund—state 30 appropriation, and temporary assistance for needy families for the 31 purpose of estimating the annual temporary assistance for needy 32 families reimbursement from the department of social and health 33 services to the department of children, youth, and families. 34 Effective December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department 35 of children, youth, and families must report to the governor and the 36 appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature the total 37 state contribution for the working connections child care program 38 claimed the previous fiscal year towards the state's maintenance of 39 p. 382 ESSB 5187.SL