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(C) $370,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2024 and $370,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to pay the 3 background check application and fingerprint processing fees. 4 (D) $61,847,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2024 and $61,847,000 of the general fund—state 6 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are for a cost of care rate 7 enhancement. 8 (c) Funding in this subsection must be expended with internal 9 controls that provide child-level detail for all transactions. 10 (d) On July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, the department, in 11 collaboration with the department of social and health services, must 12 report to the governor and the appropriate fiscal and policy 13 committees of the legislature on the status of overpayments in the 14 working connections child care program. The report must include the 15 following information for the previous fiscal year: 16 (i) A summary of the number of overpayments that occurred; 17 (ii) The reason for each overpayment; 18 (iii) The total cost of overpayments; 19 (iv) A comparison to overpayments that occurred in the past two 20 preceding fiscal years; and 21 (v) Any planned modifications to internal processes that will 22 take place in the coming fiscal year to further reduce the occurrence 23 of overpayments. 24 (e) Within available amounts, the department in consultation with 25 the office of financial management shall report enrollments and 26 active caseload for the working connections child care program to the 27 governor and the legislative fiscal committees and the legislative- 28 executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force on an 29 agreed upon schedule. The report shall also identify the number of 30 cases participating in both temporary assistance for needy families 31 and working connections child care. The department must also report 32 on the number of children served through contracted slots. 33 (5) $2,362,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2024 and $2,362,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 35 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to increase the nonstandard 36 hours bonus to $135 per child per month. 37 p. 384 ESSB 5187.SL