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care authority, department of social and health services, and 1 department of commerce shall collaborate on this effort. 2 (19) $958,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2024 and $1,332,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the operations of the long- 5 term care ombudsman program. 6 (20) $1,007,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 7 fiscal year 2024 and $1,007,000 of the general fund—state 8 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 9 department to administer a transitional housing program for 10 nondependent homeless youth. 11 (21) $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 12 year 2024 and $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to establish 14 an identification assistance and support program to assist homeless 15 persons in collecting documentation and procuring an identicard 16 issued by the department of licensing. This program may be operated 17 through a contract for services. The program shall operate in one 18 county west of the crest of the Cascade mountain range with a 19 population of 1,000,000 or more and one county east of the crest of 20 the Cascade mountain range with a population of 500,000 or more. 21 (22)(a) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 22 fiscal year 2024 and $2,500,000 of the general fund—state 23 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office 24 of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to administer 25 flexible funding to support the anchor community initiative and 26 anchor communities through the homeless prevention and diversion fund 27 and serve eligible youth and young adults. The flexible funding 28 administered under this subsection may be used for the immediate 29 needs of eligible youth or young adults. An eligible youth or young 30 adult may receive support under this subsection more than once. 31 (b) Flexible funding provided under this subsection may be used 32 for purposes including but not limited to: 33 (i) Car repair or other transportation assistance; 34 (ii) Rental application fees, a security deposit, or short-term 35 rental assistance; 36 (iii) Offsetting costs for first and last month's rent and 37 security deposits; 38 (iv) Transportation costs to go to work; 39 p. 51 ESSB 5187.SL