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(i) The state's strategic plan on prevention of youth 1 homelessness; 2 (ii) Chapter 157, Laws of 2018 (SSB 6560); 3 (iii) Chapter 312, Laws of 2019 (E2SSB 5290); 4 (iv) Efforts to reform family reconciliation services; and 5 (v) Other state initiatives addressing the prevention of youth 6 homelessness. 7 (b) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection 8 programs must use the amounts provided in this subsection to contract 9 with a community-based organization to support the involvement with 10 the work group of young people and families with lived experience of 11 housing instability, child welfare involvement, justice system 12 involvement, or inpatient behavioral health involvement. The 13 community-based organization must serve and be substantially governed 14 by marginalized populations. The amounts provided in this subsection 15 must supplement private funding to support the work group. 16 (33) $22,802,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 17 fiscal year 2024 and $22,803,000 of the general fund—state 18 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to increase 19 existing grantee contracts providing rental or housing subsidy and 20 services for eligible tenants in housing and homeless programs. The 21 department must distribute funding in a manner that will prioritize 22 maintaining current levels of homeless subsidies and services and 23 stabilizing the homeless service provider workforce. 24 (34)(a) $35,000,000 of the climate commitment account—state 25 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer 26 grant funding through the existing network of federal low-income home 27 energy assistance program grantees to provide low-income households 28 with energy utility bill assistance. 29 (b) To qualify for assistance, a household must be below 80 30 percent of the area median income and living in a community that 31 experiences high environmental health disparities. 32 (c) Under the grant program, each household accessing energy bill 33 assistance must be offered an energy assessment that includes 34 determining the household's need for clean cooling and heating system 35 upgrades that improve safety and efficiency while meeting 36 Washington's climate goals. If beneficial, households may be offered 37 grant funding to cover the replacement of inefficient, outdated, or 38 p. 56 ESSB 5187.SL