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appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a targeted 1 grant program to transition persons residing in encampments to safer 2 housing opportunities, with an emphasis on ensuring individuals 3 living unsheltered reach permanent housing solutions. Eligible grant 4 recipients include local governments and nonprofit organizations 5 operating to provide housing or services. The department may provide 6 funding to state agencies to ensure individuals accessing housing 7 services are also able to access other wrap-around services that 8 enable them to obtain housing such as food, personal identification, 9 and other related services. Local government and nonprofit grant 10 recipients may use grant funding to provide outreach, housing, case 11 management, transportation, site monitoring, and other services 12 needed to assist individuals residing in encampments and on public 13 rights-of-way with moving into housing. 14 (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection: 15 (i) No less than $120,000,000 must be used for housing services 16 for persons residing on state-owned rights-of-way; and 17 (ii) All remaining funds may be used for housing services for 18 persons residing in encampments, including encampments located on 19 public lands, as defined in RCW 79.02.010, or state parks and 20 parkways. 21 (c) Grant criteria must include, but are not limited to: 22 (i) Whether a site where the grantee will conduct outreach and 23 engagement has been identified as a location where individuals 24 residing in encampments or on the public right-of-way are in specific 25 circumstances or physical locations that expose them to especially or 26 imminently unsafe conditions; 27 (ii) A commitment to resolve encampments through extensive 28 outreach followed by matching individuals with temporary lodging or 29 permanent housing that is reasonably likely to fit with their actual 30 needs and situation, is noncongregate whenever possible, and takes 31 into consideration individuals' immediate and long-term needs and 32 abilities to achieve and maintain housing stability; 33 (iii) A commitment to transition individuals who are initially 34 matched to temporary lodging into a permanent housing placement 35 within six months except under unusual circumstances; 36 (iv) Local government readiness and capacity to enter into and 37 fulfill the grant requirements as applicable; and 38 (v) Other criteria as identified by the department. 39 p. 58 ESSB 5187.SL