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(c) By June 30, 2025, the department shall report to the 1 legislature regarding the success and shortcomings of the lifeline 2 support system, request-for-service outcomes, and the demographics of 3 beneficiaries. 4 (57) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 5 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit 7 organization to provide legal aid in subjects including, but not 8 limited to, criminal law and civil rights cases for underserved 9 populations focusing on Black gender-diverse communities. The grant 10 recipient must be a nonprofit organization with offices in Seattle 11 and Tacoma and with a mission to provide intersectional legal and 12 social services for Black intersex and gender-diverse communities in 13 Washington. 14 (58) $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 15 year 2024 and $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit 17 organization within the city of Tacoma that provides social services 18 and educational programming to assist Latino and indigenous 19 communities in honoring heritage and culture through the arts, and in 20 overcoming barriers to social, political, economic, and cultural 21 community development. Of the amounts provided in this subsection: 22 (a) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 23 year 2024 and $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for education and training 25 programming in community health organizing, "promotora" health 26 education, grassroots organizing, leadership development, and civic 27 engagement focused on Latino and indigenous community members; and 28 (b) $38,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 29 year 2024 and $38,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for advocacy, translation 31 services, emergency housing, and other services for victims of crime 32 and domestic violence. 33 (59) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to provide grants to 35 nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, religious 36 nonprofits, to fund the physical security of such institutions. Grant 37 recipients must have reasons to believe they have been subject to 38 security threats and must demonstrate a need for enhanced security. 39 p. 67 ESSB 5187.SL