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(a) A city or county applying for grant funding shall submit a 1 sheltering proposal that aligns with its local homeless housing plan 2 under RCW 43.185C.050. This proposal must include at a minimum: 3 (i) A strategy for outreach to bring currently unsheltered 4 individuals into shelter; 5 (ii) Strategies for connecting sheltered individuals to services 6 including but not limited to: Behavioral health, chemical dependency, 7 education or workforce training, employment services, and permanent 8 supportive housing services; 9 (iii) An estimate on average length of stay; 10 (iv) An estimate of the percentage of persons sheltered who will 11 exit to permanent housing destinations and an estimate of those that 12 are expected to return to homelessness; 13 (v) An assessment of existing shelter capacity in the 14 jurisdiction, and the net increase in shelter capacity that will be 15 funded with the state grant; and 16 (vi) Other appropriate measures as determined by the department. 17 (b) Eligible uses of funds include shelter operations, shelter 18 maintenance, shelter rent, loan repayment, case management, 19 navigation to other services, efforts to address potential impacts of 20 shelters on surrounding neighborhoods, capital improvements and 21 construction, and outreach directly related to bringing unsheltered 22 people into shelter. The department shall coordinate with local 23 governments to encourage cost-sharing through local matching funds. 24 (c) The department shall not reimburse more than $10,000 per 25 shelter bed prior to occupancy, for costs associated with creating 26 additional shelter capacity or improving existing shelters to improve 27 occupancy rates and successful outcomes. Eligible costs prior to 28 occupancy include acquisition, construction, equipment, staff costs, 29 and other costs directly related to creating additional shelter 30 capacity. 31 (d) For the purposes of this subsection "shelter" means any 32 facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide space for 33 homeless in general or for specific populations of homeless. The 34 shelter must: Be structurally sound to protect occupants from the 35 elements and not pose any threat to health or safety, have means of 36 natural or mechanical ventilation, and be accessible to persons with 37 disabilities, and the site must have hygiene facilities, which must 38 be accessible but do not need to be in the structure. 39 p. 757 ESSB 5187.SL