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quality of life and facilitating transit-oriented living in downtown 1 Kent. 2 (((157))) (156)(a) $750,000 of the general fund—state 3 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the 4 department to establish a lifeline support system pilot project to 5 assist individuals who have experienced or are at risk of entering 6 into public systems of care. Public systems of care include office of 7 homeless youth prevention and protection shelter and housing 8 programs, the juvenile justice system, dependency under chapter 13.34 9 RCW, and inpatient behavioral health treatment. 10 (b)(i) The lifeline must function as a no-wrong-door access point 11 for support and connections to services for qualifying individuals 12 who require assistance to overcome a life challenge that could 13 escalate into a crisis, or who are in need of general mentorship and 14 counsel. The lifeline support system must facilitate and promote 15 partnerships across state agencies, federally recognized tribes, 16 counties, and community-based providers to coordinate trauma-informed 17 and culturally responsive services for youth and young adults and 18 their supports. The department is authorized to implement lifeline 19 services through contracts with community partners and nonprofit 20 organizations. 21 (ii) The department must establish a lifeline fund. Moneys in the 22 fund can be used to assist community partners and nonprofit 23 organizations to implement lifeline services when they cannot 24 identify an existing resource to resolve a beneficiary need. The 25 department must establish an application process and criteria for the 26 fund. 27 (c) The department and a nonprofit organization, selected by the 28 office of homeless youth, shall coconvene a work group that will 29 design a lifeline support services system and framework for statewide 30 implementation. This group shall have an inaugural meeting no later 31 than August 31, 2022, and have a design ready no later than October 32 31, 2022. By December 31, 2022, the department, with assistance from 33 the work group, must provide a report to the appropriate committees 34 of the legislature on approaches to continue this pilot project in 35 the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 36 (d) By June 30, 2023, the department, with assistance from the 37 nonprofit organization that coconvened the work group, shall provide 38 a report to the legislature describing the success and shortcomings 39 of the lifeline support system, as well as other data such as 40 p. 809 ESSB 5187.SL