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date by service type and funding source. The report must also include 1 the number of clients served and outcome data for the clients. 2 (5) To ensure expenditures remain within available funds 3 appropriated in this section, the legislature establishes the benefit 4 under the state food assistance program, pursuant to RCW 74.08A.120, 5 to be one hundred percent of the federal supplemental nutrition 6 assistance program benefit amount. 7 (6) The department shall review clients receiving services 8 through the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program, to determine 9 whether they would benefit from assistance in becoming naturalized 10 citizens, and thus be eligible to receive federal supplemental 11 security income benefits. Those cases shall be given high priority 12 for naturalization funding through the department. 13 (7) The department shall continue the interagency agreement with 14 the department of veterans' affairs to establish a process for 15 referral of veterans who may be eligible for veterans' services. This 16 agreement must include out-stationing department of veterans' affairs 17 staff in selected community service office locations in King and 18 Pierce counties to facilitate applications for veterans' services. 19 (8) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 20 year 2022 and $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for operational support of the 22 Washington information network 211 organization. 23 (9) $609,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2022 and $380,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 25 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the implementation of 26 section 2, chapter 9, Laws of 2021 (SHB 1151) (public assistance), a 27 state-funded cash benefit program and transitional food assistance 28 program for households with children that are recipients of the 29 supplemental nutrition assistance program of the food assistance 30 program but are not recipients of the temporary assistance for needy 31 families program. 32 (10) $377,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 33 year 2022 and $377,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 34 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the consolidated emergency 35 assistance program. 36 (11) $77,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 37 year 2022 is provided solely for the department to conduct a study, 38 jointly with the poverty reduction work group, on the feasibility of 39 p. 941 ESSB 5187.SL