Date of Adoption: July 26, 1999.

Purpose: The Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) must establish and emergency rule to allocate funds made available through the state budget for the state plan for homeless families with children. A portion, $2.5 million of CEAP funds were transferred from DSHS to CTED for homelessness prevention.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.330.040 and 43.63A.650.

Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest; and that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

Reasons for this Finding: The state budget transferred $2.5 million in funds for the consolidated emergency assistance program (CEAP) from DSHS to CTED for homelessness prevention. DSHS kept a portion of the funds and established an emergency rule. CTED has no rule for operating CEAP and must establish an emergency rule so that these funds critical to avoiding family homelessness can be used while CTED undertakes the rule-making process.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

July 26, 1999

Julie Baker

Program Manager

The Department shall operate the portion of the Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP) transferred by budget authority from DSHS according to the conditions and procedures for state funding of local emergency shelter programs in WAC 365-010, 020, 030, 040, 050, and 060

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