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Food Policy Forum

House: Pursuant to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1685 (Washington food policy forum), one-time funding is provided to study the economic development of the local food system in Washington.

2015

Educational Opportunity Gap

House: Funding is provided for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill no. 1541 (educational opportunity gap), implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap based on the recommendations of the educational...

2015

Sexual Assault Exam Kits

House: Funding is provided to implement Substitute House Bill 1068 (sexual assault exam kits). After receiving a sexual assault examination kit, law enforcement agencies must submit a request for laboratory examination to the Washington State...

2015

Crime Victim’s Comp – Child Abuse

Senate: Funding is provided to implement SSB 5897 (suspected victims of child abuse), which allows the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to be made available as a secondary insurer for reimbursement of costs related to the examination of a...

2015

Sick and Safe Employment Leave

House: Expenditure authority is provided for IT upgrades, staff, and other items related to implementing House Bill no. 1356 (sick and safe employment leave).
2015

Outdoor Education and Recreation

Senate: Added funding for the Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program in Senate Ways and Means. This program, also known as “No Child Left Inside”, provides grants for public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, after-school...

2015

Fiscal Impact Statements

Senate: Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5915 establishes a process for the preparation of dynamic fiscal impact statements and dynamic fiscal notes, as well as creation of a work group to explore the creation of a nonpartisan agency to...

2015

Supervised Visitation

House: Funding is provided for contracted vendors to conduct court-ordered supervised visits between children in out-of-home care and their parents and siblings.
2014

At-Risk Youth Intervention

Final: One-time funding is provided for grants to community organizations serving at-risk youth.
2014

Public Health Hotline/I-502

House: Funding is provided for a marijuana use public health hotline, consistent with the provisions of Initiative 502.
2014
Administrative Office of the Courts

Court Research

Senate: Funding for court directed research on best practices, policy and operations of the judicial branch is eliminated. Such efforts could be sustained through contributions from counties, cities and lower courts that directly benefit from...

Administrative Office of the Courts

Judicial Education Programs

Senate: Funding for judicial conferences, continuing education, and training programs is reduced. Costs for these activities can be passed onto program participants.
Administrative Office of the Courts

Operational Reductions

Senate: Funding for the Administrative Office of the Courts operations is reduced 15 percent. Funds for constitutionally mandated salaries and benefits for superior court judges and pass through programs to local governments are not affected.
2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Legal Financial Obligation Grants

Senate: Grants distributed to county clerks for collecting legal financial obligations owed to the state and local governments and crime victims are eliminated. The majority of the funds collected by county clerks benefit the county itself and...

2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs)

House: Pursuant to Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1390 (legal financial obligations), funding is provided to implement changes to laws regarding legal financial obligations.
2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

One Family One Team

House/Senate: Funding is provided for the planning and design of a dependency court improvement demonstration program. The plan must be developed jointly with the one family, one team public private partnership, with a private cash match of $75,...

2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Superior Courts Case Management System

Governor/House/Senate: Funding is requested to continue implementation of the new commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) case management system for the superior courts. This funding will be used to complete Phase 2 (Solution Design & Development),...

2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Juvenile Detention Alternatives

Governor: Funding is requested for intervention programs and detention alternative initiative services to maximize juvenile court services and operations. Probation and detention programs require policy level coordination and quality assurance....

2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Family and Juvenile Court Program

Governor: Funding is requested for expansion of the Family and Juvenile Court Improvement Program (FJCIP). This program, developed as a strategic approach to improving court operations consistent with Unified Family Court principles, is supported...

2015
Administrative Office of the Courts

Office of Public Guardianship

Senate and Final: Funding is provided to the Office of Public Guardianship for the purpose of providing guardianship services to low income and indigent alleged or actual incapacitated persons.
2014

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The Washington State budget tops $30 billion each biennium. These funds are used to support everything from keeping our public schools running, fixing and maintaining our roads, preserving our parks and helping those in need.

Each year, the Governor, House and Senate release their proposed budget – sometimes things align within the budget and other times, they do not. By the end of the legislative session, they come to a mutually agreed upon budget for how funding should be allocated.

At Partners for Our Children, we are interested in how services for vulnerable children and families are funded. But the budget is very dynamic – an increase in one area could mean a decrease in another area, which might not have the best possible outcome in our opinion. That’s why we track the budget until it’s final. If you have any questions about the budget items, let us know.