Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the State Auditor's Office. (General Fund - Federal, Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal)

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Attorney General's Office. Because legal services expenditures are based on consumption, funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive. The methodology to estimate consumption is a two-year average and allows for analysis to incorporate unique agency circumstances. (Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State)

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of hearings performed by the Office of Administrative Hearings. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, Long-Term Servs & Sup Trust Account - State)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Cybersecurity, state network, enterprise and small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - Federal, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, other funds)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) for Capitol campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, General Fund - Federal, other funds)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. See Chapter 11 of the 2023-25 OFM Budget Instructions for allocation methodologies. (General Fund - Federal, Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, other funds)

One-time funds are provided to cover the cost of the increased workload at the Office of Administrative Hearings associated with processing a backlog of unemployment insurance appeals. (Administrative Contingency Account - State)

Funding is provided as ongoing rather than one-time for the Career Connected Learning grants funded in the 2023-25 biennium, in addition to a one-time increase in grant funding for fiscal year 2025. (Workforce Education Investment Acc - State)

Additional one-time funding is provided to bridge the Employment Security Department's gap in federal funding revenue for the state's unemployment insurance program for the 2023-25 biennium. (Administrative Contingency Account - State, Employment Services Administrative - State)

Funding and staffing are provided to increase the Paid Family and Medical Leave program's capacity to process claims and respond to customer inquiries in a timely manner. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State)

Funding is provided for IT staff to complete the remaining components of the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program, including, but not limited to, the collection of overpayments, crossmatching of eligibility with other programs, and elective coverage for tribes. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State)

Unexpended funds and staffing for the Unemployment Insurance overpayment project are shifted from fiscal year 2024 to fiscal year 2025. The department created a dedicated team to process and resolve the unemployment insurance overpayment caseload backlog. (General Fund - State)

Funding is provided for staffing to complete IT system changes to enable the department to waive interest on non-fraudulent unemployment insurance overpayments established between February 2, 2020 and September 4, 2021. (Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal)

Federal expenditure authority is provided for two grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide for disaster-relief employment and training services for people living in Clark, Cowlitz, and Spokane counties affected significantly by the health and economic effects of opioid use, addiction and overdose. (General Fund - Federal)

Funding is provided for the continued replacement of the WorkSource Integrated Technology platform. The replacement system will support statewide workforce administration to ensure adoption of the U.S. Department of Labor's integrated service delivery model and to meet program performance requirements for the state's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other federal grants. Funding covers the continuation of staffing needed due to a project delay, new project staff, additional vendor costs, and reimbursement for the Local Workforce Development Board's participation in the project. (Employment Services Administrative - State)

Funding is provided to increase the retiree health insurance subsidy, adjusting the cap from $183 to $193 per month and raising the base subsidy percentage from 50 percent to 60 percent. The insurance funding rates are set at $1,145 per month for fiscal year 2024 and $1,158 per month for fiscal year 2025. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, General Fund - Federal, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, other funds)

Funding is provided for contribution rate impacts associated with proposed legislation that ensures the continuation of benefit payments through the end of the month in which a retiree or beneficiary dies. (Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, General Fund - Federal, other funds)

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated share of charges for archives and records management services provided by the Secretary of State's Office. (Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal)

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (General Fund - Federal, Family & Medical Leave Insur Acct - State, Unemployment Compensation Admin - Federal, other funds)