Advance Payment for Small Organizations and Tribes
Agency
Commerce, Department of
Title of action
Advance Payment for Small Organizations and Tribes
Date significant agency action was initiated
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Category
Agency-request legislation
Brief description of significant agency actions for which the agency is initiating an environmental justice assessment.
Proposing a new section in Chapter 43.330 RCW that allows Commerce to provide advance payment with small organizations and tribes. Payments would be no more than 25% of contract, or three months of projected contractual expenses, whichever is smaller. Commerce shall have risk mitigation strategy to ensure clarity and efficiency of fund disbursement. This ARL benefits communities by decreasing barriers to access funding which may improve health and wellbeing.
Methods for providing public comment for agency consideration as part of the environmental justice assessment.
This ARL came from communities' and tribes' input over the course of several years. Reimbursement-based funding has continued to be a barrier for smaller entities to contract with Commerce. Once the EJA is posted, public comment can be sent via email to Kyle.Glitchell@commerce.wa.gov. Other methods are TBD.
Link to agency webpage where the action is posted.
Status
Explain briefly why the action did not move forward.
ARL did not move forward
