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WA Rev Code § 43.60A.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.070 - Additional powers and duties of director.

RCW 43.60A.070 Additional powers and duties of director.In addition to other powers and duties, the director is authorized:(1) To cooperate with officers and agencies of the United States in all matters affecting veterans affairs;(2) To accept grants, donations, and gifts on behalf of this state for veterans affairs from any person, corporation, government, or governmental agency, made for the benefit of a former member of the armed forces of this or any other country;(3) To be custodian of all the records and files of the selective service system in Washington that may be turned over to this state by the United States or any department, bureau, or agency thereof; and to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the preservation of such records and the proper use thereof in keeping with their confidential nature;(4) To act without bond as conservator of the estate of a beneficiary of the veterans administration when the director determines no other suitable person will so act;(5) To extend on behalf of the state of Washington such assistance as the director shall determine to be reasonably required to any veteran and to the dependents of any such veteran;(6) To adopt rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, with respect to all matters of administration to carry into effect the purposes of this section. Such proposed rules shall be submitted by the department at the time of filing notice with the code reviser as required by RCW 34.05.320 to the respective legislative committees of the senate and of the house of representatives dealing with the subject of veteran affairs legislation through the offices of the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house of representatives.[ 1989 c 175 § 108; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 115 § 8.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.075 - Powers as to state veterans' homes.

RCW 43.60A.075 Powers as to state veterans' homes.The director of the department of veterans affairs shall have full power to manage and govern the state soldiers' home and colony, the Washington veterans' home, the eastern Washington veterans' home, and the Walla Walla veterans' home.[ 2014 c 184 § 8; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 7; 1977 c 31 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.100 - Counseling services—Veterans, including national guard and reservists.

RCW 43.60A.100 Counseling services—Veterans, including national guard and reservists.The department of veterans affairs, to the extent funds are made available, shall: (1) Contract with professional counseling specialists to provide a range of direct treatment services to state veterans, including national guard and reservists, with military-related mental health needs, and their family members; (2) provide additional treatment services to Washington state Vietnam veterans for posttraumatic stress disorder, particularly for those veterans whose posttraumatic stress disorder has intensified or initially emerged due to war or combat-related stress; (3) provide an educational program designed to train primary care professionals, such as mental health professionals, about the effects of war-related stress, trauma, and traumatic brain injury; (4) provide informational and counseling services for the purpose of establishing and fostering peer-support networks throughout the state for families of deployed members of the reserves and the Washington national guard; (5) provide for veterans' families, a referral network of community mental health providers who are skilled in treating deployment stress, combat stress, posttraumatic stress, traumatic brain injury; and (6) offer training and support for volunteers interested in providing peer-to-peer support to other veterans.[ 2018 c 45 § 1. Prior: 2017 c 192 § 2; 2017 c 185 § 2; 1991 c 55 § 1.]NOTES:Findings—2017 c 192: "The legislature finds that:(1) Veterans are national heroes who have made great sacrifices in their lives for the protection of our nation;(2) Due to the relatively high number of military installations in our state, as well as the standard of living in our state, many veterans choose to live in Washington;(3) Many veterans have a need for support services, including peer-to-peer counseling services. Some veterans need to talk about their experiences with combat, deployment, or other situations experienced during their time in the military. Often, there is no person better prepared to speak with a veteran about his or her experiences than another veteran;(4) In 2009, the state of Texas created an award winning peer-to-peer counseling network, called the military veteran peer network. On a voluntary basis, veterans elect to receive specialized training about the facilitation of group counseling sessions. After receiving their training, the volunteers create peer-to-peer support groups in their local communities;(5) Veterans living in Washington would benefit from a program that is similar to the military veteran peer network." [ 2017 c 192 § 1.]Findings—2017 c 192: See note following RCW 43.41.460.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.101 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.101 - Peer-to-peer support program—Report to the legislature.

RCW 43.60A.101 Peer-to-peer support program—Report to the legislature.By December 31, 2018, the department of veterans affairs must submit a report to the legislature on the veteran peer-to-peer training and support program authorized in RCW 43.60A.100 to determine the effectiveness of the program in meeting the needs of veterans in the state. The report must include the number of veterans receiving peer-to-peer support and the location of such support services; the number of veterans trained through the program to provide peer-to-peer support; and the types of training and support services provided by the program. The report must also include an analysis of peer-to-peer training and support programs developed by other states, as well as in the private and nonprofit sectors, in order to evaluate best practices for implementing and managing the veteran peer-to-peer training and support program authorized in RCW 43.60A.100.[ 2017 c 192 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—2017 c 192: See notes following RCW 43.41.460 and 43.60A.100.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.110 - Counseling—Coordination of programs.

RCW 43.60A.110 Counseling—Coordination of programs.The department shall coordinate the programs contained in RCW 43.60A.100 with the services offered by the department of social and health services, local mental health organizations, and the federal department of veterans affairs to minimize duplication.[ 1991 c 55 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.120 - Counseling—Priority.

RCW 43.60A.120 Counseling—Priority.The department of veterans affairs shall give priority in its counseling and instructional programs to treating state veterans located in rural areas of the state, especially those who are members of traditionally underserved minority groups, and women veterans.[ 1991 c 55 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.130 - Counseling—Posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress program.

RCW 43.60A.130 Counseling—Posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress program.The department of veterans affairs shall design its posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress programs and related activities to provide veterans with as much privacy and confidentiality as possible and yet consistent with sound program management.[ 1991 c 55 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.140 - Veterans stewardship account.

RCW 43.60A.140 Veterans stewardship account.(1) The veterans stewardship account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Disbursements of funds must be on the authorization of the director or the director's designee, and only for the purposes stated in subsection (4) of this section. In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, funds are subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required to permit expenditure of the funds.(2) The department may request and accept nondedicated contributions, grants, or gifts in cash or otherwise, including funds generated by the issuance of the armed forces license plate collection under chapter 46.18 RCW.(3) All receipts from the sale of armed forces license plates and Purple Heart license plates as required under RCW 46.68.425(2) must be deposited into the veterans stewardship account.(4) All moneys deposited into the veterans stewardship account must be used by the department for activities that benefit veterans or their families, including but not limited to, providing programs and services for homeless veterans; establishing memorials honoring veterans; and maintaining a future state veterans' cemetery. Funds from the account may not be used to supplant existing funds received by the department. For the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, moneys deposited into the veterans stewardship account may be used for the department's traumatic brain injury program.[ 2019 c 415 § 965; 2016 c 31 § 4; 2010 c 161 § 1106; 2008 c 183 § 3; 2005 c 216 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 415: See note following RCW 28B.20.476.Effective date—2016 c 31: See note following RCW 46.18.280.Effective date—Intent—Legislation to reconcile chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and other amendments made during the 2010 legislative session—2010 c 161: See notes following RCW 46.04.013.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.150 - Veterans conservation corps—Created.

RCW 43.60A.150 Veterans conservation corps—Created.(1) The Washington veterans conservation corps is created. The department shall establish enrollment procedures for the program. Enrollees may choose to participate in either or both the volunteer projects list authorized in subsection (2) of this section, and the training, certification, ecotherapy, and placement program authorized in RCW 43.60A.151.(2) The department shall create a list of veterans who are interested in working on projects that restore Washington's natural habitat. The department shall promote the opportunity to volunteer for the veterans conservation corps through its local counselors and representatives. Only veterans who grant their approval may be included on the list. The department shall consult with the salmon recovery board, the recreation and conservation funding board, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, the department of agriculture, conservation districts, and the state parks and recreation commission to determine the most effective ways to market the veterans conservation corps to agencies and natural resource partners.[ 2017 c 185 § 3. Prior: 2007 c 451 § 2; 2007 c 241 § 6; 2005 c 257 § 2.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 241: See notes following RCW 79A.25.005.Findings—Purpose—2005 c 257: "The legislature finds that many Washington citizens are veterans of armed forces conflicts that have important skills that may be employed in projects that help to protect and restore Washington's rivers, streams, lakes, marine waters, and open lands, and help to maintain urban and suburban wastewater and stormwater management systems. The legislature further finds that such work has demonstrated benefits for many veterans who are coping with posttraumatic stress disorder or have other mental health or substance abuse disorders related to their service in the armed forces. The legislature further finds that these projects provide an opportunity for veterans to obtain on-the-job training, leading to certification in specific skill sets and to living wage employment in environmental restoration and stewardship. Therefore, it is the purpose of this chapter to create the veterans conservation corps program to assist veterans in obtaining training, certification, and employment in the field of environmental restoration and management, and to provide state funding assistance for projects that restore Washington's waters, forests, and habitat through the participation of veterans." [ 2007 c 451 § 1; 2005 c 257 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.151 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.151 - Veterans conservation corps—Employment assistance—Agreements for educational benefits—Receipt of gifts, grants, or federal moneys.

RCW 43.60A.151 Veterans conservation corps—Employment assistance—Agreements for educational benefits—Receipt of gifts, grants, or federal moneys.(1) The department shall assist veterans enrolled in the veterans conservation corps with obtaining employment in conservation programs and projects that restore Washington's natural habitat, maintain and steward local, state, and federal forestlands and other outdoor lands, maintain and improve urban and suburban stormwater management facilities and other water management facilities, and other environmental maintenance, stewardship, and restoration projects. The department shall consult with the workforce training and education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, the employment security department, and other state agencies administering conservation corps programs, to incorporate training, education, ecotherapy, and certification in environmental restoration and management fields into the program. The department may enter into agreements with community colleges, private schools, conservation districts, state or local agencies, or other entities to provide training, internships, and educational courses as part of the enrollee benefits from the program.(2) The department may receive gifts, grants, federal funds, or other moneys from public or private sources, for the use and benefit of the veterans conservation corps program. The funds shall be deposited to the veterans conservation corps account created in RCW 43.60A.153.[ 2017 c 185 § 4; 2012 c 229 § 820; 2007 c 451 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 229 §§ 101, 117, 401, 402, 501 through 594, 601 through 609, 701 through 708, 801 through 821, 902, and 904: See note following RCW 28B.77.005.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.152 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.152 - Collaboration with departments implementing the Washington conservation corps.

RCW 43.60A.152 Collaboration with departments implementing the Washington conservation corps. The department shall collaborate with the department of ecology and the department of natural resources and any of its partnering agencies in implementing the Washington conservation corps, created in chapter 43.220 RCW, to maximize the utilization of both conservation corps programs. These agencies shall work together to identify stewardship and maintenance projects on public lands that are suitable for work by veterans conservation corps enrollees. The department may expend funds appropriated to the veterans conservation corps program to defray the costs of education, training, and certification associated with the enrollees participating in such projects.[ 2011 c 20 § 13; 2007 c 451 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2011 c 20: See note following RCW 43.220.020.Intent—Application—2011 c 20: See RCW 43.220.905.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.153 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.153 - Veterans conservation corps account.

RCW 43.60A.153 Veterans conservation corps account.The veterans conservation corps account is created in the state treasury. All moneys appropriated to the account or directed to the account from other sources must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes of the veterans conservation corps program.[ 2007 c 451 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.154 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.154 - Agreements with federal entities for projects.

RCW 43.60A.154 Agreements with federal entities for projects.The department shall seek to enter agreements with the bureau of land management, the national park service, the United States forest service, the United States fish and wildlife service, and other federal agencies managing lands or waterways in Washington, for the employment of veterans conservation corps enrollees in maintenance, restoration, and stewardship projects.[ 2017 c 185 § 5; 2007 c 451 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.155 - Cooperation with the salmon recovery funding board regarding project work.

RCW 43.60A.155 Cooperation with the salmon recovery funding board regarding project work.The salmon recovery funding board shall cooperate with the department of veterans affairs to inform salmon habitat project sponsors of the availability of veterans conservation corps enrollees to perform project work. From applications submitted, the board and the department shall identify projects that propose work suitable for corps enrollees and located near where enrollees are based or may be created. The department may provide the project applicants with information regarding the benefits of employing a veterans conservation corps enrollee in the project, as well as training to increase the success of hiring a veteran.[ 2017 c 185 § 6; 2007 c 451 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.160 - Veterans innovations program.

RCW 43.60A.160 Veterans innovations program.(1) There is created in the department a veterans innovations program. The purpose of the veterans innovations program is to provide crisis and emergency relief and education, training, and employment assistance to veterans and their families in their communities.(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for the specific purposes provided in this section, the department must:(a) Establish a process to make veterans and those still serving in the national guard or armed forces reserve aware of the veterans innovations program;(b) Develop partnerships to assist veterans, national guard, or reservists in completing the veterans innovations program application; and(c) Provide funding to support eligible veterans, national guard members, or armed forces reserves for:(i) Crisis and emergency relief; and(ii) Education, training, and employment assistance.[ 2014 c 179 § 1; 2006 c 343 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—2006 c 343: "The legislature finds that:(1) A significant number of Washington citizens answered the call to serve our country in recent military action leaving behind families, community, employment, and education;(2) Many soldiers returning to their families and communities face transition problems in areas such as family reunification, employment, education, and health;(3) While the Washington state department of veterans affairs has provided services to many returning soldiers, a significant number have returned to families and communities without continuing ties to the military department or veterans' administration, but still in need of help; and(4) Our state needs to honor and serve those who have protected our security and safety." [ 2006 c 343 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.175 - Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Rule-making authority.

RCW 43.60A.175 Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Rule-making authority.(1) The department may receive gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the veterans innovations program and spend gifts, grants, or endowments or income from the public or private sources according to their terms, unless the receipt of the gifts, grants, or endowments violates RCW 42.17A.560.(2) The department may adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary to carry out the purposes of RCW 43.60A.160 through 43.60A.185.(3) The department may perform all acts and functions as necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted or implied under chapter 343, Laws of 2006.[ 2014 c 179 § 2; 2011 c 60 § 37; 2006 c 343 § 6.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 c 60: See RCW 42.17A.919.Findings—2006 c 343: See note following RCW 43.60A.160.
WA Rev Code § 43.60A.185 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.|43.60A.185 - Veterans innovations program account.

RCW 43.60A.185 Veterans innovations program account.The veterans innovations program account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes of the veterans innovations program.[ 2014 c 179 § 3; 2010 1st sp.s. c 37 § 924; 2006 c 343 § 8.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 37: See note following RCW 13.06.050.Findings—2006 c 343: See note following RCW 43.60A.160.