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WA Rev Code § 50.65.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.090 - Authority for income-generating projects—Disposition of income.

RCW 50.65.090 Authority for income-generating projects—Disposition of income.The commissioner may enter into income-generating projects with public or private organizations to further the purposes of this chapter. Moneys received from contractual projects qualifying under this chapter shall be deposited in the state general fund. This section does not apply to conservation corps programs established by chapter 43.220 RCW.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.100 - Work agreements—Nondiscrimination.

RCW 50.65.100 Work agreements—Nondiscrimination.All parties entering into work agreements under this chapter shall agree that they will not discriminate in the providing of any service on the basis of race, creed, ethnic origin, sex, age, or political affiliation.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.110 - Enrollees—Training and subsistence allowance—Medical insurance and medical aid—Notice of coverage.

RCW 50.65.110 Enrollees—Training and subsistence allowance—Medical insurance and medical aid—Notice of coverage.The compensation received shall be considered a training and subsistence allowance. Comprehensive medical insurance, and medical aid shall be paid for the enrollees in the service corps by the commissioner in accordance with the standards and limitations of the appropriation provided for this chapter. The department shall give notice of coverage to the director of labor and industries after enrollment. The department shall not be deemed an employer of an enrollee for any other purpose.Other provisions of law relating to civil service, hours of work, rate of compensation, sick leave, unemployment compensation, old age health and survivor's insurance, state retirement plans, and vacation leave do not apply to enrollees.[ 1987 c 167 § 7; 1985 c 230 § 6; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.120 - Exemption of enrollees from unemployment compensation coverage.

RCW 50.65.120 Exemption of enrollees from unemployment compensation coverage.The services of enrollees placed with supervising agencies described in chapter 50.44 RCW are exempt from unemployment compensation coverage under *RCW 50.44.040(5) and the enrollees shall be so advised by the department.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 12.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 50.44.040 was amended by 2007 c 386 § 1, changing subsection (5) to subsection (4).
WA Rev Code § 50.65.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.130 - Federal and private sector funds and grants.

RCW 50.65.130 Federal and private sector funds and grants.In addition to any other power, duty, or function described by law or rule, the employment security department, through the program established under this chapter, may accept federal or private sector funds and grants and implement such programs relating to community services or employment programs and may enter into contracts respecting such funds or grants. The department may also use funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter as matching funds for federal or private source funds to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The Washington service corps shall be the sole recipient of federal funds for youth employment and conservation corps programs.[ 1987 c 167 § 8; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.138 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.138 - Use of funds for enrollees and projects in distressed areas—Service corps.

RCW 50.65.138 Use of funds for enrollees and projects in distressed areas—Service corps.Sixty percent of the general funds available to the service corps program shall be for enrollees from distressed areas and for projects in distressed areas. A distressed area shall mean:(1) A county which has an unemployment rate which is twenty percent above the state average for the immediately preceding three years;(2) A community which has experienced sudden and severe loss of employment; or(3) An area within a county which area:(a) Is composed of contiguous census tracts;(b) Has a minimum population of five thousand persons;(c) The median household income is at least thirty-five percent below the county's median household income, as determined from data collected for the preceding United States ten-year census; and(d) Has an unemployment rate which is at least forty percent higher than the county's unemployment rate. For purposes of this definition, "families and unrelated individuals" has the same meaning that is ascribed to that term by the federal department of housing and urban development in its regulations authorizing action grants for economic development and neighborhood revitalization projects.[ 1987 c 167 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.143 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.143 - Limitation on use of funds for administration—Service corps.

RCW 50.65.143 Limitation on use of funds for administration—Service corps.(1) Not more than fifteen percent of the funds available for the service corps shall be expended for administrative costs. For the purposes of this chapter, "administrative costs" include, but are not limited to, program planning and evaluation, budget development and monitoring, personnel management, contract administration, administrative payroll, development of program reports, and administrative office space costs and utilities.(2) The fifteen percent limitation does not include costs for any of the following: Program support activities such as direct supervision of enrollees and corpsmembers, counseling, education and job training, equipment, advisory board expenses, and extraordinary recruitment and placement procedures necessary to fill project positions.(3) The total for all items included under subsection (1) of this section and excluded under subsection (2) of this section shall not: (a) Exceed thirty percent of the appropriated funds available during a fiscal biennium for the service and conservation corps programs; or (b) result in an average cost per enrollee or corpsmember from general funds exceeding seven thousand dollars in the 1987-89 biennium and in succeeding biennia as adjusted by inflation factors established by the office of financial management for state budgeting purposes. The test included in (a) and (b) of this subsection are in the alternative, and it is only required that one of the tests be satisfied.[ 1987 c 167 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.200 - Washington serves—Findings—Declaration.

RCW 50.65.200 Washington serves—Findings—Declaration.The legislature finds that:(1) Budget constraints are causing severe gaps and reductions in vital services to local communities and citizens. Some of these gaps in services can be filled by citizen volunteers through an organized program to recruit and place volunteers and to expand opportunities for volunteers to serve their communities;(2) The federal government is proposing expansion of national services programs. These programs may require significant matching resources from states. State funds supporting the Washington serves program can serve as a required matching source to leverage additional federal national service resources;(3) Washington state has, through the Washington service corps, successfully offered service opportunities and meaningful work experience to young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years;(4) The need exists to expand full-time volunteer opportunities to citizens age twenty-one and over, to encourage senior citizens, college graduates, professional and technically skilled persons, and other adult citizens, to contribute their critical expertise, experience, labor, and commitment to meeting the needs of their communities;(5) It is appropriate and in the public's interest for Washington state to create opportunities for citizens to engage in full-time, meaningful volunteer service in governmental or private nonprofit agencies, institutions, programs, or activities that address the social, economic, educational, civic, cultural, or environmental needs of local communities;(6) Through volunteer service, citizens apply their skills and knowledge to the resolution of critical problems or meeting unmet needs, gain valuable experience, refine or develop new skills, and instill a sense of civic pride and commitment to their community;(7) There is a need to coordinate state and federally funded volunteer service programs that provide living allowances and other benefits to volunteers to maximize the benefits to volunteers and the organizations in which they serve.It is therefore the legislature's desire to expand full-time volunteer opportunities for citizens age twenty-one and over and to provide appropriate incentives to those who serve. Such a program should be implemented statewide and coordinated across programs.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.210 - Washington serves—Definitions.

RCW 50.65.210 Washington serves—Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the employment security department.(2) "*Council" means the Washington council on volunteerism and citizen service authorized by chapter 43.150 RCW.(3) "Department" means the employment security department.(4) "Volunteer" means a person at least twenty-one years of age who, upon application and acceptance into the program, is placed in a governmental or private, nonprofit organization to perform full-time service for the benefit of the community, and who receives a living allowance and other benefits as authorized under this chapter.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 43.150.060, which created the Washington state council on volunteerism and citizen service, was repealed by 1995 c 269 § 2302, effective July 1, 1995.
WA Rev Code § 50.65.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.220 - Washington serves—Program—Created—Procedure—Intent.

RCW 50.65.220 Washington serves—Program—Created—Procedure—Intent.There is hereby created within the employment security department a program for full-time community service that shall be known and referred to as the Washington serves program. The department shall recruit, train, place, and evaluate applicants to the program. The department may accept applications and enter into agreements or contracts with any governmental or private nonprofit organization appropriate for placement of volunteers under this program. The commissioner, after consultation with the council, may adopt rules as needed to carry out the intent and purposes of this program. It is the intent of the legislature that the commissioner coordinate this program with all volunteer service programs, whether funded with state or federal dollars, in order to maximize the benefits to volunteers and the communities served under the program. It is also the legislature's intent that to the extent that state funds are paid directly to persons that participate in the program, whether to reimburse, support, assist, or provide other direct payment, no volunteer may have such reimbursement, support, assistance, or other payment reduced or withheld for having served in the program.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.230 - Washington serves—Applicants—Eligibility.

RCW 50.65.230 Washington serves—Applicants—Eligibility.(1) Applicants to the Washington serves program shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of Washington state.(2) Applicants may apply to serve for a period of service of one year, except that volunteers may serve for periods of service of less than one year if it is determined by the commissioner, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than one year is necessary to meet a critical scarce skill or necessary to enable a person or organization to participate in the program.(3) Volunteers may reapply for periods of service totaling not more than two additional years.(4) Applicants to the program shall be committed to providing full-time service to the community.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.240 - Washington serves—Disqualification for Washington service corps participation.

RCW 50.65.240 Washington serves—Disqualification for Washington service corps participation.No individual may participate in the Washington serves program created by chapter 7, Laws of 1993 sp. sess., if the person has previously participated for six months or longer in the Washington service corps within the last three years.[ 1993 c 302 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.
WA Rev Code § 50.65.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.250 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Selection—Placement.

RCW 50.65.250 Washington serves—Volunteers—Selection—Placement.(1) Program volunteers shall be selected from among qualified individuals submitting applications for full-time service at such time, in such form, and containing such information as may be necessary to evaluate the suitability of each individual for service, and available placements. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review the application of each individual who applies in conformance with selection criteria established by the commissioner after consultation with the council, and who, on the basis of the information provided in the application, is determined to be suitable to serve as a volunteer under the Washington serves program. (2) Within available funds, volunteers may be placed with any public or private nonprofit organization, program, or project that qualifies to accept program volunteers according to the rules and application procedures established by the commissioner. Work shall benefit the community or state at large and may include but is not limited to programs, projects, or activities that:(a) Address the problems of jobless, homeless, hungry, illiterate, or functionally illiterate persons, and low-income youths;(b) Provide support and a special focus on those project activities that address the needs of the unemployed and those in need of job training or retraining;(c) Address significant health care problems, including services to homeless individuals and other low-income persons, especially children, through prevention and treatment;(d) Meet the health, education, welfare, or related needs of low-income persons, particularly children and low-income minority communities;(e) Provide care or rehabilitation services to the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or other persons with disabilities;(f) Address the educational and education-related needs of children, youth, families, and young adults within public educational institutions or related programs;(g) Address alcohol and drug abuse prevention, education, and related activities; and(h) Seek to enhance, improve, or restore the environment or that educate or advocate for a sustainable environment.(3) Every reasonable effort shall be made to place participants in programs, projects, or activities of their choice if the agencies, programs, or activities are consistent with the intent and purposes of the Washington serves program, if there is mutual agreement between the agency, program, or activity and the volunteer, and if the volunteer's service is consistent with the intent and purpose of the program and would benefit the community or the state as a whole.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.260 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Support.

RCW 50.65.260 Washington serves—Volunteers—Support.(1) Volunteers accepted into the Washington serves program and placed in an approved agency, program, or activity, shall be provided a monthly subsistence allowance in an amount determined by the commissioner taking into consideration the allowance given to VISTA, Washington service corps, and other similar service programs. For those persons who qualify and are granted a deferment of federal student loan payments while serving in the program, the rate of compensation shall be equal to but not greater than the monthly subsistence allowance granted Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) serving in this state, as determined by the national ACTION agency or its successor, in accordance with section 105(b)(2) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, P.L. 93-113, as amended.(2) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall, within available funds, ensure that each volunteer has available support to enable the volunteer to perform the work to which the volunteer is assigned. Such support may include, but is not limited to, reimbursement for travel expenses, payment for education and training expenses, including preservice and on-the-job training necessary for the performance of duties, technical assistance, and other support deemed necessary and appropriate. (3) At the end of each volunteer's period of service of not less than one year, each volunteer may receive a postservice stipend for each month of completed service in an amount determined by the commissioner. The postservice stipend for those persons who qualify and are granted a deferment of federal student loan payments while serving in this program shall be an amount equal to but not greater than the amount or rate determined by the national ACTION agency or its successor, in accordance with section 105(b)(2) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, P.L. 93-113 as amended, for Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA), who are providing services in this state. Volunteers under the Washington serves program may accrue the stipend for each month of their service period of not less than one year, including any month during which they were in training. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, on an individual basis, make an exception to provide a stipend to a volunteer who has served less than one year.(4) Stipends shall be payable to the volunteer only upon completion of the period of service. Under circumstances determined by the commissioner, the stipend may be paid on behalf of the volunteer to members of the volunteer's family or others designated by the volunteer.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.270 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Medical benefits—Benefit limits.

RCW 50.65.270 Washington serves—Volunteers—Medical benefits—Benefit limits.Within available funds, medical aid coverage under chapter 51.36 RCW and medical insurance shall be provided to all volunteers under this program. The department shall give notice of medical aid coverage to the director of labor and industries upon acceptance of the volunteer into the program. The department shall not be deemed an employer of any volunteer under the Washington serves program for any other purpose. Other provisions of law relating to civil service, hours of work, rate of compensation, sick leave, unemployment compensation, old age, health and survivor's insurance, state retirement plans, and vacation leave do not apply to volunteers under this program.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.280 - Washington serves—Displacement of current workers prohibited.

RCW 50.65.280 Washington serves—Displacement of current workers prohibited.The assignment of volunteers under the Washington serves program shall not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, including partial displacement such as would result from a reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits. Participating agencies, programs, or activities may not terminate, lay off, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the purpose of using volunteers under the Washington serves program. In circumstances where substantial efficiencies or a public purpose may result, participating agencies may use volunteers to carry out essential agency work or contractual functions without displacing current employees.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.290 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Unemployment compensation coverage limited.

RCW 50.65.290 Washington serves—Volunteers—Unemployment compensation coverage limited.The services of volunteers placed with participating agencies described in chapter 50.44 RCW are not eligible for unemployment compensation coverage. Each volunteer shall be so advised by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.300 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Assistance to defer student loan payments.

RCW 50.65.300 Washington serves—Volunteers—Assistance to defer student loan payments.The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may assist any volunteer serving full-time under the Washington serves program in obtaining a service deferment of federally funded student loan payments during his or her period of service.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 50.65.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps.|50.65.310 - Washington serves—Volunteers—Subsequent development of skills and experience—Recognition.

RCW 50.65.310 Washington serves—Volunteers—Subsequent development of skills and experience—Recognition.The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may provide or arrange for educational, vocational, or job counseling for program volunteers at the end of their period of service to (1) encourage volunteers to use the skills and experience which they have derived from their training and service, and (2) promote the development of appropriate opportunities for the use of such skills and experience, and the placement therein of such volunteers. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may also assist volunteers in developing a plan for gainful employment.The commissioner shall provide for an appropriate means of recognition or certification of volunteer service.[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 11.]