Almost 700,000 WA households receive $200 credit for electric bills
Nearly 700,000 Washington households received a $200 credit on their electricity bills in recent weeks — one of the state’s most visible investments to date under a climate law that is now in the hands of voters. State Department of Commerce officials estimated 685,113 low- and moderate-income households got the one-time credit as of Thursday, roughly 10,000 more than predicted when Gov. Jay Inslee launched the program in July.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Ken Lambert)
Washington joins national campaign to curb recidivism among people exiting prison
Gov. Jay Inslee issued an executive order Monday to deepen and expand Washington’s efforts to prepare individuals for successful reentry in communities upon leaving prison. His order calls for developing “a comprehensive entry and exit process” tailored to each person’s needs in areas such as housing, employment, health care, substance use treatment, and mental health services. It also seeks to ensure each person has a Washington identification card or driver’s license and information on how to access social services. Continue reading at The WA State Standard. (Office of the Governor)
After budget cuts, juvenile probation counselors struggle to keep up with youth crime surge
In Washington state, every youth charged with a crime gets a juvenile probation counselor whose job is to figure out how they ended up in trouble — and how to keep them out of it. In King County, juvenile probation counselors say they are buckling under the weight of unmanageable caseloads following recent budget cuts and an increase in serious youth crime. Court staff say the caseloads ballooned after the county created a new program in 2021 meant to keep more young people out of the court system. It sent kids accused of first-time misdemeanors and lower-level felonies to community groups for intervention, rather than to diversion overseen by the court and probation counselors. Continue reading at KUOW. (Megan Farmer)
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