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Washin$on Associalion of <br />SHERIFFS & <br />P|ITICE GHIEFS <br />3060 Willamette Drive NE <br />Lacey, WA 98516 <br />360-486-2380 (Phone) <br />360486-2381 (Fax) <br />www.waspc.org <br />Presidenl <br />Sheriff Kevin Morris <br />Douglas County <br />President.Elect <br />Chief Danell Lowe <br />City of Redmond <br />Vice President <br />Sheriff John Nowels <br />Spokane County <br />Past President <br />Chief Steve Crown <br />City of Wenatchee <br />Treasurer <br />Chief Brett Vance <br />City of Montesano <br />Executive Board <br />Chief Michelle Benneft <br />City of Edmonds <br />Chief Rebecca Mertzig <br />City of Bellingham <br />Sheriff Clay Myers <br />Kiftitas County <br />Chief Rafael Padilla <br />City of Kent <br />Sheriff James Raymond <br />Franklin County <br />Sheriff Brad Thurman <br />Cowlitz County <br />Chief Sam White <br />Lower Elwha Klallam <br />Police Department <br />Chief John Batiste <br />Washington State Patrol <br />Richard Collodi, SAC <br />FBI-Seattle <br />Steven D. Strachan <br />Executive Director <br />June t2,2O23 <br />SHERIFF CLAY MYERS <br />KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF's OFFICE <br />307 W. UMPTANUM ROAD <br />ELLENSBU RG, W A 98926-6720 <br />Dear Sheriff Clay Myers: <br />Subject: Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Grant Program. <br />The Washington State Legislature allocated S9.9 million dollars over the 2023-2025 <br />biennium for the Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Grant Program. This <br />year, local agencies will receive 54,81 million dollars to conduct face-to-face address <br />verifications for registered sex and kidnapping offenders as directed by RCW 94.44.130. <br />ln 201-0, this grant program was established with the intentthat all sex offenders and <br />kidnapping offenders would be verified at their registered address by the Sheriff's <br />Office. This face-to-face address verification is important to maintain accuracy of the <br />Sex Offender Registry and to enforce the sex offender registration laws of Washington <br />State. lt is important that this money continue to be used for its intended purpose. <br />I am pleased to inform you that the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office will receive <br />570,000.00 for the Registered Sex Offender Address Verification Program. The grant <br />cycle will follow the state fiscal year, starting July L, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. <br />Quarterly grant reports are due on October LO,2023, January tO, 2024, April LO,2024, <br />and July L0, 2024. Quarterly grant reports are to be completed electronically and will <br />be emailed to RSO Coordinators, Reports must be received by WASPC prior to quarterly <br />grant payments being issued to your agency. <br />Address verification funds are designed to support all aspects of registered sex offender <br />address verification. Most importantly, funds are reouired to be used for face-to-face <br />verification of a sex offender's address at the place of residencv. <br />For Level I Offenders-face-to-face address verification will occur once every <br />twelve months. <br />For Level Il Offenders-face-to-face address verification will occur once every six <br />months, <br />For Level lll Offenders-face-to-face address verification will occur once every <br />three months. <br />For the purposes of this grant, unclassified offenders and kidnapping offenders <br />are considered level I offenders, unless the local jurisdiction sets a higher <br />classification in the interest of public safety. <br />a <br />a <br />a <br />a <br />Serving the Law Enforcement Community and the Citizens of Washington