(1) Minimum standards established by the department under RCW 70.123.030 shall ensure that shelters receiving grants under this chapter provide services meeting basic survival needs, where not provided by other means, such as, but not limited to, food, clothing, housing, safety, security, client advocacy, client confidentiality, and counseling. These services shall be problem-oriented and designed to provide necessary assistance to the victims of domestic violence and their children.

     (2) The department shall establish minimum standards that ensure that nonshelter community-based services for victims of domestic violence funded under RCW 70.123.150 provide services designed to enhance safety and security by means such as, but not limited to, client advocacy, client confidentiality, and counseling.

[2006 c 259 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 245 § 4.]