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Administration  \nCommunity Services Division / Office of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance  \nPO Box 45857  \nOlympia, WA 98504-5857  \n(360) 890-0691  \n[https://www.dshs.wa.gov/esa/office-refugee-and-immigrant-assistance](https://www.dshs.wa.gov/esa/office-refugee-and-immigrant-assistance)  \nTable of Contents  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................... 3  \nProgram Overview .................................................................................................................... 3  \nOutreach Participants ............................................................................................................... 5  \nProgram Budget and Expenditures ........................................................................................... 5  \nProgram Outcomes ................................................................................................................... 6  \nChanges and Challenges .......................................................................................................... 6  \nBACKGROUND ........................................................................................ 7  \nELIGIBLE POPULATION..........................................................................9  \nOutreach Participants ............................................................................................................... 9  \nPOPULATION SERVED ......................................................................... 10  \nTotal Number of Participants in DSHS Naturalization Services Program SFY 2021-2025 ....... 11  \nNumber of Unduplicated Participants by Benefit Type in SFY 20258 ...................................... 12  \nNumber of Refugees/Non-Refugees on ABD/SSI in SFY 20259 ............................................. 12  \nSERVICES .............................................................................................. 13  \nTest Exemptions and Accommodations .................................................................................. 16  \nOutreach Participants ............................................................................................................. 17  \nNaturalization Completion Reporting....................................................................................... 17  \nPROGRAM FUNDING............................................................................. 17  \nPROGRAM DISBURSEMENTS .............................................................. 18  \nProgram Expenditures, SFY 2025........................................................................................... 19  \nPROGRAM OUTCOMES ........................................................................20  \nSFY 2021-2025 Outcomes...................................................................................................... 20  \nTotal Number of Naturalized Participants, SFY 2021-202511 ................................................. 22  \nBARRIERS TO NATURALIZATION........................................................23  \nAPPENDIX A........................................................................................... 25  \nBASIC INFORMATION ON BECOMING A UNITED STATES CITIZEN .................................. 25  \nAPPENDIX B........................................................................................... 27  \nSFY 2025 NATURALIZATION CONTRACTS ......................................................................... 27  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY  \nChapter 424 , Laws of 2025 (ESSB 5167 Section 205 (4)) requires the Department of Social and Health Services to report to the Legislature annually on all sources of available funding for naturalization services during the current fiscal year, amounts expended to date by service type and funding source, the number of participants served, and 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