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Whatcom County staff: state lawmakers did not fund behavioral-care design; short-term help for crisis centers falls short of fixes
Summary
County staff reported that the 2025 state legislative session did not provide a capital design grant for the county's behavioral-care center and that only limited, short-term operating allocations were advanced for crisis stabilization facilities; task force members were urged to continue advocacy and planning for sustainable operating models.
WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Kayla from the county executive's office briefed the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force on May 12 about outcomes from the 2025 state legislative session relevant to the Justice Project and behavioral-care facilities.
Kayla said the county requested approximately $800,000 in state capital funding to support design work for the planned behavioral-care center; that request was not approved. "We asked, I…
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