OLYMPIA, Wash. – Governor Inslee has approved more funding for a variety of programs across the state.
Yesterday, Thursday, March 31st, he signed off on the $64.1 billion supplemental state budget.
The budget provides funds for statewide programs, ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response in the public health system.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year.
The spending plan benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year.
Additionally, Washington still has more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds, which has been incorporated into the overall spending plan.
Inslee also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that will tackle housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools.