Congress approves $5M for Everett's opioid crisis, child care needs
EVERETT — Everett now has more than $5 million in federal dollars to improve crisis response and child care access.
Last month, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray helped secure $4.5 million for Everett to develop an alternative crisis response program to help those with mental and behavioral health needs. Murray also convinced Congress to approve $1 million for the YMCA of Snohomish County to expand its child care and early education programs.
Congress approved the money a month after Murray, with bodyguards in tow, toured the YMCA and held a fentanyl roundtable at a fire station in Everett.
Murray, a top-ranking Senate Democrat and chair of the appropriations committee, helped pass two federal spending packages last month for fiscal year 2024. The packages allocated $5.16 billion to Washington — including nearly $242 million for local projects. The money for crisis response and child care is another win for Everett, as federal legislators also passed $19 million to construct 88 homes for those stationed at the city’s Navy base.
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