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Whatcom Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Fund

Fund 1854 (formerly Fund 127) accounts for state-administered mental-health and developmental-disabilities programs at the county level. State allocations are the primary revenue source, supplemented by a small ...

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About this fund

Fund 1854 (formerly Fund 127) accounts for state-administered mental-health and developmental-disabilities programs at the county level. State allocations are the primary revenue source, supplemented by a small voter-approved property-tax levy that shows up as two line items on Whatcom property tax bills: "Mental Health" and "Dev Disabilities."

Distinct from Fund 1853 (Behavioral Health Program), which is funded by the 0.10% RCW 82.14.460 sales tax and provides direct service contracts for mental and behavioral health services, treatment courts, and the alternative-response programs.

Authorization

The legal basis for the fund.

RCW citation: RCW 71.20 (community MH); RCW 71A (developmental disabilities)

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Discussed in meetings

Real Briefings that mention this fund.
Jun 15, 2026
The Bellingham City Council held its regular meeting on June 15, 2026, completing a moderately active agenda that included one public hearing, several actions emerging from executive session, adoption of the city's ...
Jun 01, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Budget and Finance Committee convened on June 1, 2026, for a single informational item: the formal kickoff of the city's 2027 budget development process. Mayor Kim Lund presented a memo ...
Jun 01, 2026
The Bellingham City Council's Public Health, Safety, Justice and Equity Committee met on June 1, 2026, chaired by Council Member Dan Hammill, with Council Members Huffman and Williams joining as committee members. ...
May 12, 2026
The Whatcom County Council held a significant meeting on May 12, 2026, dominated by extensive public testimony and debate over the proposed Lummi Island ferry taxing district. The council passed the ferry district ...
May 12, 2026
The Whatcom County Council's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee advanced a significant resolution establishing budget parameters for the county's new jail and behavioral care center project, but only after ...
May 05, 2026
The Whatcom County Council held a tense special meeting to consider AB 2026-340, a resolution establishing budget parameters for the proposed county jail and behavioral care center. The session revealed deep divisions ...
Apr 28, 2026
The Whatcom County Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee advanced two major items during a marathon 3+ hour session that exposed significant tensions around emergency services oversight and jail project ...
Apr 28, 2026
The Whatcom County Council's April 28, 2026 meeting became a focal point for community tensions surrounding two major policy debates: the proposed jail expansion versus behavioral health services, and controversial ...
Apr 14, 2026
The Whatcom County Council's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a packed session focused primarily on two major items: amendments to the EMS Oversight Board structure and a comprehensive presentation on ...
Mar 31, 2026
The joint meeting of Whatcom County's Board of Health and Public Health Advisory Board focused on significant health challenges facing the county, including a pertussis outbreak, severe budget cuts, and the launch of a ...

Methodology note

Real Record tracks Fund 1854 as the Mental Health & DD fund. Two property-tax line items on each tax bill ("Mental Health" and "Dev Disabilities") feed this fund alongside state allocations.

Sources: Whatcom County adopted budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs); Chart of Accounts; Real Briefings meeting coverage. Real Record renders the published fund data in plain language; we don't change the numbers. Where the source publishes a different classification than ours, both are shown.