I am working to bring funding to local prevention and recovery services.
Bring funding to local prevention and recovery services for fentanyl addiction.
Occurrences
Evidence
"Fentanyl is a growing threat in our communities. I believe that addiction is a disease, and I am working to bring funding to local prevention and recovery services."
Larsen requested $42,399,656 for fifteen local projects in the Fiscal Year 2025 spending bill... "Investing in Community Services" included "Lummi Indian Business Council’s Lummi Detox Center" to support construction of a stabilization and withdrawal management facility... for Tribal members impacted by the opioid crisis. ($10,430,485)
Representative Rick Larsen cheered the reinstatement of nearly $2 billion in grants to SAMHSA, including seven Health Care Authority-administered grants in Washington state... addressing issues from youth overdose prevention to prenatal and postpartum care for women.
"I have worked with my colleagues in Congress to bring home federal dollars to fund addiction recovery, public safety and law enforcement locally." The release says the FY2026 package included $7.4 billion for SAMHSA and that Larsen will keep fighting for legislative solutions.
Assessments
Larsen made concrete efforts and can point to some funding-related results for addiction recovery and overdose prevention, including support for SAMHSA funding, reinstated Washington addiction and mental health grants, and a requested local detox/recovery facility project. However, the evidence does not clearly show a fully delivered, specific appropriation to local fentanyl prevention and recovery services in his district matching the promise end to end; some items are broad statewide/federal funding or requests rather than confirmed local delivery. Therefore the promise is best rated partial, with credit for serious legislative funding efforts.