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WHATCOM COUNTY — Children's Initiative
Programs for children, youth, and families administered by the county Health and Community Services department.
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WHATCOM COUNTY
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Cumulative collected
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Latest year levy
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Latest rate / $1,000
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Growth since 2018
About this levy
Whatcom County's Children's Initiative is a voter-approved property-tax levy supporting programs for children, youth, and families — administered through the county Health and Community Services Department.
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Programs funded
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Discussed in meetings
Real Briefings that mention this levy.
Whatcom County Council held a closed-door executive session on Tuesday morning to discuss three separate potential litigation matters with county attorneys. The 80-minute session, which ran 12 minutes over its scheduled ...
The Whatcom County Public Works and Health Committee met for a brief 36-minute session focused on two key items: a presentation from the Child and Family Wellbeing Task Force on the 2026 Healthy Children's Fund Report ...
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 ...
The Whatcom County Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee meeting on April 14, 2026, began as a routine consent agenda session but erupted into a heated confrontation over legal authority regarding a ...
The Whatcom County Council Committee of the Whole convened a brief 20-minute executive session Tuesday morning to discuss pending litigation with their attorneys regarding a legal challenge to an initiative aimed at ...
Whatcom County Council advanced multiple comprehensive plan chapters on April 7, 2026, in a marathon committee session focused primarily on water adjudication policies and agricultural land protections. The most ...
The 18th Annual Lake Whatcom Joint Councils and Commissioners Meeting brought together officials from Whatcom County, Bellingham, and Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer District to review 2025 progress and discuss 2026 ...
The 18th annual Lake Whatcom joint meeting brought together all three governing bodies responsible for managing the region's primary drinking water source, serving over 120,000 residents. This year's meeting marked a ...
The Whatcom County Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee received a comprehensive update on the Justice Project, which includes both a new jail facility and Behavioral Care Center (BCC). Deputy Executive Shot ...
Whatcom County Council held a contentious 3-hour meeting centered on a proposed 0.1% sales tax for criminal justice purposes, with the evening dominated by extensive public testimony and heated council debate over ...