$3M to develop a clean energy transformation strategy that transitions the Seattle campus energy infrastructure to 100% clean energy. Shifts M&O funds back to the state operating budget from the UW Building Account, allowing the UW to invest in critical building renewal and deferred maintenance. $10.3M in maintenance and operations (M&O) for UW Bothell’s STEM4 building, the UW Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, and the Behavioral Health Teaching Facility at UW Medical Center-Northwest. $4.3M to expand the UW School of Dentistry RIDE program, which is located in Spokane and trains dentists to meet the needs of rural and underserved populations. $2.85M for the UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology to add 55 graduates in computer science and engineering by FY27. $1.7M for the UW Bothell School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics to develop a program modeled after STARS to support 75 pre-major students in accessing and graduating with computer science degrees. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering to add 100 annual graduates by FY27. $10.6M to grow a local, more diverse STEM workforce pipeline at all three UW campuses:. $6.6M in one-time funding for the Behavioral Health Teaching Facility for physician and faculty support. $100M in one-time funding in FY23 for UW Medicine to alleviate significant labor costs and sustain clinical operations at UWMC and Harborview so they can continue to serve as the state’s safety-net and health care workforce training hospitals. $6.4M for state approved CBAs for represented employees, including one-time payments for retention and COVID-19 boosters. $26.9M for salary increases of 4% in FY24 and 3% in FY25 nonrepresented faculty and staff with additional funds provided to improve the fund split to two-thirds state funding. The Governor’s proposal also funded a majority of the University of Washington’s legislative priorities and a few additional items including: Finally, his climate package devotes funding to improving siting and permitting for clean energy and transmission, helping the salmon recover and thrive, and mobilizing a future clean energy workforce. To expand access to behavioral health care, the Governor proposes increasing treatment bed capacity, providing additional services for children and youth, growing the workforce, and improving provider rates. His proposal dedicates $4 billion over the next six years to increase the supply of affordable housing across the state, including higher density development along transportation corridors. The Governor’s proposed operating budget prioritizes addressing the state’s homelessness and housing crisis, improvements to the behavioral health system, and climate action. Jay Inslee unveiled his 2023-25 operating and capital budget proposals, as the first step in the state budget process. 9 and for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators will meet in person in Olympia to decide the state’s biennial budget and policy. We appreciate your support of the UW! Governor releases 2023-25 biennial budget proposals with substantial UW investments Inslee, for speaking with our state’s future physicians. Together, the UW and Gonzaga strive to expand medical education, to encourage more health professionals to learn and work in Eastern Washington, and to improve the health and wellbeing of Washington state. The new medical education facility, along with the adjacent Spokane Inland Empire Railroad (SIERR) building, creates a novel health care innovation cluster for the health science and medical industry in Spokane. Inslee stopped by a classroom to see the students learning and took the opportunity to connect with them. The students receive training in basic science and clinical education, as well as training specific to rural and underserved communities. The building has state-of-the-art classrooms, anatomy labs, research and innovation centers, and study spaces. 
Developed through a public-private partnership with McKinstry, the 80,000 square-foot building aims to help Washington state address the growing shortage of primary care physicians, particularly in rural and underserved communities.įor the UW, the new facility houses the first 18 months of the UW School of Medicine in Spokane’s medical education program and the MEDEX Northwest physician assistant education program.
Today, Governor Jay Inslee toured the UW School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Regional Health Partnership’s (RHP) new center for medical education, health sciences, and innovation in Spokane.
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