WSAM will join forces with the Washington Recovery Alliance for our first annual advocacy Day on the Hill in Olympia on February 5, 2026.

This year, we’re focusing on the following Legislative Priorities:

• Protect Frontline, Low-Barrier Crisis Response and Recovery Navigation Services. Preserve person-first interventions that help individuals navigate complex systems and access long-term recovery supports, stable housing, and essential services. Strengthen communitybased crisis response, stabilization, diversion, and public safety programs, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and the Recovery Navigator Program (RNP). On-the-ground coordination creates timely, relational, and low-barrier entry points into care. LEAD, RNP, and similar initiatives have demonstrated success in reducing both adverse engagement and costs to the healthcare and criminal justice systems.
•  Preserve and Expand Inclusive, Recovery-Supportive Housing Options.Protect and sustain competitive grant funding for Level 2 (Type M | Monitored) and Level 3 (Type S | Supervised) recovery housing, including models that are culturally appropriate and support family reunification, couples, transgender persons, and people with serious mental illness or reentry histories. Stable, affirming recovery housing is a critical bridge that supports continuity of care, reduces homelessness and re-incarceration, and enables people to maintain recovery while addressing employment, health, and community reintegration.

Schedule for the Day:

• 9am - 9:15am: Meeting room opens for mingling, coffee, and a light breakfast
• 9:15am: Welcome from WSAM’s Board of Directors
• 9:20am - 10am: An update from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• 10am - 10:30am: An update from the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA)
• 11am - 12pm: Recovery Lived Experiences Panel (organized by WRA)
• 12pm - 12:25pm: Information Luncheon w/ Rep. Lauren Davis
• 12:40pm: Photo on the Steps w/ WRA
• 1pm - 4pm: Legislator Meetings w/ WRA Advocate Groups (meeting room open for mingling and snacks

Important Information for Attendees:

• Please review parking information and accessibility information for the Capitol campus.
• Parking is limited, and the campus is spread out, requiring a lot of walking.
  • For additional off-site parking, please view the City of Olympia Downtown Parking Map here and the Washington State Capitol Campus Parking Options here.
• Registration is required for this event. We need an accurate headcount, as well as your address information to match you with meetings with Legislators from your district.

Please register no later than February 2nd. 

For questions and concerns, please email [email protected].

*Wording for this priority is in the works and subject to change.