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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $7,142.00 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority, to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Fund Budget by creating a new line item in the Non-Departmental agency to be called the “Hanover County OAA Project Recover Grant” line item, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to such new line item by $7,142.00, all for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Hanover County to support the Project Recover initiative funded by the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, is authorized to accept funds in the amount of $7,142.00 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Hanover County to support the Project Recover initiative funded by the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
§ 2. That Article I, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2023-071, adopted May 8, 2023, which adopted a General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and made appropriations pursuant thereto, be and is hereby amended by creating a new line item in the Non-Departmental agency called the “Hanover County OAA Project Recover Grant” line item for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Hanover County to support the Project Recover initiative funded by the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
§ 3. That the funds received from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority are hereby appropriated to the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, by increasing estimated revenues by $7,142.00, increasing the amount appropriated for expenditures by $7,142.00, and allotting to the Hanover County OAA Project Recover Grant line item in the Non-Departmental agency the sum of $7,142.00, for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Hanover County to support the Project Recover initiative funded by the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
§ 4. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.
City of Richmond
Intracity Correspondence
O&R Transmittal
DATE: EDITION: 1
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Levar M. Stoney, Mayor
THROUGH: J.E. Lincoln Saunders, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Sabrina Joy-Hogg, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Finance and Administration
THROUGH: Sheila White, Director of Finance
THROUGH: Megan Brown, Acting Director of Budget and Strategic Planning
THROUGH: Traci DeShazor, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services
FROM: Dominic Barrett, Strategic Projects and Grants Advisor - Office of Human Services
RE: Expanding the Project Recover initiative as part of a collaborative grant from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
ORD. OR RES. No.
PURPOSE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between Hanover County, Chesterfield County, and the City of Richmond and upon its execution to accept funds from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority in the total amount of $7,142.00, and to amend Ord. 2023-071 which adopted the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Fund Budget, by creating a new line item in the Non-Departmental Agency to be called the Hanover County OAA Project Recover Grant line item and appropriate $7,142.00 to such new line item all for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Hanover County to support the Project Recover initiative funded by the OAA.
BACKGROUND: Virginia’s Opioid Abatement Authority is an independent body, the purpose of which is to abate and remediate the opioid epidemic in the Commonwealth through financial support from the Fund, in the form of grants, donations, or other assistance, for efforts to treat, prevent, and reduce opioid use disorder and the misuse of opioids in the Commonwealth. The OAA offers competitive grant awards from Opioid Abatement Fund for cooperative projects involving multiple cities and/or counties.
The City of Richmond partnered with our regional counterparts on two cooperative applications in the OAA’s initial application cycle; both were chosen for funding. This Ordinance speaks to one of those projects, an implementation grant of $192,831 to expand Project Recover by placing additional Peer Recovery Specialists with first responders. Hanover County serves as the fiscal agent and lead applicant on the project. Participating localities include Richmond, Hanover County, and Chesterfield County. The localities are required to develop and execute an MOU to facilitate the project. Each participating locality is providing $7,142 in matching funds toward the project.
The OAA also has allocated dedicated funds to all Virginia localities for their own use. Richmond was granted and will accept $7,142 of those funds to contribute the matching dollars toward this project. As part of the funded application, the OAA has agreed to release those matching funds to Richmond. The City will then provide those funds directly to Hanover who will facilitate the funded project. This O&R request allows for the execution of an MOU, and acceptance and distribution of those matching funds.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: N/A
STRATEGIC INITATIVES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL: RES. 2022-R013, adopted 2/28/22, declared opioid drug overdose deaths as a public health crisis in the city of Richmond.
FISCAL IMPACT: $7,142 in outside contributions will be received and paid out to Hanover County.
DESIRED EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon adoption
REQUESTED INTRODUCTION DATE: December 11th, 2023
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DATE: January 8th, 2024
REQUESTED AGENDA: Consent
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL COMMITTEE: None
AFFECTED AGENCIES: Budget and Strategic Planning, Finance, Human Services
RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING ORD. OR RES.: Amends Ord. 2023-071
ATTACHMENTS: Grant Award Packages and MOU
STAFF: Dominic Barrett, Strategic Projects and Grants Advisor - Office of Human Services, 646-5861.