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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Daily Planet Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and Daily Planet Inc. for the purpose of providing bed fee scholarships and referrals for clients with opioid use disorder in accredited recovery residences.
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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, be and is hereby authorized to execute a Daily Planet Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and Daily Planet Inc. for the purpose of providing bed fee scholarships and referrals for clients with opioid use disorder in accredited recovery residences. The Daily Planet Grant Contract shall be approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be substantially in the form of the document attached to this ordinance.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.
City of Richmond
Intracity Correspondence
O&R Transmittal
DATE: December 12, 2025
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Danny Avula, Mayor
THROUGH: Odie Donald II, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Tanikia Jackson, DCAO for Finance and Administration
THROUGH: Letitia Shelton, Director of Finance
THROUGH: Meghan Brown, Director of Budget and Strategic Planning
THROUGH: Amy Popovich, DCAO for Human Services
FROM: Jason Alley, Policy Advisor
RE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond to execute a grant contract by and between the City of Richmond and Daily Planet Health Services for the purpose of providing bed fee scholarships and referrals for clients with opioid use disorder in accredited recovery residences.
ORD. OR RES. No.
PURPOSE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Daily Planet Inc. Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and Daily Planet Inc. for the purpose of providing bed fee scholarships and referrals for clients with opioid use disorder in accredited recovery residences.
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 Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority has an annual application cycle for Virginia localities to propose projects to draw down funds from their allotted individual funds. On July 7th, 2025 the City of Richmond was notified by the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority that the City’s application to obtain $619,950.00 to fund the City’s Operation STOP initiative has been approved at the requested funding value for fiscal year 2026.
The primary focus of Operation STOP is for cities and counties to implement an immediate short-term education/prevention program to reduce overdoses and deaths, while assisting the community in the development of a strategy to use other opioid settlement funds for long-term opioid abatement projects.
An award of $619,950.00 has been granted to the City of Richmond to provide subgrants to community partners to implement an immediate short-term education/prevention program to reduce overdoses and deaths, while assisting the community in the development of a strategy to use other opioid settlement funds for long-term opioid abatement projects.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Opioid abatement and remediation strategies utilized by the City of Richmond have and continue to be informed by significant stakeholder engagement and developed with direct input and support from external agencies and subject matter experts, including the Richmond Opioid Task Force.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL: RES. 2022-R013 declaring opioid drug overdose deaths as a public health crisis in the City of Richmond; Richmond Opioid Task Force
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds used for this project are from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority. This will decrease the Operation STOP Special Fund Budget by $75,000.00. There is no city match requirement.
DESIRED EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon adoption
REQUESTED INTRODUCTION DATE: January 12, 2026
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DATE: January 26, 2026
REQUESTED AGENDA: Consent agenda
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development
AFFECTED AGENCIES: Budget and Strategic Planning, Finance, Neighborhood and Community Services
RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING ORD. OR RES.: Res. No. 2018-R094; Ord. No. 2021-234; Res. No. 2021-R078; Resolution 2022-R013; Res. No. 2023-R010; Ord. No. 2025-057
ATTACHMENTS: Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority Summary of Grant Recommendations to OAA Grants Committee; FY26 City of Richmond Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority Proposal Summary; Operation STOP announcement
STAFF: Anna Jones, Opioid Response Strategist, 804-987-9160, anna.jones@rva.gov <mailto:anna.jones@rva.gov>
Jason Alley, Policy Advisor, 804-401-5863, jason.alley@rva.gov <mailto:jason.alley@rva.gov>