Education and Human Services meeting summary
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The committee forwarded six ordinances to City Council with recommendations to approve: budget transfers to fund CARITAS surge shelter operations ($80,000), acceptance of $1,164,547.84 in National Opioid Settlement funds, a $300,000 transfer to a Medication Assisted Treatment pilot for the Sheriff, a YMCA grant to operate low-cost afterschool programming at six elementary schools, and contract and lease amendments with The Salvation Army to continue shelter operations and establish a resource and training center.
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What this means
The committee recommended Council approve funding and contracts that will keep emergency shelters running, bring opioid-settlement money to local abatement efforts, start a medication-assisted treatment pilot tied to the Sheriff’s office, and fund low-cost afterschool programs at six elementary schools. For residents this means additional shelter support and resources, new funding for opioid response programs, a pilot program that provides medication-assisted treatment (treatment that uses approved medicines to help people with opioid use disorder), and expanded afterschool options for children.
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- ORD. 2026-139: Transfer $80,000 from Venture Richmond, Inc. line item to Department of Neighborhood and Community Services to fund CARITAS Surge Shelter Operations; forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
- ORD. 2026-140: Authorize acceptance of $1,164,547.84 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund and appropriate to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ National Opioid Settlement Special Fund for opioid abatement and remediation strategies; forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
- ORD. 2026-141: Transfer $300,000 from the National Opioid Settlement Special Fund for the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services to the Medication Assisted Treatment Pilot Program Special Fund for the City Sheriff; forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
- ORD. 2026-142: Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a YMCA of Greater Richmond Grant Contract to operate low-cost afterschool programming at six elementary schools; forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
- ORD. 2026-143: Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a Second Amendment to Grant Contract with The Salvation Army to extend the term through June 30, 2027, with options for additional one-year extensions, for continued inclement weather and year-round emergency shelter operations at 1900 Chamberlayne Avenue (3rd District); forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
- ORD. 2026-144: Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a First Amendment to Lease Agreement with The Salvation Army to lease a portion of 1900 Chamberlayne Avenue for a resource and training center (3rd District); forwarded to June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve.
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