Opioid Abatement Authority Announces more than $470,000 in Awards

Friday, December 8, 2023/Categories: News Board

On December 4, 2023, a committee of the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA) voted to award more than $470,000 in grants to ten Virginia cities and counties for opioid abatement and remediation efforts.  

Nine of the ten awards will support planning efforts for the recipient localities to identify community-specific needs, gaps, and possible solutions to the opioid crisis.

Five localities were provided planning grants of $50,000 each: Botetourt, Patrick, and Warren Counties, and the cities of Colonial Heights and Salem. The counties of Prince Edward, Buckingham, and Cumberland were jointly provided a  planning grant for $50,000 that will be administered by Prince Edward. In each case the recipient localities committed to provided a ten percent match. 

Loudoun County received a planning grant in the amount of $200,000, to which it will add $160,000 in its own funding for a total program valued at $360,000.

In addition to the planning grants, the OAA announced an individual grant award to the City of Manassas to hire a harm reduction specialist within the local Department of Social Services. 

Read the full press release here >.