To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $8,519.98 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and to amend Ord. No. 2025-057, adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by (i) creating a new line item in the Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations agency entitled “Chesterfield County Recovery Academy,” and (ii) appropriating such $8,519.98 to such new line item in the Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations agency, all for the purpose of making a grant of matching funds to Chesterfield County to support the Recovery Academy initiative.

The City of Richmond is authorized to accept $8,519.98 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (VOAA). These funds will be used to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 General Fund Budget by creating a new line item, "Chesterfield County Recovery Academy Grant," within the Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations agency. The appropriated funds will serve as matching funds for a grant to Chesterfield County to support its Recovery Academy initiative, which aids high school students recovering from substance use disorder.

This action allows Richmond to contribute matching funds to a regional initiative that supports adolescent recovery from substance use disorder, indirectly benefiting the health and well-being of young people in the region.

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