Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
May 28, 2024 – On May 23 the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA) approved $22,672,333 in grants to communities across Virginia for opioid abatement and remediation efforts.
“These grants will help communities across the commonwealth develop and expand programs to prevent opioid addiction, to provide treatment, and to support people in recovery,” said Senator Todd Pillion, Chair of the OAA Board of Directors. “Virginia fought back against companies that were pushing their highly addictive drugs on vulnerable people, and now we are making sure those settlement funds are being used to save lives, support families, and restore communities.”
The list of awards from this most recent round of applications is attached.
In June 2023 the OAA announced its first major round of awards to cities and counties, totaling nearly $23 million, followed by a subsequent announcement of funds for state agencies totaling nearly $11 million. The total amount of awards made to date exceeds $56 million.
Virginia expects to receive a total of approximately $1.1 billion from litigation against manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies that were alleged to have contributed to the opioid crisis. Payments from these settlements and bankruptcies began in 2022 and are expected to conclude by 2041.
The OAA was established by the General Assembly in 2021 to oversee the distribution of 55% of Virginia’s total settlement funds. Of the remainder, 30% is distributed directly to cities and counties, and the remaining 15% to the commonwealth. The use of funds is restricted by court orders and state statute, with the restrictions requiring that funds be used for opioid abatement and remediation efforts.
In November 2023, the OAA received the prestigious “Award for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid Litigation Principles ” from a coalition of national public health organizations led by the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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New Awards for FY25 to INDIVIDUAL CITIES & COUNTIES
|
Recipient(s) |
FY25 Award |
Description |
|
Arlington County |
122,633 |
Year 2 of outpatient treatment expansion. Also Year 1 funding of $19,206 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Bedford County |
45,000 |
(NEW) Planning grant to develop opioid abatement strategies |
|
Franklin County |
11,505 |
(NEW) Renovations of recovery residence to increase capacity for pregnant/parenting women with substance use disorder |
|
Gloucester County |
30,265 |
(NEW) Youth prevention campaign in schools |
|
Gloucester County |
30,000 |
(NEW) Pilot program - Transportation to treatment |
|
Gloucester County |
11,881 |
(NEW) Subsidy for uninsured to receive outpatient treatment |
|
Hampton City |
156,347 |
(NEW) Jail-based program to support medication for opioid use disorder |
|
Henrico County |
87,750 |
Year 2 of outpatient treatment expansion |
|
Henrico County |
80,231 |
(NEW) Kinship navigator program - prevention of substance use for kids in foster care |
|
Louisa County |
15,324 |
Year 2 of substance use clinician - expansion of treatment services. Also Year 1 funding of $61,075 being carried over to Yr 2 |
|
Newport News County |
195,750 |
(NEW) Jail-based program to support medication for opioid use |
|
Orange County |
45,000 |
(NEW) Substance use disorder resource mapping and gap analysis |
|
Page County |
56,063 |
(NEW) Recovery court |
|
Richmond City |
250,000 |
(NEW) Integration of peers into city programs |
|
Richmond City |
147,711 |
(NEW) Harm reduction vending machines - distribution of naloxone and basic health care supplies |
|
Richmond City |
85,000 |
(NEW) Youth substance use prevention campaign |
|
Roanoke City |
Continuation |
Year 2 of adverse childhood experiences training. Year 1 funding of $97,000 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke City |
Continuation |
Year 2 of Certified Peer Recovery Specialist. Year 1 funding of $61,000 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke City |
Continuation |
Year 2 of Xylazine testing and spectrometer for testing substances. Year 1 funding of $48,000 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke City |
Continuation |
Year 2 of public outreach and warm line. Year 1 funding of $25,000 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke City |
Continuation |
Year 1 funding of $21,867 opioid-related EMS supplies being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke County |
146,275 |
(NEW) Support for the Partnership for Community Wellness |
|
Roanoke County |
40,000 |
(NEW) Family Services of Roanoke Valley - mental health and substance use disorder support |
|
Rockingham County |
89,422 |
(NEW) Recovery Court |
|
Smyth County |
63,207 |
Year 2 of Peer Support – Recovery Court. Year 1 funding of $7,147 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Sussex County |
11,796 |
(NEW) Sussex Safety First (prescription medicine safety) |
|
Winchester City |
96,590 |
(NEW) Addiction Response Officer – 100% dedicated to opioid and substance use abatement efforts |
|
Sub-total |
1,817,750 |
Newly Awarded OAA Funding for INDIVIDUAL CITIES & COUNTIES |
New Awards for FY25 to REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
|
Recipient(s) |
FY25 Award |
Description |
|
Accomack County w/ Northampton |
147,438 |
(NEW) Expand substance use services at Eastern Shore Community Services Boards |
|
Albemarle w/ Nelson, Louisa, Greene, Charlottesville, Fluvanna |
1,162,960 |
Year 2 of expanding behavioral health crisis services |
|
Albemarle w/ Nelson, Louisa, Greene, Charlottesville, Fluvanna |
609,225 |
Year 2 of community outreach and substance use disorder services |
|
Alleghany w/ Covington City |
1,069,052 |
(NEW) Substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery |
|
Buena Vista w/ Lexington and Rockbridge |
536,121 |
Year 2 of Hope House (recovery residence program) |
|
Charlottesville w/ Albemarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, Orange, Madison |
388,437 |
(NEW) Expansion of services available within the region's recovery courts and specialty dockets |
|
Chesapeake City w/ Va Beach City |
Continuation |
Year 2 of capital cost/one-time funding for Chesapeake Regional Medical Center emergency psychiatric services and 20-bed inpatient psych unit. Year 1 funding of $3,000,000 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Chesterfield w/ Powhatan, Colonial Heights and Petersburg |
103,826 |
Year 2 of peer-led harm reduction and connections to recovery. Year 1 funding of $1,498,483 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Culpeper w/ Madison, Orange, Fauquier, Rappahannock |
245,809 |
Year 2 of overdose response team comprised of certified peers. Also Year 1 funding of $41,627 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Dickenson County w/ Scott and Lee Counties |
1,709,675 |
Build and begin operating the Wildwood Wellness Health and Recovery Center |
|
Fairfax Co w/ Alexandria, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William |
1,803,646 |
Year 2 of residential facility for adolescents with substance use. Also Year 1 funding of $3,598,493 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Clarke, Fauquier Frederick w/ Winchester |
235,141 |
(NEW) Implement medication for opioid use disorder in Northeastern Regional Jail |
|
Gloucester County w/ Northumberland, Richmond County, Westmoreland |
215,485 |
(NEW) Expand medication for opioid use disorder within the Northern Neck Regional Jail |
|
Galax Grayson w/ Carroll |
82,281 |
Year 2 of recovery court enhancement. Also Year 1 funding of $153,421 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Hanover w/ Chesterfield and Richmond City |
84,717 |
Year 2 of expanding Project Recover, a peer-led harm reduction and connections to recovery program. Also Year 1 funding of $156,896 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Harrisonburg w/ Rockingham County |
200,000 |
(NEW) Peer-led recovery center |
|
Henrico w/ Charles City County and New Kent |
156,327 |
Year 2 of pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. Also Year 1 funding of $478,655 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
James City County w/ York County and Williamsburg |
168,691 |
(NEW) Recovery court and behavioral health docket |
|
James City County w/ York County and Williamsburg |
47,956 |
(NEW) Public outreach and marketing of available substance use treatment services |
|
Lynchburg w/ Campbell County |
Continuation |
One-time capital for crisis receiving center and treatment initiation facility - funding of $1,671,643 being carried over from FY24 |
|
Montgomery County w/ Radford City, Giles, Floyd, and Pulaski |
2,281,487 |
Year 2 of the New River Valley Recovery Ecosystem. Also, Year 1 funding of $938,684 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Newport News w/ Hampton |
342,801 |
(NEW) Mobile substance use services |
|
Newport News w/ Hampton |
427,475 |
(NEW) Peer-led substance use system of care including a drop-off center |
|
Prince William w/ Manassas and Manassas Park |
549,228 |
Year 2 of outpatient treatment services implementation. Also Year 1 funding of $365,772 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Richmond City w/ Henrico |
183,170 |
(NEW) Substance use resource mapping for Metro-Richmond |
|
Roanoke City w/ Roanoke County |
Continuation |
Year 2 of Roanoke Collective Response (regional coordination of abatement efforts). Year 1 funding of $349,741 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Roanoke City w/ Roanoke County |
225,472 |
(NEW) Capital cost / one-time funding to restore recovery housing for pregnant and parenting women |
|
Rockingham w/ Harrisonburg City |
214,245 |
Year 2 of behavioral health crisis response efforts. Also Year 1 funding of $143,158 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Russell County w/ Tazewell |
1,900,000 |
(NEW) Capital cost / one-time funding for “Secor,” community residential 90-day step-down program for recently released non-violent inmates |
|
Russell w/ Dickenson County |
250,000 |
(NEW) Recovery housing |
|
Smyth County w/ Russell, Lee, Dickenson, Tazewell, Wythe, Wise |
305,040 |
(NEW) Project Pathfinder: Legal aid for people in recovery to resolve issues and progress recovery |
|
Smyth County w/ Wythe, Bland, Bristol City, Carroll, Galax, Grayson, Washington |
1,131,318 |
(NEW) Mobile delivery of comprehensive substance use and primary care services across eight cities/counties |
|
Smyth County w/ Wythe, Bland, Carroll, Galax, Grayson |
939,990 |
Year 2 of Mt. Rogers Regional Opioid Abatement Partnership. Also Year 1 funding of $60,010 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Smyth County w/ Wythe, Grayson, Galax, Carroll |
1,547,771 |
(NEW) Capital cost / one-time funding for the Appalachian Center for Hope substance use treatment center |
|
Stafford w/ Caroline, Fredericksburg, King George, Spotsylvania |
249,809 |
Year 2 of mobile medication for opioid use disorder and support for Sunshine House. Year 1 funding of $935,190 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Va Beach City w/ Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk |
883,785 |
(NEW) Mobile substance use services across five cities – in partnership with Sentara |
|
Wise County w/ Lee, Norton City and Scott County |
162,171 |
(NEW) Gate City recovery house |
|
Wise County w/ Lee, Scott, Norton City |
294,034 |
Year 2 of intensive outpatient treatment program. Also Year 1 funding of $118,348 being carried over to Year 2 |
|
Sub-total |
20,854,583 |
Newly Awarded OAA Funding for REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
22,672,333 |
TOTAL FY25 (New) OAA Funding |