Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
VIRGINIA OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AWARDS TO CITIES AND COUNTIES FOR PERFORMANCE PERIOD 2027
Executive Summary
The Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA) opened its 2025-2026 Application Cycle for Virginia Cities and Counties from August 15, 2025, through April 1, 2026. Applications were submitted through OAA’s Grants Portal.
During this cycle, the OAA received 8 applications for Individual Distribution projects requesting $626,514.50 in Performance Period (PP) 2026 awards. The Grants Committee approved these awards on November 19, 2025, and January 20, 2026.
By the April 1, 2026, closing deadline, OAA received an additional 157 applications (68 Individual Distribution, 82 Cooperative Partnership, 7 Operation STOP!) requesting a total of $40,457,826.39 in OAA funding. As this is the second year of Operation STOP! grants, all 7 are renewals requesting carryforward approval only (no new funds were requested or recommended). During the review process, 5 new applications were withdrawn after feedback was provided to the applicants.
The recommendations herein are for 152 applications with 65 Individual Distribution applications (14 new, 51 renewals), 80 Cooperative Partnership applications (22 new, 58 renewals) and 7 Operation STOP! applications (all renewals).
The subsequent pages of this document (see PDF below) provide summary information of each project’s funding request and OAA staff’s recommendations. Clicking on the link in the “Project Name” column will open the Grant Summary and Recommendations document for that project which contains the project summary and OAA staff’s detailed review and recommendations.
The OAA staff has recommended all but two applications for some level of funding with the details by funding source in the PDF referenced below.