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Harbor Hope regional recovery school moves toward opening, steering committee cites $2.4 million potential funding
Summary
Virginia Beach staff told the school board their regional steering committee has secured city commitments and a competitive grant submission that together could bring more than $2.4 million to establish a Harbor Hope recovery school; MOUs and bylaws are still drafts and the opening timeline depends on partners' final approvals.
The Virginia Beach School Board received an update April 22 on the Harbor Hope Center, a proposed regional recovery school for students with substance-use disorders and related needs. Robert Jamieson, executive director for student support services, told the board the Regional Steering Committee has completed key milestones and submitted a cooperative grant application.
Jamieson said the five participating school divisions (Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach) secured commitments of direct opioid abatement settlement funds from four cities totaling $220,000 each, with Chesapeake providing in-kind site and services valued at more than $120,000 annually. The four-city direct settlement total of $880,000 is intended to be combined with a projected cooperative grant of roughly $1.5 million to create a program pool that…
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