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Committee advances $309,000 to Caritas for winter surge shelter operations
Summary
A Richmond City committee voted to forward an ordinance recommending $309,000 in reappropriated funds to Caritas to support surge overflow shelter capacity during extreme winter weather and to bolster year‑round case management supports.
The Education and Human Services Standing Committee on Thursday voted to forward Ordinance 2025-163 to the full City Council with a recommendation to approve $309,000 in reappropriated funds for Caritas to operate surge overflow shelter capacity during inclement winter weather.
The funding would transfer $200,000 from a one-time line called Heart of Richmond and $109,000 from the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (DNCS) to a new line item titled “Caritas,” the clerk reported during the public hearing on the paper. No members of the public registered to speak on the ordinance during the hearing.
The recommendation matters because the city’s core inclement-weather provider, the Salvation Army,…
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