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Committee forwards $198,380 Caritas training grant and four peer-recovery subgrants to council
Summary
The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward an ordinance authorizing a Caritas grant of $198,380 and a block of four related peer recovery grants to the full City Council, all funded from opioid settlement dollars and intended to expand peer recovery services across Richmond.
The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee on April 28 voted to forward an ordinance authorizing the city to contract with Caritas for a $198,380 grant to create a peer recovery specialist training program and separately forwarded four related peer-recovery subgrants to council with a recommendation to approve.
The measures are intended to use money from the city's National Opioid Settlement Fund to support peer recovery specialists, nonclinical workers with lived experience who provide person-centered recovery support. "Peer recovery specialists provide substance use disorder and mental health nonclinical person centered, strengths based, wellness focused services, to support clients, in entering sustainable recovery," Mike Fotula, the city's opioid response coordinator, told the committee.
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