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Chesapeake council authorizes application for opioid-abatement grant to support recovery high school staffing
Summary
The City Council authorized staff to apply for a Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority cooperative partnership grant to support a recovery high school; services by Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare (CIBH) would begin only after staffing and funding conditions are met.
Chesapeake City Council on March 18 authorized the city to apply for a cooperative partnership grant from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority to support development of the Harbor Hope Center Recovery High School and to offset costs of providing Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare (CIBH) staff in the school.
The action gives city staff permission to submit the grant application; the grant award is not guaranteed. Councilmember Ritter led questions about land use, staffing and budget implications before the motion passed by a nine-zero vote.
Councilmember Ritter said her questions were intended to focus on the application process rather than the merits of the final project. The council heard that because the school will be an educational use there is no required 22-32 comprehensive plan…
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