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Prince George board approves multiple grant applications and appropriations including opioid and SOAR awards

Prince George County Board of Supervisors · November 12, 2025

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Summary

The board authorized applications for ASPCA and Urban Area Security Initiative grants, accepted several awarded grants (opioid abatement, SOAR) and approved appropriations including a regional opioid abatement award of $289,827.10 and a SOAR award of $224,435.15 that adds a full-time substance‑abuse counselor position.

Prince George County supervisors on Tuesday authorized several grant applications, approved awards and passed appropriation resolutions for recently awarded grants.

Among the authorizations: the police department received approval to apply to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for a "no-kill" shelter initiative grant (county staff estimated the application would seek up to roughly $86,000 and requires no local match); staff also sought authorization to pursue a Virginia Department of Fire mini-grant (about $30,000) to replace turnout gear. The board approved multiple Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) regional proposals that would directly benefit Prince George, including $122,550 for polling scanners and tabulators (no local match), $204,100 for advanced technical rescue training for the regional Crater technical rescue team, and $150,000 for equipment replacement for the Crater technical search-and-rescue team; motions carried on roll call.

The board also appropriated recently awarded grant funds: a regional opioid abatement authority grant totaling $289,827.10 (Prince George will act as fiscal agent for a regional mobile overdose-response unit managed by Greater Reach Community Services Board) and a SOAR grant from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services totaling $224,435.15 to fund a full-time certified substance-abuse counselor and a part-time peer recovery specialist in the county’s recovery court program. The SOAR appropriation includes a position-control-chart change to add the counselor.

All grant applications and appropriations were approved by roll-call votes. County staff said most of the grants are reimbursable and require no local match; some regional grants will be decided by the regional committee later in November.