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Hampton council approves multiple state and federal grants, citing expanded services and capital projects
Summary
Council approved nine grant items after a public hearing because the total exceeded the 1% budget threshold, funding children's services, victim‑witness services ($402,934), foster grandparent program, TANF employment/training, multiple water projects, library grant increase, opioid‑abatement projects including jail treatment and a mobile medical unit, and a behavioral health docket award.
Hampton City Council on Sept. 11 held a public hearing and approved a package of grant appropriations (items 10–18) after staff said the combined amount exceeded the 1% threshold in the city budget and therefore required public notice and individual council votes.
Key awards included additional state funds for the Children's Services Act (staff noted base allocations and increased state aid), $402,934 for victim‑witness programs (federal and state funds combined), a Foster Grandparent Program award that includes $435,633 federal funding plus a $20,000 contribution from Newport News and an existing $70,000 appropriation, $91,923.99 in TANF funds for employment and training, multiple water‑project grants totaling more than $2 million across listed projects (Fox Hill/Grandview/Harris Creek; Adapt Long Creek/Blueway; stormwater modeling), a $57,019 library grant increase, opioid‑abatement authority awards including $156,347 for jail‑based substance‑abuse medication treatment and $1.6 million appropriated across FY25–FY29 for a mobile medical unit operated by the Community Services Board, and $63,725.81 for the general district behavioral health docket.
Each item was presented for public hearing with no speakers signed up. Council approved each appropriation by individual roll call votes; recorded votes on each item were unanimous in favor.
Staff said the grants expand services for at‑risk youth, victim assistance, workforce training, stormwater projects, and addiction/recovery supports, and that several awards will require interagency coordination with Newport News and the Community Services Board.
