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Board approves $25,000 county match for regional opioid-abatement grant to continue ROPES program

Scott County Board of Supervisors · December 4, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors agreed to contribute the local match from the opioid fund to join a regional opioid abatement grant supporting the ROPES program, which assists individuals in recovery to return to the workforce; the vote passed with one explicit opposing voice.

County staff presented a regional opioid-abatement grant application from the Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board to continue funding the ROPES program, which staff said has assisted more than 300 individuals since 2019 and would expand to…

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