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Board approves $25,000 county match for regional opioid-abatement grant to continue ROPES program
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 include youth impacted by opioid use.
The draft budget in the packet requested each participating county provide a $25,000 match; the board discussed eligible uses for local opioid funds and the difficulty of finding compliant spending. A supervisor moved to provide the requested match from the county's opioid fund; the motion was seconded. During the voice vote one supervisor said, "I oppose," and the chair announced the motion carried. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally of individual names for that vote.
Officials said Dickinson County would be the fiscal agent for the regional grant and that the county's share would come from opioid-settlement funds earmarked for specific regional programs. No amendments to the program budget were recorded at the meeting.
