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Council accepts three small social-services grants from Virginia DSS totaling $3,870
Summary
Council unanimously accepted three Virginia Department of Social Services awards — $420 for respite care supervision, $2,700 for a family-partnership meeting incentive program, and $750 for kinship support — and appropriated the amounts into the FY2026 social services fund.
The Portsmouth City Council on Jan. 27 accepted three small funding awards from the Virginia Department of Social Services and appropriated the amounts into the FY2026 social services fund.
The clerk read three separate ordinances: $420 for respite care provider supervision (Item 26-24); $2,700 for a family partnership meeting incentive program (Item 26-25); and $750 for kinship support funds to assist kinship-resource parents (Item 26-26). Each ordinance was moved and adopted by unanimous voice vote (7–0).
Public commenter Donna Biggs asked for line-item budget details, the names of recipients, and counts of children or parents served under the programs; council did not provide those details during the meeting but acknowledged the request. The transcript records the clerk’s reading of ordinance purposes only; no additional program implementation details were recorded that evening.
What happens next: funds are appropriated into the social services fund per the ordinances; the city’s social services staff will implement programs consistent with the grant terms and state guidance.
