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Norton council pledges $5,000 in local opioid-abatement funds to workforce reengagement program; backs Isaiah 117 House grant bid with revised language
Summary
Norton City Council unanimously adopted a $5,000 commitment from its local Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority allocation to the Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board's ROPES reengagement program and approved a separate resolution supporting an Isaiah 117 House VOAA grant application with amended language clarifying the city will 'consider' executing any operational agreement.
Norton City Council on Feb. 17 unanimously adopted a resolution committing $5,000 from the city’s local Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (VOAA) allocation to the Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board’s Reengagement Opportunities & Pathways to Employment Success (ROPES) program.
City Manager Jeffery A. Shupe told the council the packet included a staff summary of the city’s opioid-abatement funds — amounts received, expended and committed — and said the ROPES resolution was…
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