Hampton will shift local funds to preserve violence-interruption programs after state veto
City staff proposed moving program funding into the general fund and trimming discretionary items after Gov. Youngkin vetoed $2.5 million in SAFER grants the manager’s budget had assumed. Staff recommended preserving a $168,000 violence-interrupter program and other prevention work while reducing some new positions and grants.
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City staff told the Hampton City Council they will reallocate local money and trim nonrecurring items to keep community violence-reduction programs running after the state removed the SAFER grant expansion on which the FY2026 manager’s budget depended.
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