Board directs staff to pursue opioid‑treatment grant with local provider

The Amelia County Board of Supervisors voted to direct staff to work with a community rehabilitation provider and submit an application to the state opioid authority during the next funding cycle, with the open application period commencing Aug. 1, 2026. The motion—moved from the floor and approved by hand/voice vote—authorizes staff to continue partnership discussions and prepare a grant application rather than commit county funds at this time.

Staff said county representatives and state officials have already met with the provider and that a site walk‑through will be scheduled. The provider is transcribed in the record as "ImmunoLife" in one place and as "Avino Life" in the motion text; the board recorded the motion using the latter spelling. As recorded, the board's motion instructed staff to submit an application in partnership with the provider; the motion carried. "I'll move to direct staff to initiate and submit an application to VOAA for individual grant funding in partnership with Avino Life during open application period commencing 08/01/2026," a board member said when making the motion (motion recorded in the meeting minutes).

Board members asked whether the facility would serve men, women or both; staff answered that the current plan was for a men's facility and that the provider plans future funding for a women's facility at a separate site. Supervisors emphasized that the board's vote authorized staff to pursue the application and that any formal county funding or contractual commitments would come later and after staff verification of the facility and program details.