Jul 27 / OEO Staff

Virginia Opioid Abatement Funding & Related Webinars

The Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority awarded over $23 million to localities for projects and planning grants. Click here to see projects awarded in your region. Reach out and stay involved with your local governments as it relates to being involved with opioid abatment projects in your community or mental health crisis response initiatives.

The Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA) and the Virginia Institute of Government (VIG) has launched a new "Abatement Academy” for 2023. The Academy is composed of a series of FREE, bi-weekly webinars to highlight examples programs that align with nationally recognized principles for the use of funds from opioid litigation. The intended audience includes local government representatives, state agency professionals, and groups or individuals who provide services or support to people suffering from opioid use disorders.

The Abatement Academy will also include one-day in-person workshops on September 7 (Abingdon) and October 19 (Charlottesville). Future webinars will be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month starting on May 25 and ending on December 14. The sessions will be broken down based on the following nationally recognized five principles:

Principle 1: Spend the Money to Save Lives
Principle 2: Use Evidence to Guide Spending
Principle 3: Invest in Youth Prevention
Principle 4: Focus on Racial Equity
Principle 5: Develop a Fair and Transparent Process for Deciding Where to Spend the Funding

Full list of webinars.

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The Virginia Community Action Partnership and the Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity works together to provide all Virginia Community Action Agencies with the training and technical assistance needed to be successful. We aim to provide training for all levels of staff at an agency and board members.

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