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EHS Committee forwards three ordinances on education programming and opioid-abatement funding to Council

RichmondFeb 12, 20262 min read

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The City of Richmond Education and Human Services Standing Committee met on February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM in the Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall. The committee heard a presentation on Early Childhood Development and discussion items including Richmond Public Schools updates and a DCAO human services report. The committee forwarded three ordinances to the February 23, 2026 City Council meeting: an outside agency contract with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond for expanded life-skills programming at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School (recommended to approve with amendment), and two ordinances to accept opioid-abatement funds ($41,240 for harm reduction vending machines and $100,000 to create an “OAA Mini Grants Special Fund”) each recommended to approve.

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ORD. 2025-276: Forwarded to the February 23, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve with amendment — authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute an Outside Agency Contract with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond to fund expansion of life-skills programming at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School.
ORD. 2026-037: Forwarded to the February 23, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $41,240 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and appropriate it to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ OAA Harm Reduction Vending Machines Special Fund for harm reduction vending machines.
ORD. 2026-038: Forwarded to the February 23, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $100,000 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and create an OAA Mini Grants Special Fund in the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services to provide grants to community partners.

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