Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority

Money Moves

As of September 2026: Distributes 55% of Virginia's opioid settlement funds to local programs

Richmond's City Council has approved roughly $1.6 million in budget adjustments that keep the city's winter shelter running and take in new opioid settlement money. On Sept. 28, after a public hearing, the council adopted ordinances giving CARITAS $844,143 for its surge overflow shelter and warming center and moving $100,000 to ACTS to run the Family Crisis Fund. On Oct. 13 it adopted a third, accepting $614,406 in opioid settlement funds.

Updated Sep 28