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Facility Also Certified By Association
Hope House, Rockbridge Recovery’s transitional facility for recovering addicts that recently opened in Buena Vista, is the beneficiary of good news on a couple of fronts.
A grant of $536,121 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority has been approved, and the facility has received certification from the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences as a Level 3 facility.
This latest OAA grant was among $22.7 million awarded last week to communities across Virginia to support opioid abatement and remediation programs. VARR certification affirms that a facility provides the highest level of service for participants in a safe and healthy residential environment.
“We are thrilled to hear about this award from the OAA to support the Hope House Project, and we are excited about the ways these funds will be used to support local initiatives to expand substance use programs that aim to make a positive impact on the community,” stated Lori Turner, executive director of the Community Foundation for Rockbridge, Bath and Alleghany. “It was a privilege to partner with Buena Vista, Lexington and Rockbridge County in the grant application process to support a truly committed regional response to the growing crisis of addiction.”
The funding, said Turner, “will be used to support staffing for both the Hope House and Rockbridge Recovery’s peer drop-in center. The grant covers 100 percent of the salary and fringe costs for the entire organization. It also covers all of the general operating expenses for the Hope House.” She said she’d applied for the grant in April and the amount awarded is what she requested.
Rockbridge Recovery is now assured of having sufficient funding to support Hope House and its other programs through fiscal year 2025. “The Hope House is now covered for FY25 and we can continue to reapply for up to five years,” said Turner.
The OAA was established by the General Assembly in 2021 to help oversee the distribution of a portion of settlement funds from litigation over the opioid crisis against manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. Virginia expects to receive a total of approximately $1.1 billion through settlements that began in 2022 and are expected to continue until 2041.
