Education and Human Services Standing Committee

Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall

Agenda — 64 items

1. 1 Persons requesting to provide comments virtually during the public hearings or public comment period held at this meeting, must call the Office of the City Clerk at (804) 646-7955, option 3, by no later than 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
2. 1 Committee and Other Council Members in Attendance
3. 2 Call to Order
4. 2 The Honorable Stephanie Lynch - Chair The Honorable Nicole Jones - Member
5. 3 Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement and Public Speaker Guidelines
6. 3 Absent
7. 4 Public Comment Period
8. 4 The Honorable Andrew Breton - Vice Chair
9. 5 Presentation(s)
10. 5 Staff in Attendance
11. 6 Trauma Healing Response Network
12. 6 Ariel Hedgepeth, Assistant City Attorney Kimberly Morris, Assistant City Clerk Will Perkins, Senior Council Legislative Services Manager Candice Reid, City Clerk
13. 7 Trauma Healing Response Network CD.2025.207
14. 8 Discussion Item(s)
15. 8 Chair Stephanie Lynch called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m., and presided.
16. 9 Update from the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (DCAO) for Human Services
17. 10 Paper(s) for Consideration
18. 10 Upon the Vice Chair's request, Assistant City Clerk Kimberly Morris provided information on the appropriate way to evacuate the Council Chamber in an emergency along with public speaker guidelines.
19. 1. To amend Ord. No. 2024-099, adopted May 13, 2024, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by (i) transferring $96,250.00 from the Non-Departmental agency, The Literacy Lab line item, (ii) appropriating $66,250.00 of such transferred funds to the Non-Departmental agency, Reserve for Children’s Fund (Early Childhood, Positive Youth Development, Postsecondary Success) line item, and (iii) appropriating $30,000.00 of such transferred funds to the Challenge Discovery Projects, Inc. (Behavioral Health Clinic) line item in the Non-Departmental agency, all for the purpose of providing funds for emergent needs related to children. ORD. 2025-121 recommended for approval
20. 2. To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Opioid Funds Agreement between the City of Richmond and the City Sheriff for the purpose of continuing the Medication Assisted Treatment Pilot Program. ORD. 2025-124 recommended for approval
21. 12 There were no public comment speakers.
22. 4. To request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause to be established a work group to work in collaboration with Richmond Public Schools to develop a funding formula for allocating General Fund revenues annually for school operating expenses and a plan for implementation in the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Budget. (As Amended) RES. 2025-R023 recommended for approval with amendment
23. 13 page break
24. 3. To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute an UpTogether Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and FII - National for the purpose of implementing the Richmond Resilience Initiative guaranteed income program. ORD. 2025-139 recommended for approval
25. 15 Board Vacancies
26. 16 There were no board vacancies
27. 17 page break
28. 17 Lorraine Wright, Violence Prevention Program Manager, Richmond City Health District, provided the committee with a presentation regarding the Trauma Healing Response Network.
29. 18 Approval of Minutes
30. 18 Chair Stephanie Lynch stated the Trauma Healing Response Network has been instrumental to the community, and that she was proud of the evolution of the program.
31. 19 May 8, 2025 - Education & Human Services Standing Committee Meeting Minutes CD.2025.204
32. 19 Member Nicole Jones thanked Ms. Wright for the presentation and recognized the hard work of the Trauma Healing Response Network. She requested statistics on the program's benefits citywide.
33. 20 Staff Report
34. 22 DCAO Amy Popovich provided the committee with an update regarding water delivery, cooling centers and inclement weather shelters.
35. 24 The following ordinance was considered:
36. 26 Eva Colen, Senior Policy Advisor for Human Services, provided the committee with an introduction and background regarding ORD. 2025-121.
37. 27 Public Hearing
38. 28 There were no public hearing speakers.
39. 29 There were no comments or discussions and Member Nicole Jones moved to forward ORD. 2025-121 to Council with a recommendation to approve, which was seconded and unanimously approved.
40. 30 The following ordinance was considered:
41. 32 Jason Alley, Policy Advisor for Opioid Response with the Richmond Sheriff's Office, provided the committee with an introduction and background regarding ORD. 2025-124.
42. 33 Public Hearing
43. 34 There were no public hearing speakers.
44. 35 There were no comments or discussions and Member Nicole Jones moved to forward ORD. 2025-124 to Council with a recommendation to approve, which was seconded and unanimously approved.
45. 36 The following ordinance was considered:
46. 38 Derrick Wadley, Programs and Operations Supervisor for the Office of Community Wealth Building, provided the committee with an introduction and background regarding ORD. 2025-139.
47. 39 Public Hearing
48. 40 There were no public hearing speakers.
49. 41 Member Nicole Jones asked whether applicant selection had been initiated, and inquired about the duration of the program.
50. 42 Mr. Wadley stated the cohort recruitment was in progress and the duration of the program is two years and one month.
51. 43 Chair Stephanie Lynch asked whether this was a new grant contract with UpTogether or a contract renewal.
52. 44 Mr. Wadley stated that UpTogether previously administered the earlier cohorts and was rejoining the city to administer the upcoming cohort.
53. 45 There were no further comments or discussions and Member Nicole Jones moved to forward ORD. 2025-139 to Council with a recommendation to approve, which was seconded and unanimously approved.
54. 46 The following resolution was considered:
55. 48 Meghan Brown, Director of Budget and Strategic Planning, provided the committee with an introduction and background regarding RES. 2025-R023. Ms. Brown stated that the resolution needed to be amended to change the plan's due date from August 30, 2025, to October 15, 2025.
56. 49 page break
57. 50 Public Hearing
58. 51 Matt Percival, Vice Chair of the Richmond School Board, spoke in support of RES. 2025-R023, and thanked the Education and Human Services Standing Committee for its consideration.
59. 52 There were no further comments or discussions and Chair Stephanie Lynch moved to forward RES. 2025-R023 to Council with a recommendation to approve with amendment, which was seconded and unanimously approved.
60. 55 Shareyna Chang, Richmond Public Schools Chief of Staff, provided updates regarding graduation, the Summer Bridge Program, and staggered start dates for back to school.
61. 57 Council staff provided the committee with the June Education and Human Services Standing Committee staff report.
62. 59 There were no amendments or corrections to the meeting minutes of May 8, 2025, and the committee approved the minutes as presented.
63. 61 Adjournment
64. 62 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:43 p.m.

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