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_ 545 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 394. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 stress management programs to promote officer safety and wellness, under guidelines to be established by the Department. L. Included in the appropriation for this item is $916,066 in the first year and $916,066 in the second year from the general fund for the Virginia Beach Correctional Center for the Jail and Re-entry Service Coordination Pathway, which is a joint operation between the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services and the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office. The program consists of diversion, screening, assessment, treatment, and re-entry services for all incarcerated individuals with an active mental illness or substance use disorder diagnosis. M. Included in the appropriation for this item, $193,658 the first year and $193,658 the second year from the general fund and four positions to support evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention services. N.1.a. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund (the Fund). The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys accruing to the Fund, including funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of supporting gun violence intervention and prevention programs. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director of the Department. b. The Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund shall be administered by the Department, and the Department shall adopt guidelines and make funds available to agencies of local government, community-based organizations, and hospitals for the purpose of supporting implementation of evidence-informed gun violence intervention and prevention efforts, including street outreach, hospital-based violence intervention, and other violence intervention programs. Grant funds shall also support firearm suicide prevention and safe firearm removal practices from persons prohibited from possessing a firearm, including subjects of domestic violence protective orders, persons convicted of prohibitory crimes, and persons subject to substantial risk orders. The Department shall establish a grant procedure to govern funds awarded for this purpose. c. Out of the amounts appropriated for this item, $9,000,000 $9,350,000 the first year and $9,000,000 $9,500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited into the Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund. At least $1,500,000 each year shall be provided to localities with disproportionate firearm-related homicides to support crime intervention and prevention through community engagement, including youth programs, to include (i) at least $500,000 the first year for the City of Portsmouth; (ii) and at least $1,000,000 the first year for the City of Norfolk; (iii) $350,000 the first year to the City of Newport News to support the VICTOR Program; and (iv) $2,000,000 the second year for the City of Chesapeake, including up to $250,000 for allowable equipment associated with a Real Time Crime Information Center. Amounts for both VICTOR and the City of Chesapeake are designated as one-time. 2.a. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund (the Fund) and managed by the Department. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the Fund, and from any other sources, public or private, shall be paid into the state treasury and be credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request of the Director of the Department. b. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of implementing violent crime reduction strategies, providing training for law-enforcement officers and prosecutors, I VETO ITEM 394.N. ON PAGES 545-547 /s/ Glenn Youngkin 5-2-25