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_ 548 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 394. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 witness assistance during the 90-day period, and a verification process to ensure funding is used for eligible witness expenses. The department, in consultation with stakeholders, may also recommend options for potential extensions of the 90-day period in extenuating circumstances for consideration by the General Assembly. Of this amount, the department is authorized to expend up to $400,000 for a position and other expenses related to state administration of this program. Any remaining balance at year-end shall be carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year. S. Included in the appropriation for this item is $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the second year from the general fund for the Community Resource Opportunity Project. T. Included in this appropriation for this item is $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 the second year from the general fund for youth development programs including: (i) $2,000,0000 the first year and $2,000,000 the second year for the Big Heroes of Minority in Every Society (Big H.O.M.I.E.S.) program; and (ii) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year for the Cleaning Up the Streets Youth Employment Program (C.U.T.S). U. Included in the appropriation for this item is $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the second year from the general fund to the City of Richmond to support the Help Me Help You program. V. Included in the appropriation for this item is $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund to support the REAL LIFE Initiative. W. Included in the appropriation for this item is $2,000,000 the first year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund for deposit in the Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund. X.1. Included in the appropriation for this item is $1,250,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the second year from the general fund to increase competitive grants awarded through the Victim Services Grant Program. The Department shall prioritize grants to victim services agencies that did not receive a dedicated appropriation in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I Acts of Assembly. This amount shall be in addition to nongeneral funds available through federal grants and special revenue included in this item. 2. In addition to the amounts appropriated in the preceding paragraph, $200,000 the first year from the general fund is included in this item for a contract with Ayuda to provide immigration, legal, and social services to victims of human trafficking in the Commonwealth. Y. Included in the appropriation for this item is $2,000,000 the first year from the general fund for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to contract with local law enforcement agencies to reimburse them only for time spent transporting an individual under an emergency custody order or a temporary detention order to an identified facility. For the purposes of this program, local law enforcement agencies shall include police departments, jails, regional jails, and sheriffs' offices that have agreed to utilize off-duty or on-duty officers performing overtime. Priority for reimbursement shall be given to localities whose agencies must travel far distances to transport an individual to a state facility. Any remaining balance at year-end shall be carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year. Z.1. Included in the appropriation for this item is $1,000,000 the first year from the general fund for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to administer and provide grant funding for an Unmanned Aircraft Trade and Replace Program. For the purposes of this program, the Department may only distribute grant funds to local law enforcement agencies, local fire or ambulance service providers, or other local first responders to support the replacement of unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by an entity, including its subsidiaries, affiliates, or partners, that is domiciled in a country defined as a foreign adversary pursuant to § 55.1-507, Code of Virginia, with unmanned aircraft systems that are not covered unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign entity as defined in § 1822 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024." 2. To be eligible for the grant funding, a local law enforcement agency, local fire or ambulance service provider, or local first responder must relinquish the drone manufactured by the entity domiciled in a country defined as a foreign adversary. Grant funds shall be provided per drone based upon the drone's replacement costs, but shall not exceed $25,000