Current Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Grantees
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth issues grants for programs and initiatives to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use and childhood obesity throughout the Commonwealth each year. Members
of Regional Advisory Boards consisting of community representatives
review the grant applications and make funding recommendations to
the VFHY Board of Trustees, which votes to fund these
organizations.
Childhood Obesity Prevention Grantees
Throughout the Commonwealth, 21 grants have been issued for the 2010-2012 project period totaling $1.2 million in funding for Healthy Communities Action Team (HCAT) grants to prevent childhood obesity. These grants support and/or establish community coalitions that will utilize evidence-based best practices as identified by the Centers for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine.
| Grantee Organization |
Money Granted: |
| Appalachian Community Action Agency |
$56,770 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Virginia |
$59,807 |
| Carilion Clinic |
$56,973 |
| Cora Kelly Parent Teacher Association |
$60,000 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School, Office of Sponsored Programs (1) |
$60,000 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School, Office of Sponsored Programs (2) |
$60,000 |
| Floyd County Multidisciplinary Team |
$59.841 |
| Healthy Hearts Plus II |
$56,511 |
| LENOWISCO Health District |
$60,000 |
| MHC Coalition for Health and Wellness |
$59,707 |
| Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA |
$54,870 |
| Rappahannock Area YMCA |
$41,205 |
| Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community |
$60,000 |
| TurnKey KB & Associates, LLC |
$60,000 |
| Virginia Department of Health-Hampton |
$48,220 |
| Valley Community Services Board |
$44,987 |
| Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy |
$60,000 |
| Virginia Organizing - Community Obesity Task Force |
$60,000 |
| Virginia Tech |
$59,204 |
| YMCA at Virginia Tech |
$50,854 |
| Youth Apostles Institute - Don Bosco Center |
$59,996 |
Youth Tobacco-Use Prevention Grantees
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth issues grants for youth tobacco-use
prevention program funding throughout the Commonwealth each year. Members
of Regional Advisory Boards consisting of community representatives
reviewed the grant applications and made funding recommendations to
the VFHY Board of Trustees, which voted unanimously to fund these
organizations.
Three-Year Grants
| Central Region |
Money Granted: |
| Alliance for Families and Children |
$197,109 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg/Rockingham County |
$203,870 |
| Central VA Community Services |
$99,732 |
| Charlottesville City Schools |
$23,167 |
| Chesterfield County Public Schools |
$200,653 |
| Children, Youth, and Family Services |
$189,934 |
| Fluvanna County Public Schools |
$100,024 |
| Medical Home Plus |
$182,370 |
| Orange County Office on Youth |
$133,437 |
| Page County Public Schools |
$28,559 |
| Rockbridge Area Community Services |
$219,537 |
| Rockbridge County Public Schools |
$189,518 |
| Rockingham Memorial Hospital |
$225,000 |
| Southside AHEC |
$47,637 |
| Virginia Rural Health Resources |
$224,962 |
| North Region |
Money Granted: |
| Alexandria Community Services Board |
$191,309 |
| Arlington County Community Services Board |
$187,600 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington |
$210,563 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Shenandoah Valley |
$54,443 |
| Ethiopian Community Development Council |
$153,467 |
| Fairfax County Community and Recreation Services |
$223,620 |
| Fairfax/Falls Church Community Service Board |
$211,308 |
| Fauquier Cadre |
$211,977 |
| Global Wellness Solutions |
$214,970 |
| Loudoun County Mental Health |
$112,010 |
| Manassas City Public Schools |
$23,519 |
| Virginia Head Start Association |
$105,143 |
| Youth Apostles Institute |
$99,061 |
| Southeast Region |
Money Granted: |
| Alternatives |
$200,499 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia |
$118,875 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Va. Peninsula |
$208,581 |
| C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E. |
$65,135 |
| Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board |
$194,940 |
| Life Changing Community Development Corporation |
$58,222 |
| Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Community Services Board |
$225,000 |
| Southside AHEC |
$224,449 |
| Southside Community Services Board |
$131,933 |
| The UP Center |
$206,661 |
| Three Rivers Health District |
$97,631 |
| William A. Hunton YMCA |
$193,885 |
| YMCA of South Hampton Roads |
$173,525 |
| Southwest Region |
Money Granted: |
| Bland County Schools |
$109,158 |
| Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare |
$135,504 |
| Bristol Youth Services |
$216,871 |
| Grayson County Public Schools |
$204,730 |
| Highlands Community Services |
$223,680 |
| Mountain View Youth & Family Services |
$121,798 |
| New River Valley Community Services |
$171,798 |
| Piedmont Community Services |
$203,401 |
| Pulaski County Schools |
$190,521 |
| Scott County Public Schools |
$118,700 |
| Virginia Wilderness Institute |
$16,515 |
